*A week has passed, and with a nice amount of reviews stashed in my pocket, I present this next
chapter to you. I don't know if there'll be another one until after Christmas, but it will be soon. Writing
this story has been really fun so far, and I really appreciate you reading and reviewing. You might want to
know that after this chapter, the time will start to go a little more fast and we'll skip a few more episodes
than originally. Bear with me, they're all sure to be good. After all, I want to focus on the original plot of
this story. "Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night!"*
*Summary: Chibiusa once again goes to the past, but for a different reason. Can she stop the
meeting of Mamoru and Usagi from ever happening, and set her up with Seiya?*
*Standard Disclaimer: (Just a short one this time) I do not own Sailor Moon or the characters
from it. Only the idea and some of the characters are mine.*
*Enjoy!*
---Jean-Hime*
Chapter Ten: Missing Buses
School had ended, and everyone was rushing to and fro, hanging out, or having someone to meet. It
was quite busy that day, a little more than usual, but Seiya and Usagi didn't notice. They were walking happily
along the sidewalk, talking cheerfully and laughing about school and other matters. In fact, they were too busy
to notice the police cars going by with their lights flashing and their sirens going off.
"You know Usagi, I just love these odangos you have," Seiya said as he stopped and squished one
of the buns on her head. "They remind me of that dessert they serve here."
"Is that why you seem to drool when you keep looking at me?," Usagi innocently asked.
Seiya was striken back by this, and he began to laugh. Usagi looked at him questionally as he laughed,
clearly because she didn't get it. He let go of the bun and patted her head, and they continued to walk along the
street. Their hands absent mindedly touched and held on to each other, and an old woman gave Usagi a cheery
smile as she hobbled along. She looked down at their hands and noticed that Seiya was holding hers just like
the time he had saved her from major punishment from her parents.
Then she noticed the same blue haired girl that she had seen on the scores and at the Cinderella
Caravan waiting patiently at the bush stop. She tugged on Seiya's sleeve just a bit and led him gently towards her,
and then softly tapped the girl's shoulder. She spun around and was surprised at the young couple in front of
her. Usagi just smiled and offered forth her hand.
"My name's Usagi Tsukino," Usagi said, still holding out her hand.
The girl gingerly took her hand and shook it, quietly saying, "Ami Mizuno."
"And my name's Seiya," Seiya said, also adding his hand after Usagi was finished. "We just noticed
that you're the one who is tying scores with my brother."
"Taiki Kou?," Ami asked, blushing just a little as she said the name.
"One and the same," Seiya said. "And then there's my other brother, Yaten, who you would not want to
meet for anything, and Chibiusa, who can be a pain but is really cute..."
"Seiya!," Usagi whispered at her companion and then smiled apologetically at Ami.
Ami giggled just a little and she daintly covered her mouth with her hand. "Is Seiya your boyfriend?,"
she asked suddenly.
Usagi and Seiya suddenly turned bright red and laughed. "He's just a friend," Usagi said, wanting to
change the subject. "Why are you riding the bus?"
"I go to cram school," Ami plainly said, as if it were a normal thing.
"Man, you must be really smart," Usagi remarked, awed and speechless.
Ami blushed a little. "Oh, I'm not sure about that. I just want to be smart enough so I can be a doctor
like my mother some day."
Just then, another police car wissed by and the small group stared after it. "Why all the police cars,"
Seiya asked out loud.
"There's an incident involving disappearing buses over at the Hikawa Shrine," Ami said.
"Hikawa Shrine..."
"It's famous for it's good luck charms and supposely there's a girl who works there who can look into
the future."
"That's interesting," Seiya said and looked at his watch. He frowned and smiled at Ami. "I'm afraid we
spent almost twenty minutes of our time talking and we have to meet some people."
Usagi also frowned and gave Ami a hug. The other girl was surprised, and waved back at them as they
left. After Usagi and Seiya had left, she pulled out her communicator and buzzed in. Luna appeared at the screen
with a look of worry. "What is it, Ami?," the black cat asked.
"I think there's some trouble concerning Hikawa Shrine and the missing buses," Ami said, looking in the
direction of another police car. "I don't think my bus will ever get here, so I'll run over, pick you up, and we'll
investigate." Luna nodded and the screen went blank.
