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Chapter Seven: Mars Attacks!!!

A few days had passed. It was a beautiful Saturday morning, throughout the city. Busy but calm-like as families and friends filled the streets, with ideas of recreational activities in mind to spend their weekend together. Susume and Apollo walked through the door of Usagi's apartment with friendly smiles on their faces. Susume was wearing an orange halter top and a white skirt and white sandals.

"Luna-chan!!!" Apollo leaped off of Susume's head, spiraling towards Luna on the floor. Luna swayed to the left, causing Apollo to crash face first into the wall. He slid down the wall slowly until he landed on the floor.

"Good morning, Usagi-chan. Mamoru-kun." Susume bowed before them as gracefully as she could. Usagi and Mamoru waved back with sweatdrops down their heads.

"You know, Susume-chan. You don't have to be so formal all the time. We are just regular people ya know." Mamoru explained.

Susume scanned the room, but someone was missing. "Where's Naruto-kun? I figured he'd be here."

"Oh, he said he had something to do, but he said he'd be right back." Mamoru assured the orange haired girl.

"But enough about him. What's going on with you lately?" Usagi asked with a concerned look on her face.

Susume tilted her head, puzzled at to what she could mean. "What are you talking about?"

"You just seem out of it lately. In class it's like you are drained of energy at times. You stare off and go into a different world or something."

"Don't worry about me Usagi-hime. I assure you I'm fine. I'm as strong as an ox. I'm 100% healthy. There's nothing wrong with me." Susume flexed her arm and smiled.

The door opens as Naruto drops his gym bag on the ground. Wearing an white basketball jersey, black gym shorts and matching black tennis shoes, he felt the cool air of the refreshing apartment hit his skin causing him to sighed deeply. "Oh hey Susume-chan!" He had a thin layer of gauze bandages wrapped around the palms of his hands, and a black wristband on his left wrist and an armband around his right arm. It was clear that he was working on something.

"Good morning Naruto-kun." She walked up and hugged his arm, sticking close to him.

Makoto and Kiba walked through the door, laughing at one of Kiba's bad jokes. Kiba was wearing a green hoodie with the Nike logo on the back and baggy khaki pants with dark green sneakers. Makoto was wearing a pink turtleneck sweater and a long black skirt. Neji and Minako walked through the door, with Minako holding Neji's arm and looking at his hair, which was different somehow. Neji was wearing a orange and blue polo shirt and blue denim shorts with navy blue sneakers. Minako was wearing her trademark red bow as always and a yellow striped blouse and matching capris and stylish ballet flats.

"Something smells nice." Kiba smells the air.

Minako giggled and smiled. "It's the new shampoo I gave Neji-kun."

"Well I have to say, it's a very good product." Neji averts his eyes, slightly embarrassed of his long voluminous hair.

"Oh really? What did you use?" Susume asked.

"Aveeno nourish and volume shampoo and conditioner."

Everyone blinked and were silent until Kiba spoke up. "Isn't that shampoo for women?"

"..." Was all Neji could say. "Note to self. Never. Ever! Take a gift from Minako-san."

Artemis jumped off of Minako's shoulder and landed safely on the floor. "Anyway, Luna-chan what's with the emergency meeting?" He asked walking closer to her.

"Artemis-kun! We meet once again!" Artemis looked around to see who said that. It wasn't a voice he initially realized, but it seemed unforgettable. It was on the tip of his tongue. Apollo popped up from behind Luna with determined eyes set on Artemis. You could see the question mark pop up over Artemis's head. Apollo decided to break it down for him. "It's my eternal rival for the heart of the lovely Luna-chan and..."

Artemis walked by him straight to Luna. "What's going on?"

A vein bulged in Apollo's temple. "Don't ignore me!"

"All in good time, Artemis-kun. We have to wait for the rest." Luna said.

Apollo turned around and clenched his kitty paw while the vein bulged larger. "Damn you, Artemis. You act so cool, but I swear on the nine lives I have, I will win Luna-chan's heart. Just you wait."

Luna sweat dropped, embarrassed by Apollo's rant. Artemis raised his furry eyebrow. "You do know, we can hear you right?"

Apollo felt his heart drop to his stomach and turned around laughing valiantly to try and cover up his embarrassing mistake. "Exactly! I'm just playing mind games with you! To keep you on your guard!" Laughing harder until the room was plain silent.

"Who is this guy?" Artemis asked Luna.

"It's nobody. Just ignore him." Luna replied.

Apollo turned around and repeated the same actions. "Well played Artemis-kun. You are indeed that worthy of a rival."

Sai and Ami walked through the door with Ami trying her best to avert her eyes from Sai's direction. "Hello everyone." Sai was wearing a baby blue semi-formal dress shirt that wasn't tucked in and jeans with all white Nike tennis shoes. Ami was wearing a light blue Henley shirt and light blue pants with matching shoes.

Everyone found a spot to sit down in the living room with Luna directly in the middle, as the others were all around her. Artemis coughed to clear his throat sitting on Minako's lap.

"Now what is this about?"

"It's about Rei. I went to see her the other night." Luna explained.

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A few days ago, back at the shrine. "Finally peace and quiet." She said with her face buried in the mattress. Her cell phone started to vibrate and ring on the dresser beside her. "Who could it be?" She scooted over to pick up the phone and flipped it open to find out its a voice mail message from the hospital.

Luna leaned in her ear to the window trying to listen in on the voice mail, due to her acute hearing.

