In the Dark Kingdom, once again Jadeite found himself standing before Queen Beryl giving his report on the search for the Silver Crystal.
"If these Sailor Guardians and Solaris find the legendary Silver Crystal before we do," she said. "then they could cause serious problems for us. We of the Dark Kingdom must be the first to get the crystal at any cost. If anyone dares stand in our way or opposes us, we will show no mercy." She then turned to Jadeite. "Are you here to tell me that you still haven't been able to locate it yet?"
"I'm afraid so, Queen Beryl," said Jadeite apologetically.
"Jadeite, you have failed me several times already," continued Queen Beryl. "But I am willing to grant you another chance to redeem yourself. Go collect more human energy for our great ruler and then make sure you eliminate those three troublesome guardians."
"Yes, my queen," acknowledged Jadeite.
Harusuke, Usagi, and Luna were walking down on the sidewalk on their way to school. It seemed like another normal day when suddenly they heard the sound of blaring sirens. The three turned around in time to see two police cars zoom right past them with their lights flashing and tires humming. The sped down the street and disappeared.
"Those were police cars just now," said Harusuke.
"I wonder what could have happened?" pondered Usagi.
Then by the bus stop just a few feet ahead, Usagi and Harusuke saw a familiar face with blue hair standing by the bus stop waiting for the bus to arrive.
"Hey Ami!" called Usagi as she and Harusuke went over to her.
"Oh! Usagi! Harusuke! Luna," smiled Ami. "Good morning."
"Good morning to you too," said Harusuke. "What brings you around here? Are you waiting for the bus?"
"Yes, I am," replied Ami. "I was just on my way to cram school."
Usagi was surprised. "Wait... Are you meaning to tell us that you need to take the bus just to go to cram school?" she asked.
"It's no big deal. I'd even take a plane if it meant going to good cram school," said Ami. "And besides, I'm a sailor guardian. I need to study and get as much knowledge as I can, so I can help Luna find the missing moon princess."
"Wow Ami. That's pretty admirable of you," said Harusuke.
"Isn't she though?" smiled Luna. Then she gave Usagi a sideways glance. "Unlike a certain someone else I know."
Usagi laughing sheepishly immediately tried to change the subject trying to act innocent. "Where is that bus?!" she asked awkwardly.
Then suddenly the sound of sirens was heard again and then another police car came rushing by disappearing down the street.
"Another police car? That's the third one that went by," said Harusuke. "I wonder if something serious happened."
Just then, Naru and Kuri walked up to them.
"Hey guys. Did you guys hear what happened on this bus route?" asked Kuri.
Harusuke, Ami, and Usagi shook their heads.
"Yesterday evening a little after six at night, a bus that was full of passengers just drove off and disappeared!" said Kuri.
"Wow! Seriously? That's sounds pretty cool!" said Usagi.
"No, it's not. It's really serious," said Naru. "Do you guys know of a bus stop called Sendai-Zakaue?"
"That's where the five streets meet right? What about it?" asked Harusuke.
"Apparently there was a bus carrying nearly fifty people down that way," continued Naru ominously. "And no one has seen the people or the bus since then!"
"At first the police have been trying to keep it a secret because they thought of this as some kind of mass kidnapping," added Kuri. " But no demands were made, so they made it public and even opened an investigation."
"The cursed six o'clock bus..." murmured Ami.
At the mention of the name, Usagi and Harusuke couldn't help but feel a little frightened.
"Man, that's scary," said Usagi shivering. Then she remembered something. "That reminds me. There's a Hikawa Shrine near the Sendai-Zaka, and their amulets from there are known for warding off evil."
"I get it," said Harusuke. "You're thinking that we should buy some amulets to protect ourselves. That's a pretty decent idea. "
"Yeah! I even know that place!" said Naru. "They say that there's a shrine maiden there with strong spiritual powers. So strong that she can even predict the future. Not to mention that their amulets are pretty effective too!"