Seiya and Usagi walked into the Crown and took their seats next to the impatient group waiting for
them. Yaten and Chibiusa had already ordered, while Taiki was lounging back and reading a newspaper. He
looked up at the two new arrivals and shoved the paper towards them. The two read the article silently and
were silent.
"I think it sounds like foul play," Yaten said suddenly, looking up from his drink. "The girl working
there sounds like the ideal youma."
"I wouldn't be sure about that," Chibiusa said.
"How do you know?," Seiya asked. "Mikan was an idol, and yet she turned out to be a youma."
Taiki shook his head. "I believe the youma was only posing as Mikan."
"So what do you want to do about it?," Usagi asked.
"Nothing to do but investigate," Taiki said and stood up. "I'll pay the bill since I'm feeling generous
today." He walked up to Motoki to pay the bill.
Chami was now in the Dark Kingdom's control room and fiddling with the controls clumisly. She was
frightened like everyone else, and the only thing logical at the moment was contacting Lord Endymion. Fear rose
like butterflies as she finally got the transmission to work, and then the last thing to do was push the red button
and relay the news to him. He probably wouldn't be pleased with the news, but he would be worse if he didn't
hear it. She pushed the red button.
It took a while for him to appear, and he was mad. Apparently she had awoken him during one of
his naps and now she ran the risk of his crankiness as well. "What is it Chami?," he grumbled madly.
"Sir, it seems that Pluto has just appeared at our front doorstep," Chami said.
This news surprised Endymion and all the sleep in his eyes melted away. Right before him was the
perfect opportunity to cheat a sailor senshi into helping him capture Chibiusa. "Oh this is wonderful," he said as
happily as Endymion could be.
"Sir..."
"Oh, Chami, tell Beryl I'll be there soon to take care of the little matter. I'll be there in a matter of
minutes." He pressed the channel off and skipped happily off to get ready for his encounter with a misunderstood
senshi. "Oh how fate smiles upon me today," he said and ignored the little stares coming from the soldiers
patrolling the halls.
The fivesome walked up to were the commotion of several police cars had parked and investigating
the small evidence they had found. Above them was the large sign saying "Hikawa Shrine". They walked up the
series of steps to see a normal working shrine with almost nothing unusual about it. Several girls were staring at
a booth of good luck charms and a young, blond haired man was sweeping the grounds, giving quick glances to
the girls as they picked out several of them.
"Oh what a nice, muscular young man," someone said and suddenly gripped Yaten's ponytail. He
yelped in pain and tried to yank the hand away, but couldn't reach. Usagi, Chibiusa, Seiya, and Taiki stared
speechlessly at the little, old man holding the poor boy's ponytail. He let it go and said, "So, would you like to
work for me?"
Yaten turned around like he was ready to kill someone. But he was stopped by a girl rushing up to
the man and hovering behind him, hands on her hips. "Grandpa, stop harrassing the visitors," she said and then
turned her attention to Yaten. "I'm sorry for my grandpa's behavior. Sometimes he can be a big creep, but he's
not all that bad."
This took some time for Yaten to accept. Finally he nodded and turned away, while the rest of the
group stared at her. She was pretty, with long, violet hair and purple eyes. She was wearing the same robes as
her grandfather and her mouth was plastered in a firm line. "I'm Rei Hino and this is me and my grandfather's
shrine. And, before you get any ideas, my grandpa is not responsible for those disappearences."
"We didn't say anything about that," Seiya said.
Rei's mood still didn't change. "I think there's something happening under our noses that I can't
understand. It's just that..." Suddenly she felt an evil presence of energy in the shrine and, taking out one of her
anti-evil signs, plastered it on the nearest person beside her. Which happened to be Yaten, who had returned
and had been listening. The young man fell to the ground and Rei went pale. "Oh, I'm so sorry. Can you help
me move him into the shrine?" Seiya and Taiki nodded, and followed Rei with their brother.
After a few minutes, Yaten was starting to come to. He raised his hand to his head and groaned as
Rei removed it and placed a rag over the burning spot. His brothers and Usagi and Chibiusa were sitting around
him.