The voice that spoke up belonged to Dr. Ryoichi from before. "Hino-san, I was hoping to get in touch while you weren't busy but I regret to inform that our tests all returned to point to Cancer." A slight pause in his voice, trying to form the words to say with the patient's family in mind. "We believe it's Prostate Cancer and it's been there for a while. Prostate Cancer forms in the gland and are confined there for an unknown period of time, but during this time, there's little to no symptoms or any outward signs to be found. As it advances, it can locally spread to nearby organs, but with our tests we believe it has metastasized in his body. The symptoms you and your grandfather explained are often associated with the advanced stages. If it was only local, we could do surgery, radiation therapy, hormonal therapy, cryotherapy or combinations of the like." A piercing sigh rang throughout the speaker. "I owe your grandfather a great debt for saving my marriage and it pains me deeply to have to give you the same song and dance all over again. Especially after you lost Yuichiro-san, not too long ago. Even with chemo, there's a 20% chance that it will fully terminate the tumor or else it'll just be recurrent and we are just preventing the inevitable. I'm sorry, Hino-san. Being a priestess, I'm sure you will pray for your grandfather's recovery. I promise to do the best I can."

Suddenly after listening, she just dropped the phone to the ground. Rei fell to her knees and buried her head in her pillow and began to sob frantically.

Luna was watching from behind the window, expecting to get in and see what the problem was with Rei, since Usagi said she was acting weird. "Rei-chan..." Luna turned around and jumped off the branches of the tree. She had someone to find, with the feeling in her heart that she would regret it later but it seemed like the most reasonable thing to do

Atop one of the highest building in Akihabara, Sasuke sat over the edge watching the bright lights glow and blare out loud. People walking the streets in eccentric outfits and enjoying each other's company. Posters of Sailor Moon and the other senshi all over town, but it was Sailor Mars who caught his eyes. Lost in a deep train of thought, he didn't notice the slowly creeping shadow coming up behind him.

"Are you the one they call Sasuke?" The voice said behind him.

Startled, he turned around with katana drawn out, preparing to attack whoever was there sneaking up on him. Sasuke placed his blade back into the sheath once he said it was a cat looking at him in the face, but it had a moon shaped bald spot on its forehead. He looked around to see if any people were around, but there were none. It was only this black cat.

Luna quickly picked up on his confusion and began speaking. "There is no one here. Just me."

"You must be one of those talking cats. What do you want?" He replied, turning his back to her.

"Only to speak about important matters. Whether you want to listen or not is entirely up to you." Luna said, but after a moment of silence, she sighed and decided to turn around to begin walking away.

"Wait." Sasuke said. Luna stopped in place, expecting more. "I have some questions to ask you."

Luna turned around and sat on her hind legs. "Then let's talk." She coughed to clear her throat. "But first, to clear anything suspicious with whoever may be watching. I'll change."

That sparked Sasuke's interest. What could she mean by that?

Luna stretched out her paws on the ground and slowly began to morph from a feline into a black haired female wearing yellow ballroom gown with the crescent moon symbol on her forehead. "That's much better."

Sasuke smirked and chuckled a bit to himself. "If you worried about the fact that I would be seen talking to a cat, maybe you should have thought over the choice of attire."

"Why? I perfectly fit in here. It's not like anyone here dresses normally. Just think of me as a normal cosplayer."

"Ok, what did you want to talk about?"

"It's Rei. I don't like to see my friends cry. I just think...that you could help her that's all." Luna bowed her head, trying to hold the tears back. "If only anything, she could seek guidance from a hero."

"Hero? I'm no hero. All the heroes I know are either dead or in prison." Sasuke turned his back to her. "It's one or the other."

"But Sasuke. You're a hero aren't you?" Luna walked closer.

"I'm just somebody that's good at what he does. Killing. There's no winning or losing for me. The only winners in war are the people."

"That's right. And you fight for the people."

"I've never fought for anyone but myself. I've got no purpose in life. No ultimate goal. Just somebody's death that needs to be claimed." Luna shifted her head, trying to block what she's hearing. "It's only when I'm cheating death on the battlefield do I truly feel alive."

"Seeing other people die makes you feel alive?! You love war and don't want it to stop? Isn't that the same with all great heroes throughout history?" Luna grabbed his right arm exposing his watch of Mars. "You're the product of war. You're a soldier of war. Within you, you hold the emotions needed to be carried into war. Not an external war of bloodshed and weapons, but an internal war with your emotions. The Joy. The Pain. The Fear. The Fury. And The Sorrow. All are your weapons needed to protect people."

"Hmph." He snatched his arm away from her.

Luna got deeply annoyed and let her emotions get the best of her. "Do you even remember your name? Your former name?"

"A name means nothing on the battlefield."

"How old are you?"

"Old enough to know what death looks like."

"Any family?"

"No..." Sasuke was slow to answer that question. "But I was raised by many people."

"Isn't there anyone you like?"

"Never been interested in anyone else's life. Other people just complicate my life."

Luna bowed her head and turned her back to him. "So you are all alone. A sad and lonely man." Tears rolled down her face. "I really thought that you could help me. But you are too lost within your own pain to even see the pain that other people are feeling." Luna reformed back into a cat, sniffling. "I pity you. I really do." She ran off away from him, feeling the blunt force of a door being shut in her face. The fact that he wouldn't truly open up and confess his feelings gave her a sense of emptiness.

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"I'm sorry, Luna. You did the best you could." Usagi petted her gingerly.

