Disclaimer: Friends are like potatoes, if you eat them, they die. I suspect that the same is true for Sailor Moon Rights, but I don't know for sure. I've never owned Sailor Moon, so I've never had the opportunity to find out.
"So, Sora, how do you like Tokyo so far?" Usagi asked, smiling at the little girl who was clasping her hand. Sora looked up at the blonde and couldn't help but feel that this older girl was familiar. Shaking that observation from her mind, Sora smiled back.
"Well, I haven't really seen very much, but it's pretty nice so far," she replied. The two walked in silence for a moment, before Sora asked,
"Usagi? Have you ever met Sailor Moon?" Usagi thought for a moment. Technically, yes, I have met Sailor Moon, she thought. I am Sailor Moon. But what should I tell Sora?
"Yeah, I have. I actually know her pretty well," Usagi said finally. Sora's eyes lit up.
"Really? You mean you're friends with Sailor Moon? Whoa! That's fantastic! When did you meet her?" Sora asked eagerly. OK, Usagi, now what? Usagi thought. She thought back over all the youma battles that she had had, and remembered the youma in her favourite hangout, Crown Arcade. Usagi decided to use that to explain.
"I actually met her at Crown Arcade, last week. There was this massive youma there. It looked kind of like a pile of jelly, except it stunk really bad, and kept throwing this thick orange slime everywhere," Usagi said. Sora made a face as she imagined the youma that Usagi was describing, but the smile never left her face.
"Oh, wow! Did the youma slime you, Usagi?" Sora asked. Usagi smiled, glad that she didn't have to make up the answer to that question.
"Yeah, it did. I could hardly move, and it made me so tired," Usagi said, noticing the happy look in Sora's eyes at hearing about Sailor Moon's adventures. "Are you a fan of Sailor Moon, Sora?" Usagi asked. Sora nodded fiercely.
"Oh, yeah, she's the best! I'd love to meet her one day," Sora said dreamily. Usagi giggled, and then the conversation dissolved into silence again. The two girls and Luna didn't go much further when Luna heard Usagi's communicator beep, and jumped up onto Usagi's shoulder. Usagi glanced in her bag and found that the Venus button was flashing. Apologising quickly to Sora about having to take the call, she turned away and pressed the Venus button.
"What's up, Minako-chan?" Usagi asked.
"There's trouble at the mall! Ami-chan and I need your help!" Minako said frantically, turning her communicator to display an image of Sailor Mercury focusing a haze of bubbles around what looked like an abnormally large, bright pink rooster. Usagi glanced back at Sora, who was watching her intently.
"I'll be there as soon as I can, Minako-chan," Usagi said, before switching off her communicator and turning to Sora.
"Hey, sorry about this, Sora, but my friends need my help. We're gonna have to run home really quick so I can go, OK?" Usagi said. Sora looked confused, but nodded. The two girls linked hands and began to run towards their neighbourhood.
"A little help here?!?" Mercury yelled at Minako.
"Right! Venus Power!" Minako shouted. A second later, Sailor Venus stepped from the globe of orange light and posed. She wasted no time in pointing at the youma. "Venus Crescent Beam Smash!" A yellow beam of light streaked across the room and blasted the rooster-youma's crest off. It squawked as dust began to trickle from the wound.
"I got it!" Venus squealed, jumping up and down in excitement. The youma glared at her and flapped its wings, firing a spray of pink feathers at Venus, which pinned her to the wall.
"Uh-oh," Venus gulped. The youma roared triumphantly.
"OK, this is our street, Sora. Can you get yourself home from here? I have to go grab something from my house," Usagi said turning to Sora, who looked extremely puffed. Sora took a deep breath and nodded. Usagi left Sora standing on the footpath outside her house and hurried across the road to her own house. She dashed upstairs and began digging throught the piles of clothes on the floor.
"Where is it... come on... where are you, you stupid brooch?!?" Usagi yelled, becoming frantic. Luna glared at Usagi.
"You left home without your brooch?!? What in the world were you thinking, Usagi?!?" Luna yelled, her eyes blazing. Usagi ignored her and continued digging through the clothes.
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On the other side of the road, Sora watched Usagi's house intently, waiting for Usagi to reappear. After about 20 seconds, Sora became bored, and grabbed her white roller-skates with rather bad Sailor Moon drawings on the sides from inside the front door. She strapped them on and began rolling up and down the driveway, waiting patiently.
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"Ah-ha! There you are!" Usagi said, throwing her pillow off the bed and finding the brooch underneath. She quickly pinned it on and ran downstairs and out the door.