"I wish that spell would have lasted longer," Seiya joked. "It was certainly wonderful to have you
silent for a few minutes."
"Seiya," Yaten growled, and tried to rise from the matt on the floor but Rei pushed him down and
continued to scrub his forehead. The same man who had been sweeping the grounds came into the room with
some more water and then abruptly left. Taiki stared after him for a minute and then returned his attention back
to Rei.
"Who was that man?," Taiki asked.
"Oh, just another of my grandfather's helpers that he managed to find," Rei said. Then she looked at
Yaten. "I'm sorry about the anti-evil sign, but I felt some evil energy from somewhere and reacted abruptly. I'm
just so confused at the moment." Yaten just sighed and laid back again.
Taiki rose up from his spot on the ground. "I guess we should be going now." The others next to
him rose as well.
"Yes, that would be a good idea," Rei said, and then helped Yaten up. The five left the shrine and
saw a line of girls boarding one of the buses. Taiki glanced at the busdriver for a moment, but all he could make
out was a shadow.
"Do you think we should take the bus as well?," Seiya asked his group.
"Remember what Rei said and those buses. Maybe this is one of them," Chibiusa said.
Usagi shivered. "I wouldn't want to ride it anyway. It just seems spooky to me."
Behind them the engines started to operate and the door swung closed. Chibiusa turned around and
tugged on Seiya's sleeve. He also watched as the bus headed straight for a brick wall and seemed as it was
going to crash. "Surely that bus isn't stupid enough to crash into a brick wall," Yaten said. Taiki just stood silent
as his guess was confirmed; the bus had indeed gone through the wall.
A gasp quickly came out of the mouth of Usagi. "I'm glad we didn't take the bus."
"So, that's what happened to them," Yaten mumbled.
Pluto stood outside the secret hideout of the Dark Kingdom, deciding whether to break in or just
take a few minutes more to wait for a troubled to servant to open the door for her. She gripped the slender staff
tightly and rapped again, though this time with more force.
The senshi of time was here for a very special reason. Even though she could not use the full
extent of her powers yet, there had been an edging feeling in her spine for the past month. Right now, until her
princess was awakened, all she could do was fight and correct time balances. Pity that she could not see the future
yet. But, that would come when her princess had recovered her memories. For the moment, she was investigating this
fortress under the polar ice cap in the North Pole.
Suddenly, the great doors opened by several big men in large jackets. Pluto was hardly affected
by the cold, and was still warm even after standing outside for a half hour. She stepped inside to a warm room that
looked like the inside of a giant monster's stomach and stood there. Across the room, sitting in a large throne,
was a freak looking woman with red hair and wearing a purple dress. Beside her, sitting on one arm of the throne, was
a man with purple hair wearing a knight's uniform. To Pluto, it resembled Prince Endymion's attire, but this man
was a little older and had a more sinister face.
The man stood up and held a cup towards the senshi. "Care to have a drink?," he asked. "It's not
poisoned, I can assure you."
Pluto held her hand against the drink and advanced further to the throne. "What are the likes of
you doing here?," she asked coldly.
"Please, we are all friends here," the man said. He placed his hand upon himself and said, "I am
Lord Endymion, and beside me is Queen Beryl."
"You, the same as the Prince Endymion of the Silver Millenium and Queen Beryl, the one that
destroyed our kingdom in the first place?"
"The very same."
"So, why are you with her and not Princess Serenity?"
"I have thought carefully about the actions that were done very long ago," Queen Berl lied. "Surely
you know that I was possessed at that time."
Pluto just stood there, considering their words carefully. Most certainly Queen Beryl was lying and
was a cheat, but Endymion, he was definitely the same. "I have come to investigate the means of a change in this
fragile timeline," she said, finally popping her mission out.
"Why, that is certainly what I am doing as well," Endymion said. "You see, I am the future Endymion
and live in Crystal Tokyo and I noticed something happening as well."
"Then we are in the same boat?"
Endymion nodded. "I say we should join forces, so that both of our missions will come out
successfully. It will save us much more time than doing it alone." He extended his hand towards Pluto. "Will you help
me?"
Pluto's hand trembled as it struggled in deciding what to do. It started to inch towards Endymion's
and touch, but she instantly brought it back. She shook her head. "I am sorry, Endymion, but this mission must be
accomplished by the senshi alone. I appreciate your asking, but you cannot aid me. I prefer to do this by myself."