Naruto sat up and headed for the door. Neji quickly stood up and put his arm trying to flag him down. "Wait Naruto where are you going?"

Naruto had his hand on the doorknob, twisting it before turning around. "I'll go bring him back. Don't worry about a thing."

"You mean after all that, you truly want to go bring him back? Again?!" Neji yelled. "It seems you are the only one that doesn't understand."

"Understand what?" Naruto said with a curious look on his face.

"We spoke our words. We do our part. Not once. Not twice but four times! Excluding Luna-san. I'm tired of running after him expecting him to be different. So I quit. If he doesn't come to us, I won't accept him back. Not now. Not ever." Neji folded his arms and grew a piercing scowl.

Naruto began to walk back towards Neji. "Hold on! Why are you so eager to give up all of a sudden? I'm sure if we..."

"Shut the hell up for once in your life and listen!" Neji snarled with anger. Naruto stopped dead in his tracks.

"When you and him started arguing and began your rivalry when we all first met. I could've cared less who was stronger or who was correct." Neji began to walk closer and closer to Naruto. "Not long after that, a rescue team was sent out for him. A team that you, me and Kiba were apart of! At first I thought that maybe you could knock some sense into him and get him to come back. But you two had a duel and the conclusion was set in stone. I nearly died that day!" Everyone including the cats were silent. Naruto's eyes began to quiver with guilt at the thought of that day of the Sasuke Retrieval and the battle at the border. "He won, almost killing his 'so called' best friend and decided to leave under his own willpower." Neji stood beside Naruto and turned around back to everyone else. "Listen up everyone. This rock headed idiot is a Chunin. A squad leader of ninja. It took him years to even pass the entrance exam to even become a ninja, but I stick with him. Because any team member who doesn't respect their leading official is worthless and has no sense of honor and duty." The girls and Sai and Kiba sighed, feeling the harsh sting of Neji's words. Neji suddenly grabbed Naruto by the collar of his jersey and pulled him to his face. "So listen to me when I say this very clearly so that your small brain can understand. If one single person leaving makes you this naïve enough to think it's ok to be hurt over and over again, meeting disappointment and failure for their sake, then maybe I'll should leave too so that you can be happy in your world."

Everyone gasped as Minako stood up, trying to calm Neji down. "Neji-kun. Calm down. This conversation is getting us nowhere."

Neji turned his head towards Minako and shoved Naruto away from him. "I will have no hard feelings towards him if he wants to return. BUT. If he has made no distinction on whether or not he belongs with us, then I cannot and will not accept that!" His eyes stared a hole in Minako and the others. "That being the case, we should be working on a way back to our world and Sasuke can just stay here and rot for all I care."

Minako stuttering, trying to plead her case walked closely to Neji. "Hold on for a second, Neji-kun. We know he was in the wrong but what if he has something to say, then shouldn't we let him have his say?"

Neji punched the wall, causing blood to trickle down the dry paint. "ABANDONING YOUR FRIENDS IS NOT A SIMPLE THING TO FORGIVE!!!"

Minako bowed her head, her expression saddening. "No...but..."

"Mina, I know he sounds harsh but its not steered towards you. What he says is correct." Kiba says to try to soothe Minako.

"A man who is so uncertain about his place is NOT someone I would trust." Neji said in a now softer tone removing his fist from the wall. "It's as simple as that. If he can man up and come back on his own terms, apologizes and works to get our trust back then it's fine. Otherwise he can go to hell." Neji looks at Naruto with the most determined glare he's ever given to show how serious he is. "We aren't kids chasing silly dreams anymore. We are grown men and women. It's time to start acting like it."

Naruto bowed his head, closing his eyes. Ashamed that he was so thick-headed to believe the lies he covered himself in. "Maybe you are right. That one time we completely ended our relationship. We should be really worried about Rei-chan. Who knows what she's going through right now. I'll just sit quietly and hope that he comes to his senses."

Usagi stood up and dusted herself off of cat hair from her lap and coughed to get attention. "Well I'm going to go check up on Rei-chan. She hasn't contacted me or anyone of us over the past week. I hope she's ok."

Mako too, stood up. "Me, Ami and Minako will go too. We are her friends too."

"Sorry but we won't be going." Said Neji with Kiba and Sai standing together behind him. "Mamoru-san has agreed to help us out with fitting in this world. Get jobs, and other things if we are going to be here for a while."

"Then I'll go with Usagi-chan and the others to see Rei-chan. Wanna come Susume-chan?" Naruto asked.

Susume shook her head and smiled. "I would but I couldn't but have you seen you two's rooms? It's a mess! Not to mention the gym bag full of sweaty clothes. I'm staying here and cleaning up."

"Ok suit yourself. I'll see you later tonight then." Naruto opened the door, letting Usagi and the others out, before walking out himself with the cats hurrying up behind before the door fully closes. The door closes on Apollo's tail, causing him to scream bloody murder. "Oops. I didn't see you there Apollo-san." He reopens the door letting Apollo free.

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Sasuke's head popped up from a crowd of people in cosplay outfits, all ready for the otaku convention taking place that evening. It was there he gained an idea. He spotted a clerk selling apparel in the streets, but he was busy with the countless otaku parading around him, showing out their outfits and technology. Sasuke then took the liberty of snatching a few clothes off the stands while the clerk wasn't looking and hurried to dash into the dark alley to change. A few minutes later, he came out with brand new clothes on and his old clothes in the trash can. All of a sudden, he was stopped by someone.