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Sora looked up as she heard a door slam, and saw Usagi running down the street. Sora quickly realised that she would never be able to keep up with Usagi at the rate she was running, and so, quickly summoning her powers, Sora created a telepathic lasso around Usagi. The next thing Sora knew, she was hurtling down the street, pulled along by Usagi, who didn't even notice that she was dragging Sora behind her. A couple of blocks later, Sora became tired from focusing her concentration, and lost her grip on the lasso. She slowly rolled to a stop and watched as Usagi sped away from her.
"Darn," Sora muttered. "I wonder what was so important." Sora began skating as fast as she could after Usagi.
"Rei-chan! Mel-chan! Great timing!" Usagi said, arriving at the mall at the same time as Rei and Melina. There was a loud CRASH from somewhere in the mall, and the three girls glanced around, before a determined look appeared on their faces.
"Moon Prism Power!"
"Sun Prism Power!"
"Mars Power!" the girls shouted, before there pink, gold and red lights flashed, and they stood in their Senshi Fukus.
"Let's go!" Sailor Moon said. The other two nodded, and they hurried into the mall. A trail of broken glass led them to a food court, where Mercury was desperately trying to keep the youma away from Venus, who was struggling to get the feathers out of the wall so that she could help Mercury fight.
"Sailor Moon! Mars! Sun! Thank goodness!" cried Venus, relief spreading over her face. Sailor Moon stepped forward and pointed at the youma.
"Hey, ugly! I can't allow a bird-brain like you to run wild in the mall, the best place for shopping! I'm Sailor Moon! And in the name of the Moon, I shall punish you!"
"I may not care much about shopping, but I'm Sailor Mars, and I shall punish you in the name of Mars!"
"Despite the fact that I don't very often have money to spend at the mall, there are plenty of other girls out there who do, and I won't let you ruin their fun! I'm Sailor Sun, and in the name of my guardian star, I shall punish you!" Sailor Moon turned to Sailor Sun.
"You know, you're a natural at monologues," she said. Sailor Sun smiled.
"Thanks!" she replied.
"Um, guys?!? I could do with a little help over here!!" Mercury yelled, before the rooster-youma flapped its wings and dispersed the bubbles that Mercury had used to hold it back. It then opened its mouth and fired a dark beam at Mercury, who screamed in pain and collapsed to the floor, panting heavily. The youma picked her up in it beak and flung her towards her team mates. Mars quickly caught Mercury and set her on her feet.
"You OK?" Mars asked. Mercury nodded, moving to turn back to the youma, but instead found herself looking at the floor: her knees had buckled from underneath her.
"Mercury, you just rest. I'll take care of this big chicken," Sailor Moon said, taking off her tiara and preparing to use it. The youma noticed and simply opened its mouth to fire another dark beam at her. Sailor Moon immediately realised that she would not have time to throw her tiara, or even to jump out of the way. She closed her eyes and braced herself as the beam came flying through the air towards her. A split second later, Sailor Moon heard an ear-splitting scream of agony, and opened her eyes to find a girl standing between her and the youma. The girl turned to look at Sailor Moon, who gasped when she recognised the pain-riddled face. Sora. Sora collapsed into Sailor Moon's arms, a weak smile playing in her lips.
"I couldn't let anything happen to you, Sailor Moon. You're my hero," Sora muttered, her eyelids sinking as she passed out.
"Sora! Sora, wake up! Sora!" Sailor Moon pleaded, shaking the unconscious girl.
Sora felt pain coursing fiercely through her veins as her world turned black. She closed her eyes, wishing for it all it be over. Suddenly, bright light blazed all around her, and the pain vanished. She opened her eyes to find herself on clouds once again, with blue sky all around her. My dream? Sora wondered, looking around. No, this is no dream. It's too real... She looked down and found the familiar Senshi kneeling before her.
"Sora... Welcome. It's been a long time since we were together," the Senshi said, getting to her feet.
"I don't mean to be rude, but who are you?" Sora asked. The Senshi smiled.
"I am the Senshi and guardian of Wind. My name is Sailor Orion. I am also your guardian, Sora," the Senshi said.
"Sailor Orion... Wait, if you're the guardian of Wind, and you're also my guardian, does that mean that I'm the Wind?" Sora asked, feeling rather confused. Sailor Orion giggled.
"Well, yes, I suppose it does, in a way," she said.
"What do you mean?" Sora asked.
"You'll get the answers to all your questions, Sora. You just have to do one thing."
"What do I have to do?"
"Let me in."
Sailor Moon tried to choke back her tears as she laid Sora gently on the floor. Mars, Mercury and Sun charged towards the youma to distract it until Sailor Moon was ready to leave Sora's side and fight. The three Senshi began firing their attacks at the youma.
"Mercury Bubbles Blast!"