Endymion instantly rose up in protest. "But Pluto, Neo Queen Serenity asked me to help you."
The senshi shook her head. "Even she cannot change my mind at this moment. Unless she comes to me
by herself and orders me, I shall not go back on my decision." She turned away and disappeared, out of sight and
out of range of Endymion's rising anger.
He clentched his fists together and left silently from the throne room. Queen Beryl still sat in
her throne and looked across the room into the shadows, where Chami stood and then emerged. She bowed before the queen
and stated her question, "Queen Beryl, I cannot find Jedeite."
"I am not worried," the queen replied. "He is off attempting another chance of collecting energy
and killing sailor senshi brats."
'He should have brought me,' Chami muttered to herself. 'If so, maybe he would have a better chance
of keeping his head.' A twange of fear rose through her and she felt sorry for the poor man. Through all the bad
things that she thought of him, there was still a small feeling inside her that was steadily growing. Maybe she was
starting to feel some affection for this blond headed general?
Ami stood at the bus stop again the next day, with Luna perched on her shoulder. They were waiting
for the bus so they could finally investigate the evil behind the missing buses and where the had gone. Already, many
girls were in line, each holding a charm from the shrine. Inside her pocket was her henshin item, and her free hand
tightly clutched it. Most likely she would need it.
Hiding in the buses, watching the girls waiting for the bus, were the Starlight senshi. Fighter had
her hands placed on Creator's shoulders, and both were watching closely, as Maker was doing as well. Creator pointed
out Ami in line behind the other people, and was greatly worried. So was Maker. Somehow the presense of Ami didn't
calm her nerves.
"You three look nervous," Healer whispered, getting a closer look through the bush. "Maybe this
bus won't disappear."
Searcher nudged Healer over a little and watched as Ami started following the crowd into the
arriving bus. "Don't worry, she'll be all right," she assured Maker and then went back to watching.
The bush was now starting to leave and Ami was towards the back, holding one of the handrails. There
was a shadowy figure, and as soon as the bus started to leave, a gas flooded the place. Ami noticed that all the girls
holding a charm fainted and landed on heaps on the floor. The bus still was moving and she was still awake, but the
bus driver still hadn't peered back. Here was the time to transform.
"Mercury Power...Makeup!!!"
Still the bus driver did not peer back to discover the source of the flashing lights. Now the bus
was passing through the brick wall, and Mercury felt the dimension change.
Meanwhile, the Starlights were running towards the brick wall after the bus. The hole had just
started to open, and they all knew that it would immediately close as soon as the bus passed through. Just as the bus
was almost through, Searcher, Creator, and Maker had managed to jump into the hole before it closed. Fighter attempted
to see if she could get through the wall, but it was solid and she hit her head. She resolved for waiting with Healer.
"Fire Soul!!!"
A new attack rang throughout the dimension, and the three Starlights headed towards the noise. A
pile of dust was blowing in the wind, and two senshi appeared very worried, one Mercury and another someone new. The
new one had on a red fuku and her purple hair and eyes were striking. "What's going on?," Searcher called out to the
two.
"The dimension hole is collasping!," Mercury called out.
"Oh no," Creator fretted. She was pale and was thinking of being trapped and seperated from Seiya.
"Hey, look, a light!," the red, unknown senshi called out, and sure enough a bright light was
coming from outside the hole. A bus emerged through, with Tuxedo Kamen in the front seat and Fighter and Healer hanging
onto the handles outside.
Fighter waved at the group and yelled, "Hop aboard!" They did as they were told and Kamen drove them
out into the sunshine from the dimension. The other lost buses followed after them and they stopped right outside the
shrine. The senshi hopped off, and Kamen disappeared with the buses.
"Boy, is he cute," the red senshi whispered to Mercury.
Mercury shrugged her shoulders.
"So, which senshi are you?," Healer asked, pointing her finger at the new face.
"I am Sailor Mars," she replied.
"Whatever," Healer retorted and walked away, followed by the other four. Once again, another mystery
solved for the Starlight senshi. But, was this the real reason they were there?