"Hey you! Yeah you!" The boy walked up to him. Sasuke raised the baseball cap he stole to see who was talking to him. "You really like Sailor Mars don't you." Sasuke blushed, what would this say such a thing to him. Especially a complete stranger. "Don't worry. It's nothing to be embarrassed about. I just thought that since you are wearing all Sailor Mars branded clothing, I figured you a Sailor Mars fan."

Sasuke looked at his clothes. He was wearing a red baseball cap with the Mars symbol insignia on it. A long sleeved white shirt with a red t-shirt over it with Mars covered in flames on the front, but on the back it says "Sailor Mars sets my soul aflame.". Stonewashed jeans and red shoes with flames. Sasuke gave himself a facepalm, he couldn't believe he overlooked the clothing.

"Nah dude. It's cool. I just happened to be a Sailor Mars fan as well. You can say she's just about the hottest senshi there is, next to Sailor Pluto."

A girl walked up behind the boy and grabbed him by the ear. "Setsuko-kun, we have to go! You can talk about the non-existence of women in your life later."

"Yuri-chan! Come on! Don't be such a killjoy!"

Sasuke sweatdropped and continued about his business until he saw gigantic posters of the inner and outer senshi on the sides of matching buildings. But as always it was the Sailor Mars' poster that caught his eye. "War..."

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Ares walked through the door and closed it in Princess Mars' room in the the Silver Millennium. He sat down in the chair next to her while she put on makeup to cover up the black eye. She sighed and looked at him.

"So Ares-kun. How's the ceremony going?"

"It's ok. Not my type of party but it's tolerable. It is Serenity's wedding after all. She's crying about where's her bridesmaid." Ares places his hands in his pockets as he slumps in his chair.

Mars sighed and stopped on her makeup halfway, looking at herself in the mirror on her dresser. "Y'know. I don't usually use makeup the way other women do, because I hardly ever look at myself in the mirror. I've secretly always despised that kind of woman. I always dreamed of becoming a senshi. But I was wrong. It wasn't really my dream. My mother, the former queen was killed in action when I was younger."

Ares walked up behind her. "You wanted to follow in your mother's footsteps?"

"Not really. I thought that if I became a senshi then I could understand her better. To understand why she died the way she did." The princess hid her face from the mirror.

"So are you are a senshi yet?" asked Ares.

"I thought I really was until the other day, when I received this black eye. But now I understand. The truth is I was just afraid of looking at myself. Afraid of having to make my own decisions in life. But I'm not going to lie to myself anymore. It's finally time that I take a long hard look at myself. I want to know who I am. What I'm capable of. What things are in store for me. I want to know why I've lived the way I've lived until now."

"Well take your time and take a good look, because you won't be getting a chance for a while." He places his hands on her shoulders. "You should wash your face up too while you're at it."

She uses her hand to wipe the tears from her eyes that's smudging the makeup. "Yeah..."

"If you are that adamant about it, then I guess we will just find out who you are together then." He held out his hand towards her.

She looks at his smiling face and smiles back at him and takes his hand. "Yeah. Thanks."

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Sasuke shakes his head to clear the thought and continues walking until his stomach starts to grow. "Uh-oh..."

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"Listen! I don't know what kind of bullshit you are trying to pull but this is my territory! So I suggest that you get to work before I have to get down there and fucking massacre you! No excuses! No break! I want results!" A man yelled viciously on the phone behind a large conference chair and clicked it off. The ominous puffs of smoke rise through the air.

Kaoru speed walks through the hallway with a lock of contempt on her face. A secretary spots her coming and instantaneously rose up from her desk and tried to flag her down. "You can't go in there."

"Like hell I can't." She busted through the door almost breaking it off the hinges. "What the hell is going on here!"

The man turned around in his chair revealing himself to be Atsuko, with a lit cigarette in his mouth. "What's the problem babycakes?"

"Don't play for a fool. I want to know what the hell is going on! Where's Kenshin-sama?"

"The old man? He's taking a vacation. I'm in charge while he's gone." He blew a perfect circle puff of smoke.

"When did this happen? Why did he leave you of all people in charge! Everyone knows I'm the one with the credentials to lead this organization but that's beside the point! Where's the prototype?!" She slammed her fists into the conference table.

"I put it in more capable hands." Takes another puff of his cigarette.

"Whose?"

"Mine of course."

"What the hell! Kenshin left it in my hands!" She snarled.

"Well with a little persuasion, he left it; like this organization in my hands. Don't worry I sent the little thing out to the field for testing so that those scientist pricks can get off of my balls. I even got a little present." He picked up a remote and pressed a yellow button. A 36 inch TV began to play a video. "Do you like it? It's HD and I even got a Blu-ray player with it too." The video showed a small 2 foot robot hovering around in a padded room. "It's the IR 200. It's proof that Japan is the leading manufacturer in robotics. Always has been. It has powerful jet engines to propel itself in mid-air and state-of-the-art technology. It's a revolutionary masterpiece and guess what? I get first dibs!" Atsuko presses a red button, causing part of the table before him to flip revealing a touch pad keyboard and types in some commands.

The VZ 200 glows ominously and begins to hover over to it's master Atsuko. Atsuko tosses up the prototype ball to it and it catches it without hesitation. It then flies off through an secret opening in the ceiling.

"Hey! Where is that thing going?" Kaoru demanded.