"Wow! That's so cool!" said Kuri. "Let's go over there and some and we'll even get our future read too!"
"Hey Usagi. Do you think that either you or Harusuke can pick up an amulet for me?" asked Ami.
"But... wouldn't it make sense to come with us Ami?" asked Usagi.
"Well I would, but sadly I have to study today at cram school," said Ami. "Especially since I have a practice test that I can't miss. You know what it's like when you have to hit books."
"Actually, if you think about it, she really doesn't," remarked Harusuke. "But don't worry Ami. We'll pick up one for you."
"Thank you so much," said Ami smiling. "I really appreciate it."
At the Hikawa Shrine, there was a strange, but mystical sense in the air as ravens flapped about squawking loudly. There was a flight of stairs at the entrance eventually going up to where the shrine was. At the shrine close to the altar, a couple school girls were there. They had just placed their money and rang the bell from the ceiling and prayed.
"Please, please, let him notice that I love him," said one.
The other two were excited upon hearing her wish and then three talked excitedly to each other about the guy the girl prayed about. Not too far away, Jadeite who was now under the disguise of a shrine geki was sweeping some leaves listening to the girls talking. He looked back at the gossiping girls and smirked evilly.
"That's it. Keep wishing for even more love!" he thought to himself. "Fill your hearts with romantic energy!"
Just then, a short old man came out of the temple and approached to the girls.
"Hey there, you bunch of cuties!" he said cheerfully and flirtatiously. "Are any of you lovely ladies interested in working here?"
"Sorry sir," said one of the girls. "But we just came here to buy some of those love amulets that you sell here."
"Why... of course! Of course!" said the old man laughing and feigning innocence. "I was only just kidding with you girls!" Then he looked at his watch. "Oh! It's five thirty! You're just in time! As I always do around this time, I will now recite a special prayer that will bring true love into your life!" He then whipped out a gohei and began waving it about as he started his prayer. "Oh, hear me Spirit of Flame!" he said. "Listen to me proclaim! May these girl's hearts become ablaze with true love always! Let joy in them be imbued and may their wishes come true!" When he finished his prayer, he then turned back to the girls. "I'm guessing you girls must have come a long way," he said. "But, before you leave, you should draw a fortune slip. We also ema plagues for passing exams as well! Why don't you buy a couple before you go?"
"Thank you for your concern," said another girl. "But we don't need any. Thank you, sir."
And with that the girls left giggling and commenting how strange the old man was. As they left, Jadeite was watching from the side keeping a close eye on them. At that very same time, Usagi, Naru, Kuri, Luna, and Harusuke arrived at the temple. The old man immediately went up to them.
"Ooh! Another group of cuties!" he said. "Would any of you like to work part time here as shrine maidens?"
Everyone stared blankly at the old man unsure how to respond. Then Harusuke spoke.
"That does sound like an interesting proposition sir," he said. "But I think the girls aren't interested."
The old man looked at Harusuke. "Ooh! And here's a fine strapping young man here too!" he said grinning. "Hey boy! If you decide to work here part time, I can make you into a fine shaman!"
Harusuke felt a little put off, but then a voice was heard.
"Grandpa! Stop hitting on everyone! You're freaking them out!"
Then a young girl stepped out and came up to the old man. She was young if not at least a year older than Usagi wearing a shrine maiden's outfit and had long flowing black hair. When the old man saw her, he quickly behaved himself. When Harusuke, Usagi, and the others saw the girl, they couldn't help but gaze at the girl with wonder admiring her beauty.
"Oh! Hi Rei!" he said sheepishly. "How's it going?"
"Don't you "hi" me," scolded the girl. "You know people around here are starting to say very unflattering things about you, all because of your insistent pestering and flirting!"
"Wow... she's so cool and pretty!" murmured Harusuke. "So, she's a shrine maiden!"
"You're telling me!" agreed Usagi. "I wouldn't mind doing that part time!"