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*If you enjoyed this chapter or fic, please review. That way, you can tell me your thoughts and
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chapter to you. I don't know if there'll be another one until after Christmas, but it will be soon. Writing
this story has been really fun so far, and I really appreciate you reading and reviewing. You might want to
know that after this chapter, the time will start to go a little more fast and we'll skip a few more episodes
than originally. Bear with me, they're all sure to be good. After all, I want to focus on the original plot of
this story. "Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night!"*
*Summary: Chibiusa once again goes to the past, but for a different reason. Can she stop the
meeting of Mamoru and Usagi from ever happening, and set her up with Seiya?*
*Standard Disclaimer: (Just a short one this time) I do not own Sailor Moon or the characters
from it. Only the idea and some of the characters are mine.*
*Enjoy!*
---Jean-Hime*
Chapter Ten: Missing Buses
School had ended, and everyone was rushing to and fro, hanging out, or having someone to meet. It
was quite busy that day, a little more than usual, but Seiya and Usagi didn't notice. They were walking happily
along the sidewalk, talking cheerfully and laughing about school and other matters. In fact, they were too busy
to notice the police cars going by with their lights flashing and their sirens going off.
"You know Usagi, I just love these odangos you have," Seiya said as he stopped and squished one
of the buns on her head. "They remind me of that dessert they serve here."
"Is that why you seem to drool when you keep looking at me?," Usagi innocently asked.
Seiya was striken back by this, and he began to laugh. Usagi looked at him questionally as he laughed,
clearly because she didn't get it. He let go of the bun and patted her head, and they continued to walk along the
street. Their hands absent mindedly touched and held on to each other, and an old woman gave Usagi a cheery
smile as she hobbled along. She looked down at their hands and noticed that Seiya was holding hers just like
the time he had saved her from major punishment from her parents.
Then she noticed the same blue haired girl that she had seen on the scores and at the Cinderella
Caravan waiting patiently at the bush stop. She tugged on Seiya's sleeve just a bit and led him gently towards her,
and then softly tapped the girl's shoulder. She spun around and was surprised at the young couple in front of
her. Usagi just smiled and offered forth her hand.
"My name's Usagi Tsukino," Usagi said, still holding out her hand.
The girl gingerly took her hand and shook it, quietly saying, "Ami Mizuno."
"And my name's Seiya," Seiya said, also adding his hand after Usagi was finished. "We just noticed
that you're the one who is tying scores with my brother."
"Taiki Kou?," Ami asked, blushing just a little as she said the name.
"One and the same," Seiya said. "And then there's my other brother, Yaten, who you would not want to
meet for anything, and Chibiusa, who can be a pain but is really cute..."
"Seiya!," Usagi whispered at her companion and then smiled apologetically at Ami.
Ami giggled just a little and she daintly covered her mouth with her hand. "Is Seiya your boyfriend?,"
she asked suddenly.
Usagi and Seiya suddenly turned bright red and laughed. "He's just a friend," Usagi said, wanting to
change the subject. "Why are you riding the bus?"
"I go to cram school," Ami plainly said, as if it were a normal thing.
"Man, you must be really smart," Usagi remarked, awed and speechless.
Ami blushed a little. "Oh, I'm not sure about that. I just want to be smart enough so I can be a doctor
like my mother some day."
Just then, another police car wissed by and the small group stared after it. "Why all the police cars,"
Seiya asked out loud.
"There's an incident involving disappearing buses over at the Hikawa Shrine," Ami said.
"Hikawa Shrine..."
"It's famous for it's good luck charms and supposely there's a girl who works there who can look into
the future."
"That's interesting," Seiya said and looked at his watch. He frowned and smiled at Ami. "I'm afraid we
spent almost twenty minutes of our time talking and we have to meet some people."
Usagi also frowned and gave Ami a hug. The other girl was surprised, and waved back at them as they
left. After Usagi and Seiya had left, she pulled out her communicator and buzzed in. Luna appeared at the screen
with a look of worry. "What is it, Ami?," the black cat asked.
"I think there's some trouble concerning Hikawa Shrine and the missing buses," Ami said, looking in the
direction of another police car. "I don't think my bus will ever get here, so I'll run over, pick you up, and we'll
investigate." Luna nodded and the screen went blank.