"Going to do it's job. Don't worry because with video surveillance implanted in it's eyes, we can get a play by play on what's going on. Plus satellite feed among other things keep me in control at all times. Impressive huh?"

"I'm glad you found a new toy." Kaoru said in the most sarcastic tone she could do.

"Don't be like that. I'm doing us a service."

"I just want to know where's Kenshin-sama."

"Always about him. You are just like a broken record. Let me ask you something. Did you even once ask yourself where you came from?" Atsuko smoked the rest of his cigarette and tossed the butt to the floor.

"What? I know where I come from. I'm from Beijing."

"C'mon you know that's not what I meant. I mean where did the human race come from? Surely not some omnipotent being. No. It's something more than that. The big bang. Something had to happen for that to occur."

"What's the point you are trying to make?"

"The Big Bang. It actually happened twice."

"Bullshit! What prove do you have that even starts to..."

Atsuko then took of his necklace with the orange crystal on it. "This thing is. It was the only thing salvageable from the Federation Incident."

"The Federation Incident? I've hadn't heard of that before."

"I'm sure you hadn't. It's one of the secrets of the world. Three years ago, countries from all over the world banded together towards a common goal. Japan, China, Russia, Korea, the Americas, everyone had seen their best minds to work on a way to finally explore the dark side of the moon."

"But the dark side of the moon is a total wasteland! A cold, barren hellhole." She stood up.

"That's what the world wanted you to believe. But there was something there. Something that humanity was never supposed to find. My parents was part of the exploration team. They were the best Japan had to offer to the newly formed Federation. Them and four others including your Kenshin-sama was sent to explore the dark side of the moon in hope of finding some other life form. Well to speed up this little story, they found something alright. A wondrous palace with a grand river just flowing. The place was seemingly empty and it was. My parents and the others from the exploration team discovered the greatest thing. It was ancient text of a prehistoric civilization on the moon. Could you believe it? Further inspection concluded that their architecture, their technology, their general way of life far surpasses what we had to this day! It was mind-blowing! The text spoke of a second big bang, everything was refreshed. Formatted, because of some holy war between humans and their sworn protectors. Omnipotent, omniscient beings with the power to create worlds and the power to completely obliterate them. But with power came hatred. These god like people began to turn on each other. Then the humans got involved. Before you knew it, the entire universe was involved in a free for all for supreme power. Just when the universe was on the verge of total annihilation, the queen of the moon kingdom took it upon herself to cast a second big bang. Restarting the universe back to where it started in the beginning. But there's a catch. The concept was formed after what we know as Yin and Yang. A light side and a dark side. She believed that she could seal off the dark side, so that the world could seek true peace. She thought wrong. Darkness seeps through for all eternity. The Underworld and various other sources. So one child and his followers were brave enough to endure the harshness of the Yang universe so that the other could live a luxurious lifestyle."

"What happened next?"

"My parents found a machine with a door in the world. They found the entrance to that other side. The Yang side. But a hologram of what appeared to be the former Queen popped up with an ominous warning not to touch anything or else. The End."

"The End? What's that supposed to mean?"

"My parents took notice of the warning, but the damn federation didn't give a damn of some dead bitch, which they said in their own words and ordered the exploration to do investigation or else they will be punished to the fullest extent of the law for disobeying orders. So as one would think, the team snooped around and pressed a random button revealing a secret compartment. There was a girl and what appeared to be a cat in her arms and something in her hands. Stuck in a cryogenic sleep, expected to be there for all eternity. The Federation elated that they had found something to bring back, demanded that they released. But it would grow to be the most devastating incident in human history. After pressing buttons and releasing the girl from her coma like state, she began to float and that something in her hands began to glow. Suddenly all hell broke loose. The door suddenly busted open with a vortex threatening to suck them up. It got my parents and the others. Kenshin was the only one that survives thanks to that girl once she dropped this." Atsuko held up the orange crystal. "The door closed instantaneously once she dropped this. But that wasn't all. The crystal began spilling out a black cloud that knocked Kenshin unconscious. They had apparently opened Pandora's box. All of these things that have been happening. Once Kenshin came to, the girl was gone and he found himself outside of the castle. He was the only survivor of the incident. But it was like that Queen knew that man's curiosity and stupidity would get the best of him. A failsafe plan was put in place. Sailor Moon. Upon releasing Pandora's box of sorts, humanity would be shrouded in darkness, but she was the one that could stop it. Kenshin took this case back to the Federation officials but with all failed missions, what do they do? They scrap it! They forget it ever happened! The bastards! In order to save their own hides and using billions of dollars of taxpayer money they cover it up! But they can't cover it up for long. Shortly after the incident, a heroine by the name of Sailor V popped up in the European countries. She became a huge hit and a huge liability. If she was proof of the failsafe plan, then it wouldn't be long before Sailor Moon would come and take everything over from the hands of the humans. So this organization was formed to keep an eye on all the "Pretty Warriors." The Dark Kingdom. The Black Moon Clan. The Death Busters. The Dead Moon Circus. Even Shadow Galactica was more and more proof of the darkness. At first this organization was built as just a watchful eye but suddenly we got a transmission from out of nowhere, demanding that we hand over the Moon Princess and we humans be spared of the empire's wrath."

"That's some story."

"And every word of it is the truth." Atsuko puts back on the necklace, as the orange crystal glows and dims. "But with this thing, we need no longer be afraid of the future and what it holds. Its proof that we humans really have the upper hand in this power struggle. A perfectly calculated plan has been set up, so you can sleep easy at night."