"Mars Fire Ignite!"
"Sun Golden Blast!" Bubbles, fire and sun shapes went flying at the youma, which managed to avoided them by millimetres. Mars' flames hit a light switch, and suddenly the room was plunged into darkness.
"Good job, Mars," Sun said sarcastically.
"Huh? Let you in?" Sora became even more confused.
"Don't worry, it's a good thing. You just need to let our minds become one, and accept my power. Please, Sora. Sailor Moon and the other Senshi need our help. It is our destiny to become one, because, well, I am you."
"What do mean, you're me?" Sora asked, her heart racing.
"I have always been a part of you, Sora. You just didn't know it until now." Sora stood staring at Sailor Orion, and the pieces began to fall into into place in her mind. Her strange power, her dreams, even her having to move to a different town every few months. It was Destiny all along, Sora thought, her eyes widening. Everything happened so that, eventually, I would be here in Tokyo to help Sailor Moon. Sora got an excited bubbly feeling in her stomach at the thought of fighting alongside her hero.
"Are you ready to face Destiny together, Sora?" Sailor Orion asked, holding out her gloved hand as she had done in Sora's dreams. Sora smiled.
"Right now, I feel ready for anything," Sora said, taking Sailor Orion's hand. Sailor Orion's tiara disappeared immediately, to be replaced by a glowing silver star – the symbol of Orion. At the same time, the Orion symbol also appeared on Sora's forehead. Sailor Orion nodded upon seeing the symbol on Sora's forehead, then whispered one word:
"Go."
Mars conjured up a flame in the palm of her hand to see where everyone was, then immediately extinguished it when the youma fired a dark beam in the direction of the light. Sailor Sun walked carefully over to where Sailor Moon sat.
"You OK, Sailor Moon?" Sailor Sun whispered. Sailor Moon sniffed, then both gasped as the room was lit up with a soft, silver-white light that emanated from Sora's forehead, a silver star appearing there. Sora slowly opened her eyes and sat up, her energy returning rapidly.
"Sora, are you OK?" Sailor Moon asked. Sora was about to say, "You know my name?!?" but was distracted by a flash of silver by her hand. She looked down and saw a gold transformation pen with a silver star on it. She picked it up and smiled, listening to Sailor Orion's voice echoing in her ears.
"We are one now, Sora. The stars of Orion are all behind you, as am I. I give you the power of my guardian constellation Orion. Call it forth, Sora and vanquish the evil." The youma roared and fired yet another dark beam at them. Just then, a figure jumped down from the floor above and shielded the Senshi with it's black cape, before quickly throwing half a dozen red roses at the youma. The youma shrieked and tried to pull the roses out as the figure turned to smile at them.
"Oh, Tuxedo Mask, you came!" Sailor Moon exclaimed happily. She then turned to Sora. "You'd better use that now," she said. Sora nodded and got to her feet, looking fierce. She held the pen in the air and shouted,
"Orion Power!" The seven-year-old girl was enclosed in a silver-white orb of light, which faded to reveal Sailor Orion. Just then, the lights came back on, making the silver material in her fuku and the two silver ribbons in her hair sparkle. Orion smiled as she examined the silver boots and skirt, then reached up and felt the tiara on her forehead. She suddenly looked determined, and turned to the youma.
"I like most animals, but you're definitely not one of my favourites. I'm Sailor Orion! And with the power of the constellation Orion, I will punish you!" Sailor Orion shouted. She raised her arms above her head and twirled around, creating a miniature tornado around herself.
"Orion Silver Cyclone!" she shouted, sending the tornado speeding across the room, trapping the youma inside it.
"Finish it off, Sailor Moon!" Orion said, turning to her hero. Sailor Moon nodded and took off her tiara.
"Moon Tiara Magic!" Sailor Moon shouted, throwing the tiara. The youma screeched and then exploded into dust as the tiara made contact.
"Well done, Sailor Moon. Until next time," Tuxedo Mask said, before turning and leaping up to the next floor. Sailor Moon stared longingly after him, before almost getting knocked over by Orion, who had rushed to hug her.
"Yes! You got it! That was amazing, Sailor Moon!" Orion gushed, looking up at Sailor Moon with stars in her eyes. Sailor Moon smiled.
"You weren't so bad yourself, Orion. Welcome to the team," Sailor Moon replied.
"Um, excuse me, but could someone please GET ME DOWN?!?" Venus yelled, still pinned to the wall. The others took one look at Venus and burst out laughing.
Author's Notes: I wasn't really sure when to have Sora transform, but when I was writing this chapter, it seemed like the perfect time. Stay tuned! And please review! So far there's only been three different people reviewed my story. I want you opinions, people!