Seiya and Usagi walked into the Crown and took their seats next to the impatient group waiting for
them. Yaten and Chibiusa had already ordered, while Taiki was lounging back and reading a newspaper. He
looked up at the two new arrivals and shoved the paper towards them. The two read the article silently and
were silent.
"I think it sounds like foul play," Yaten said suddenly, looking up from his drink. "The girl working
there sounds like the ideal youma."
"I wouldn't be sure about that," Chibiusa said.
"How do you know?," Seiya asked. "Mikan was an idol, and yet she turned out to be a youma."
Taiki shook his head. "I believe the youma was only posing as Mikan."
"So what do you want to do about it?," Usagi asked.
"Nothing to do but investigate," Taiki said and stood up. "I'll pay the bill since I'm feeling generous
today." He walked up to Motoki to pay the bill.
Chami was now in the Dark Kingdom's control room and fiddling with the controls clumisly. She was
frightened like everyone else, and the only thing logical at the moment was contacting Lord Endymion. Fear rose
like butterflies as she finally got the transmission to work, and then the last thing to do was push the red button
and relay the news to him. He probably wouldn't be pleased with the news, but he would be worse if he didn't
hear it. She pushed the red button.
It took a while for him to appear, and he was mad. Apparently she had awoken him during one of
his naps and now she ran the risk of his crankiness as well. "What is it Chami?," he grumbled madly.
"Sir, it seems that Pluto has just appeared at our front doorstep," Chami said.
This news surprised Endymion and all the sleep in his eyes melted away. Right before him was the
perfect opportunity to cheat a sailor senshi into helping him capture Chibiusa. "Oh this is wonderful," he said as
happily as Endymion could be.
"Sir..."
"Oh, Chami, tell Beryl I'll be there soon to take care of the little matter. I'll be there in a matter of
minutes." He pressed the channel off and skipped happily off to get ready for his encounter with a misunderstood
senshi. "Oh how fate smiles upon me today," he said and ignored the little stares coming from the soldiers
patrolling the halls.
The fivesome walked up to were the commotion of several police cars had parked and investigating
the small evidence they had found. Above them was the large sign saying "Hikawa Shrine". They walked up the
series of steps to see a normal working shrine with almost nothing unusual about it. Several girls were staring at
a booth of good luck charms and a young, blond haired man was sweeping the grounds, giving quick glances to
the girls as they picked out several of them.
"Oh what a nice, muscular young man," someone said and suddenly gripped Yaten's ponytail. He
yelped in pain and tried to yank the hand away, but couldn't reach. Usagi, Chibiusa, Seiya, and Taiki stared
speechlessly at the little, old man holding the poor boy's ponytail. He let it go and said, "So, would you like to
work for me?"
Yaten turned around like he was ready to kill someone. But he was stopped by a girl rushing up to
the man and hovering behind him, hands on her hips. "Grandpa, stop harrassing the visitors," she said and then
turned her attention to Yaten. "I'm sorry for my grandpa's behavior. Sometimes he can be a big creep, but he's
not all that bad."
This took some time for Yaten to accept. Finally he nodded and turned away, while the rest of the
group stared at her. She was pretty, with long, violet hair and purple eyes. She was wearing the same robes as
her grandfather and her mouth was plastered in a firm line. "I'm Rei Hino and this is me and my grandfather's
shrine. And, before you get any ideas, my grandpa is not responsible for those disappearences."
"We didn't say anything about that," Seiya said.
Rei's mood still didn't change. "I think there's something happening under our noses that I can't
understand. It's just that..." Suddenly she felt an evil presence of energy in the shrine and, taking out one of her
anti-evil signs, plastered it on the nearest person beside her. Which happened to be Yaten, who had returned
and had been listening. The young man fell to the ground and Rei went pale. "Oh, I'm so sorry. Can you help
me move him into the shrine?" Seiya and Taiki nodded, and followed Rei with their brother.
After a few minutes, Yaten was starting to come to. He raised his hand to his head and groaned as
Rei removed it and placed a rag over the burning spot. His brothers and Usagi and Chibiusa were sitting around
him.