"And what is this plan?"

"That's on a need-to-know basis."

"Ok well you still haven't explained where Kenshin-sama is."

"I told you. He's on vacation and he won't be back for a long time."

Kaoru clenched her fists and snapped. "Dammit where the hell is he!"

"All in good time, babe." A beeping noise was heard and a blue button glowed. He pressed it and the TV surveillance sprang on. Showing a live feed of the IR on location. "Now let the games begin."

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Rei had finally finished sweeping the floor of the west wing of the shrine and wiped the sweat off of her head. She placed the broom down and sighed as she walked slowly towards the window. She looked out the glass with clear sadness in her eyes.

The IR then clicked into stealth camouflage and blended into the environment. It dropped the ball that the prototype was in and it sprang out into a flat outline of a humanoid robot. The eyes of the robot sprang open, booting up and logging on. It sprang up and looked at itself. The IR beeped and plugged in a cord in the spine of the prototype. The prototype was uploaded with programs and digital technology. It was then ordered to seek out Hino Rei which it gladly approved.

Rei's senses then perked up a moment later, like something was watching her. "Something's here. And it's not human either." Her abilities kicked in as she began to search for the disturbance in the air. Suddenly crashing through the window, where Rei was once where, the humanoid stared at Rei with no face on its robot body. "What the-"

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Naruto and the others weren't that fair from the shrine until they heard a piercing scream from within it.

"That sounded like...Rei" Usagi said before running up the steps. The others ran behind her, worried that something might have happened. Sailor Mars went crashing through the window, landing on her back. "Rei-chan!"

Sailor Mars stood up clutching her left arm, which was cut from the glass of the window she was sent crashing into. Blood trickled down her arm and she had a bruise on her right cheek.. "Damn you..." She panted heavily.

"Rei-chan. Don't you remember me?" Said a familiar voice from within the building.

Sailor Mars' eyes grew wide with disbelief. "It can't be."

"What can be? The fact that I'm alive? Is that so hard to believe?" Yuichiro stepped out from the window in his old attire.

Usagi and the others arrived on the scene and they couldn't believe it themselves. "Yuichiro-san!" Minako cried out.

Yuichiro's eyes glowed red ominously glaring at the girls and Naruto as the hologram broke for a moment revealing itself to a robot.

"What is that thing!" Naruto yelled.

Rei used her good arm to try and persuade the others away. "Get outta here! That thing is not Yuichiro! Because..."

"Because I'm dead?" Yuichiro finished the sentence himself.

"You bastard! How dare you take that form!" Rei used her right hand and pointed towards Yuichiro. "Fire Soul!" A swirling vortex of flames engulfed Yuichiro. Sailor Mars breathed a sigh of relief but it wasn't long before he started walking out unharmed. Mars tried to defend herself but she got slapped in the face causing her to fall on her stomach. Yuichiro stomped on her leg, keeping her in place. Rei screamed loudly, before nearly losing consciousness.

"Moon Eternal! Make Up!"

"Mercury Crystal Power! Make Up!"

"Jupiter Crystal Power! Make Up!"

"Venus Crystal Power! Make Up!"

"Moon Crystal Power!"

The fake Yuichiro looked up to see who was interrupting his job with their battle cries. The sun caused a glare in the surveillance camera in its eye lenses, so it couldn't see.

"The lowest thing that someone could do is prey on the feelings of a lost loved one." The girl with the odango silhouette said.

"And using that person to attack our friend is even lower!" Says a guy with spiky hair.

"The warrior of love and justice. Sailor Moon!"

"And her brother and comrade of peace and loyalty. Soldier Moon!"

"Likewise, Sailor Mercury!"

"Likewise, Sailor Jupiter!"

"Likewise, Sailor Venus!"

Eternal Sailor Moon and Soldier Moon were like mirror images of each other as they did their pre battle poses, as they both recited the same taunt. "In the name of the Moon, We'll severely punish you!"

"Target acquired. Proceeding with target retrieval." The fake spoke in mechanical voice.

"Venus Love Me Chain!" Super Sailor Venus threw her chain wrapped around her waist at the fake, hoping to subdue him. It only grabbed the chain and snapped it in half with no trouble.

"Sparkling Wide Pressure!" Super Sailor Jupiter clapped her hands together, causing electricity to crackle between her hands, forming a ball of lightning in her right as she chucked it like a fast ball. The fake felt the sting of the electricity, causing a short circuit in its system, but it only made it more prone to violence as it began to grind its foot into Mars' leg.

"Robot! This is your master speaking. Take the girl back to HQ." Said a voice close by.

The team looked around to find the source of the voice, as a 2 foot robot flew from behind the fake Yuichiro. The robot broke his disguise as it's head slowly tilted towards the other robot with the speakers out of its head. "Access Denied."

The IR opened up its chest revealing a small LCD screen, as Atsuko's face appeared on the screen. "I said get the job done you piece of crap!" A vein bulged in his temple.

Sweat drops fell down the senshi's head.

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Not too far from where the shrine, Sasuke heard a familiar scream coming from behind him. "What the?" Sasuke's curiosity was peaked and he started to run down the street to see what all the commotion was about.

He realized that the source of the scream came from over where the shrine was. Once he saw the senshi facing off against something, he hid behind a tree to see what was going on.

The robot picked up Sailor Mars by the arm, causing more pain to her. The robot then automatically read the senses from her and then changed into Rei in her miko outfit. It started to cry holographic tears. "Why? Why did things turn out this way?"