"I wish that spell would have lasted longer," Seiya joked. "It was certainly wonderful to have you
silent for a few minutes."
"Seiya," Yaten growled, and tried to rise from the matt on the floor but Rei pushed him down and
continued to scrub his forehead. The same man who had been sweeping the grounds came into the room with
some more water and then abruptly left. Taiki stared after him for a minute and then returned his attention back
to Rei.
"Who was that man?," Taiki asked.
"Oh, just another of my grandfather's helpers that he managed to find," Rei said. Then she looked at
Yaten. "I'm sorry about the anti-evil sign, but I felt some evil energy from somewhere and reacted abruptly. I'm
just so confused at the moment." Yaten just sighed and laid back again.
Taiki rose up from his spot on the ground. "I guess we should be going now." The others next to
him rose as well.
"Yes, that would be a good idea," Rei said, and then helped Yaten up. The five left the shrine and
saw a line of girls boarding one of the buses. Taiki glanced at the busdriver for a moment, but all he could make
out was a shadow.
"Do you think we should take the bus as well?," Seiya asked his group.
"Remember what Rei said and those buses. Maybe this is one of them," Chibiusa said.
Usagi shivered. "I wouldn't want to ride it anyway. It just seems spooky to me."
Behind them the engines started to operate and the door swung closed. Chibiusa turned around and
tugged on Seiya's sleeve. He also watched as the bus headed straight for a brick wall and seemed as it was
going to crash. "Surely that bus isn't stupid enough to crash into a brick wall," Yaten said. Taiki just stood silent
as his guess was confirmed; the bus had indeed gone through the wall.
A gasp quickly came out of the mouth of Usagi. "I'm glad we didn't take the bus."
"So, that's what happened to them," Yaten mumbled.
Pluto stood outside the secret hideout of the Dark Kingdom, deciding whether to break in or just
take a few minutes more to wait for a troubled to servant to open the door for her. She gripped the slender staff
tightly and rapped again, though this time with more force.
The senshi of time was here for a very special reason. Even though she could not use the full
extent of her powers yet, there had been an edging feeling in her spine for the past month. Right now, until her
princess was awakened, all she could do was fight and correct time balances. Pity that she could not see the future
yet. But, that would come when her princess had recovered her memories. For the moment, she was investigating this
fortress under the polar ice cap in the North Pole.
Suddenly, the great doors opened by several big men in large jackets. Pluto was hardly affected
by the cold, and was still warm even after standing outside for a half hour. She stepped inside to a warm room that
looked like the inside of a giant monster's stomach and stood there. Across the room, sitting in a large throne,
was a freak looking woman with red hair and wearing a purple dress. Beside her, sitting on one arm of the throne, was
a man with purple hair wearing a knight's uniform. To Pluto, it resembled Prince Endymion's attire, but this man
was a little older and had a more sinister face.
The man stood up and held a cup towards the senshi. "Care to have a drink?," he asked. "It's not
poisoned, I can assure you."
Pluto held her hand against the drink and advanced further to the throne. "What are the likes of
you doing here?," she asked coldly.
"Please, we are all friends here," the man said. He placed his hand upon himself and said, "I am
Lord Endymion, and beside me is Queen Beryl."
"You, the same as the Prince Endymion of the Silver Millenium and Queen Beryl, the one that
destroyed our kingdom in the first place?"
"The very same."
"So, why are you with her and not Princess Serenity?"
"I have thought carefully about the actions that were done very long ago," Queen Berl lied. "Surely
you know that I was possessed at that time."
Pluto just stood there, considering their words carefully. Most certainly Queen Beryl was lying and
was a cheat, but Endymion, he was definitely the same. "I have come to investigate the means of a change in this
fragile timeline," she said, finally popping her mission out.
"Why, that is certainly what I am doing as well," Endymion said. "You see, I am the future Endymion
and live in Crystal Tokyo and I noticed something happening as well."
"Then we are in the same boat?"
Endymion nodded. "I say we should join forces, so that both of our missions will come out
successfully. It will save us much more time than doing it alone." He extended his hand towards Pluto. "Will you help
me?"
Pluto's hand trembled as it struggled in deciding what to do. It started to inch towards Endymion's
and touch, but she instantly brought it back. She shook her head. "I am sorry, Endymion, but this mission must be
accomplished by the senshi alone. I appreciate your asking, but you cannot aid me. I prefer to do this by myself."
Endymion instantly rose up in protest. "But Pluto, Neo Queen Serenity asked me to help you."
The senshi shook her head. "Even she cannot change my mind at this moment. Unless she comes to me
by herself and orders me, I shall not go back on my decision." She turned away and disappeared, out of sight and
out of range of Endymion's rising anger.
He clentched his fists together and left silently from the throne room. Queen Beryl still sat in
her throne and looked across the room into the shadows, where Chami stood and then emerged. She bowed before the queen
and stated her question, "Queen Beryl, I cannot find Jedeite."
"I am not worried," the queen replied. "He is off attempting another chance of collecting energy
and killing sailor senshi brats."
'He should have brought me,' Chami muttered to herself. 'If so, maybe he would have a better chance
of keeping his head.' A twange of fear rose through her and she felt sorry for the poor man. Through all the bad
things that she thought of him, there was still a small feeling inside her that was steadily growing. Maybe she was
starting to feel some affection for this blond headed general?
Ami stood at the bus stop again the next day, with Luna perched on her shoulder. They were waiting
for the bus so they could finally investigate the evil behind the missing buses and where the had gone. Already, many
girls were in line, each holding a charm from the shrine. Inside her pocket was her henshin item, and her free hand
tightly clutched it. Most likely she would need it.
Hiding in the buses, watching the girls waiting for the bus, were the Starlight senshi. Fighter had
her hands placed on Creator's shoulders, and both were watching closely, as Maker was doing as well. Creator pointed
out Ami in line behind the other people, and was greatly worried. So was Maker. Somehow the presense of Ami didn't
calm her nerves.
"You three look nervous," Healer whispered, getting a closer look through the bush. "Maybe this
bus won't disappear."
Searcher nudged Healer over a little and watched as Ami started following the crowd into the
arriving bus. "Don't worry, she'll be all right," she assured Maker and then went back to watching.
The bush was now starting to leave and Ami was towards the back, holding one of the handrails. There
was a shadowy figure, and as soon as the bus started to leave, a gas flooded the place. Ami noticed that all the girls
holding a charm fainted and landed on heaps on the floor. The bus still was moving and she was still awake, but the
bus driver still hadn't peered back. Here was the time to transform.
"Mercury Power...Makeup!!!"
Still the bus driver did not peer back to discover the source of the flashing lights. Now the bus
was passing through the brick wall, and Mercury felt the dimension change.
Meanwhile, the Starlights were running towards the brick wall after the bus. The hole had just
started to open, and they all knew that it would immediately close as soon as the bus passed through. Just as the bus
was almost through, Searcher, Creator, and Maker had managed to jump into the hole before it closed. Fighter attempted
to see if she could get through the wall, but it was solid and she hit her head. She resolved for waiting with Healer.
"Fire Soul!!!"
A new attack rang throughout the dimension, and the three Starlights headed towards the noise. A
pile of dust was blowing in the wind, and two senshi appeared very worried, one Mercury and another someone new. The
new one had on a red fuku and her purple hair and eyes were striking. "What's going on?," Searcher called out to the
two.
"The dimension hole is collasping!," Mercury called out.
"Oh no," Creator fretted. She was pale and was thinking of being trapped and seperated from Seiya.
"Hey, look, a light!," the red, unknown senshi called out, and sure enough a bright light was
coming from outside the hole. A bus emerged through, with Tuxedo Kamen in the front seat and Fighter and Healer hanging
onto the handles outside.
Fighter waved at the group and yelled, "Hop aboard!" They did as they were told and Kamen drove them
out into the sunshine from the dimension. The other lost buses followed after them and they stopped right outside the
shrine. The senshi hopped off, and Kamen disappeared with the buses.
"Boy, is he cute," the red senshi whispered to Mercury.
Mercury shrugged her shoulders.
"So, which senshi are you?," Healer asked, pointing her finger at the new face.
"I am Sailor Mars," she replied.
"Whatever," Healer retorted and walked away, followed by the other four. Once again, another mystery
solved for the Starlight senshi. But, was this the real reason they were there?
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