Everyone was caught off guard by it's sudden transformation. "Rei-chan!?" They all said. Sasuke was startled a bit by this machine as well.

"I want to know why things turned out the way they did. I want to know who I am. I want to know what I'm capable of. I can't look at myself in the mirror without seeing what could have been. I'm so terrified. I want to know..." The robot recited in Rei's voice. Sasuke gasped softly as the reflection of Rei stood in his eyes. "But...I'm weak. I'm so weak. I'm scared. I hate myself like this. I want to be someone else. If I could be somebody else then I wouldn't have to deal with the pain of being me anymore. I can't do it by myself. I can't lose anyone else."

"...." Sasuke listened to every word rumbling into his heart.

"Aren't you a hero? What are you running away from! You're lost in your own pain that you don't see the pain of others!" Was Luna's words to him.

Tears streamed down Sailor Mars' face. "Please...stop..." Her voice was soft and drowning in her tears and sadness.

Sasuke clenched his fists and closed his eyes. Was he really going to just let this happen? So many emotions conflicted inside. His legs were trembling with the rampant thoughts in his head, then they stopped. He rolled up his right sleeve and held the watch in the air. "Mars Crystal Power!"

"I'm no good! None of my dreams will ever come true!" The fake Rei proclaimed.

Atsuko in the IR hovered beside the two. "Come on already! Let's go!"

"Hold it right there!" A voice stated. Everyone looked atop the shrine to find somebody standing there. A valiant warrior with his eyes dead set on the robot and his master. "A ton of scrap metal and a man who's too much of a coward to show his face threatens to hurt the innocent. I won't allow that. In the name of Mars, I'll torture you!"

Sailor Moon, Jupiter, Venus and Mercury couldn't believe their eyes. Soldier Moon's eyes widen, and smiled. "Sasuke!"

"Wow. Another prima donna, trying to steal the show. That's so lame!" The IR flew to safety. "Take him out!"

"Bring it on!" Soldier Mars jumped down putting on the signature black gloves and then charged at the robot. The robot then dropped Sailor Mars and then charged directly at him. "Burning Mandala!" Soldier Mars then shot out ringed beams at the robot, but the robot put up a cybernetic shield to repel the technique right back at him. Mars dodged his own attack and kept his distance from the robot, who was clearly out of it's loop. It had a wire sticking out of its neck that sparked electricity. "You cheap bastard! Let her go!"

The IR sat on Rei's head to add insult as Atsuko laughed. "Seriously, now why I do that after I went through all the trouble to get here? Besides it's not like anyone would miss her if she's gone."

That royally irked Mars as he clenched his fists tightly, seething with anger. "That pisses me off!" Fire engulfed his right fist as he valiantly charged the robot. "Rei. I don't want you to travel down that dark road. You have friends that care about you. And even if no one misses you, I WILL!" Mars jumped up into the sky, as the flames engulfed his right hand. "Mars..Blaze..Striker!" His fist covered in flames struck the abdomen of the robot, engulfing it in fiery flames. The robot gave a chilling cry as it changed from being Rei, Yuichiro, Rei's grandfather, and back to being the normal robot, but it still wasn't enough to stop it. "Well don't just stand there! Help me out here idiot!" Soldier Mars said looking back at Soldier Moon and the others.

"What are we supposed to do? None of our attacks can put that thing down." Minako replied.

Soldier Moon stood in front of everyone with the blade less hilt in his hands. "I got this. Take Rei to safety. This could get ugly." He placed his hand onto the hilt where the blade is supposed to be and then the crescent moon on his forehead brightened. "Cosmic Sword!" Simultaneously as he slowly removes his hand away from the hilt, a long glowing white blade appeared. He jumped up high above the robot with the cosmic sword high above his head. "Cosmic Slash!" He swung the sword with all his might towards the robot as a thin beam went right through it. The robot stopped dead in its spot as it split in half as Soldier Moon landed behind with sword in hand, as the blade dissipated the robot instantaneously exploded.

Atsuko growled as he pounded on his keyboard. "Don't think this is over!" The IR started to fly away.

"Moon Tiara Action!" Sailor Moon took off her tiara and it began to glow. She twirled around and throw it like a discus thrower as the energized tiara flew and spun, hitting in the back of the IR in the head causing a dent. "And that's for harming my best friend, you jerk!" She was happy enough to get a hit in. The IR robot dipped in and out of high altitude as sparks flew out of the back of its head.

Everyone crowded around Soldier Mars, giving him praise. "You saved Rei. Who knew you had it in you?" Jupiter gave him a friendly punch on the shoulder. Venus was speechless to be this close to him as her eyes turned into pink hearts and more hovered over her head.

"You looked so cool when you showed up." Venus proclaimed.

Soldier Moon was sulking over in the corner. "I should be happy he's back, but it's the same all over again. I was the one that destroyed the bad guy, yet he gets all the credit and the girls. I worked my ass off on that technique. What does a guy have to do to get a little recognition around here?"

Rei wrinkled her face, regaining consciousness after passing out mid-battle. Sasuke had broken his transformation and held Rei in his arms. "Hey are you ok?"

Rei opened her eyes and saw Sasuke in her face causing her to blush. "Where did you come from!" She tried to struggle out of his grip but the pain made her weak.

"Stop struggling. We need you to get to a doctor. Your wounds could be serious."

Rei blushed even harder. "Is he worried about me? I don't know whether to be scared or angry."

Ami held out a hand held machine in her hands and scanned Rei's body. "There's nothing real urgent. A few bruises and cuts, nothing broken. Although I recommend that you take it easy for the next few days."

"That's good to hear." Sasuke sighed. "I know I'm the last person you want to see. This sucks, but I gotta say it." He took a deep breath and spoke. "Do you think you got room in your shrine for someone like me?" Rei's eyes widen, he was sounding sincere, a first she had heard from him. Rei was completely flushed seeing the "Sailor Mars sets my heart aflame" shirt, Sasuke was wearing.

Ami's hand held beeped and another reading came on the screen. "What's this. Seems like Rei's heartbeat is quickening. Looks like a feeling of..."

"Akuryo Taisen!" Rei slapped a talisman on Ami's mouth, causing her to fall over with stars over her head. Rei's temple bulged with a meaty vein. "I'm fine. And take that shirt off!"

"If you say so." Sasuke shrugged and began to take his shirts off, revealing his bare chest as sweat dripped down his sexy abdomen.

Rei covered her face as fast as she could. "Never mind! Keep it on!" Her face beet red.

Everyone sweat dropped.

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Later that day, scientists crowded around the dented IR with Atsuko keeping watch.

"Can you fix it?" Atsuko asked.

"We think. Its internal core is ruptured. I don't think we can replace it. It's one of its kind." A scientist says. "There we go. We got it functional again."

It sprang to life, looking around the room at all the life forms staring at it. It sprung to it's feet and saluted. "GIR is now fully functional and ready for duty." It said in a mechanical voice.

"GIR? What's the G stand for?" Atsuko asked.

"I don't know..." It tilted its head and stuck out it's tongue, then began to dance around like a silly ninny. "Whee!"

"Uhhh...please tell it's it supposed to be...stupid?" Atsuko asked with a facepalm.

"It's not stupid. It's advanced." Kaoru laughed.

"Damn it. I can't believe its been reduced to...this!" Atsuko growled and then sighs. "Well I guess its better than nothing."

"Awww. Looks like somebody needs a hug!" The GIR gets to walk and tries to hug Atsuko.

"Argh! Get away from me!" Atsuko says as the GIR jumps up and hugs by the waist.

"I'm gonna hugggg yooou!"

"Isn't this a cute scene?" Kaoru pokes more fun, giggling real hard.

The GIR smiles as it jumps down onto the floor. "I'm gonna roll around on the floor for a little bit kay?" And it proceeds to do so.

Atsuko sighed and counted to ten to keep from destroying the little thing but that would cost an arm and a leg to repair. "Well we failed this time."

"YAAAAAY!" The GIR yelled.

"No...that's bad."

"Awww..." It grew sad and bowed his head.

Kaoru held out her hand. "Come on Gir-kun. Let's go do something."

"Let's make biscuits!" Gir jumped and landed softly on Kaoru's shoulder as he hugged her neck. "I like you."

Atsuko follows them, walking down the hallway. "We need a new plan if we are going to succeed and plot out Sailor Moon's doom, before our own can be achieved."

"I'm going to sing the doom song now! Doom doom doomy doom!" Gir began to sing wildly as they walked down the hall.

"We may have failed to capture Mars, but we have a number of other senshi to capture. But which one?"

"We could always try to get the moon princess herself, Y'know?" Kaoru suggested.

"Nonsense! You have to start from the ground up before you go after the big dogs."

"I wanna be a mongoose. Can i be a mongoose dog?" Gir asks with a goofy smile on his face.

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Naruto, Usagi, Apollo and Luna walked through the door of their apartment and gasped once they saw Susume on the kitchen floor.

"Susume-chan!" Naruto ran and knelt down beside her. He checked her pulse in her wrist and felt her forehead with the back of his hand while Usagi dialed 911 on the home phone. She was unconscious and had a blaring fever which made her sweat drastically. She had shortness of breath and her entire body was hot to the touch but it was especially hot at her forehead. Muscle spasms at the slightest touch of Naruto's skin. "What's going on?"

Apollo bit his bottom lip. Luna looked at Apollo and his eyes weren't an expression of worry. They were a glare of fear. Apollo covered his mouth with one of his paws and began to bite his nails.

"Calm down, Apollo-san. It'll be ok." Luna gave him a calm look even thought she feared for Susume's life.

"Yeah. I hope."

"The paramedics will be here in a minute. Let's try to get her hydrated as much as possible so that she doesn't dehydrate." Usagi said kneeling down beside Naruto. Naruto ran up without a moment's hesitation and got a glass to begin filling it full of water. "What could have caused this?" Usagi asked to herself, trying to think of an answer, but for now she would have to place that question into the doctor's hands.

Chapter Seven End.

Next Chapter: Breaking The Ice

A/N: I hope you all like the cameo appearance I added. If you don't then I will cry my eyes out because I had no idea to do at that part. I hope I got everything right. I spent the whole week reading Wikimoon, hopefully that won't bite me in the ass. In the likelihood it will, I can always revise this chapter and the others. Anyway have any questions, don't be afraid to ask. Any suggestions, I'm willing to accept them. Flames? No thanks. It's hot enough outside. Candy? Sure! Plz review. Give me anything! Tell me you like monkeys. I don't care. It's better than nothing I guess. Even if it has nothing to do with the storyline, just don't get too weird with it and telling me you love me....unless you're female then...i kid. Have a nice day.