Harusuke, Naru, Kuri, and even Luna looked at Usagi blankly as she giggled while blushing.
Outside of the shrine near the middle of the steps, the same girls who Rei's grandfather talked to before made their way down the steps excited from getting their charms and prayers. In the bushes, Jadeite was still keeping his eye on them until finally he made his move. With a wave of his hands, a dark power took hold of the three girls. Each one of them became very tired and dazed entering into a hypnotic state. Jadeite smiled evilly having to have claimed three more victims for his great ruler.
Rei suddenly gasped and a couple of crows squawked in alarm.
"I sense it!" she cried. "An evil aura! Is it a spirit!?"
She looked around trying to see where she sensed the evil spirit while everyone else looked at her blankly. Then she looked at Usagi thinking that she as the source of the evil presence. "Aha! Trying to make trouble at our shrine, huh? Well you can just forget it! I won't let you!" She then dug into her haori and whipped out a ofuda (or paper tag). "Evil Spirit, be exorcized!" She then lunged at Usagi and slapped the ofuda right smack in the middle of her forehead, stunning her and making her fall flat on her back.
"Wah! Usagi!" panicked Harusuke as he immediately went to his sister. "Are you OK?! Say something!"
Usagi responded with a dazed groan. Rei then face-palmed herself sheepishly.
"I'm so sorry," she apologized. "That wasn't supposed to happen."
A little later, Harusuke and the others carried Usagi inside to try and nurse her back to health. Then Jadeite opened the door still under his disguise carrying a small bowl of water and a few rolled up hand towels.
"Miss Rei. I brought some water and hand towels," he said.
"Thank you, Jed," replied Rei. "Just leave them by the door please."
"Of course," he said as he set the tray as requested.
Upon seeing him, Naru and Kuri couldn't help, but blush feeling charmed by him while Harusuke and Luna felt suspicious.
"That's weird," thought Harusuke. "That guy..."
"He looks very familiar," thought Luna. "But where have I seen him?"
"Wow... what a hunk," murmured Naru.
As soon as she said the word "hunk," Usagi immediately shot up from the futon knocking Luna off her and looking around back and forth around her making everyone jump.
"What!? Where?! Where's the hunk?! Where'd he go?! Huh?!" she exclaimed.
"Well that sure was a speedy recovery," thought Luna as Jadeite left the room.
"That's Usagi for you," thought Harusuke. "One minute she's out cold and the moment she hears the word hunk, she immediately recovers."
"So, is that guy your older brother or something?" asked Naru.
"Ugh... no. He's not," sighed Rei. "Jed's just a guy that my Grandpa hired, and he's been working and living with us. It's all because he's so overly friendly with everyone, trying to make friends with every person who comes to the shrine. It's so embarrassing!"
"Well... he sure is interesting. I'll give him that," said Naru.
Rei then turned to Harusuke and Usagi. "Listen. You're Usagi and her older brother Harusuke right? I really must apologize for what happened earlier."
"It's no big deal," said Usagi.
"Yeah. It was mistake, and those things happen," added Harusuke. "No harm done."
"I just wish I knew what's been going on lately," said Rei. "My sixth sense and prophesies used to be spot on, but not anymore. It's like something's been throwing me off."
"Maybe you're having one of those off days?" wondered Harusuke.
When Luna heard Rei mentioning her sixth sense ability, she stared at her having a thought. "Sixth sense? Wait a minute... Could this girl be the princess that we've been searching for?" she wondered to herself.
Then suddenly the door behind them flung open revealing a woman in her early forty's at least. She looked cross.
"You there! Are you the person in charge here?!" she snapped.
"Yes, I am," she said. "What's this about?"
"My daughter came here to buy one of your amulets," said the woman. "and she still hasn't come back home yet! I know your head priest has a special prayer at five thirty, so does that mean that you're purposely sending people onto that cursed bus at six o' clock?!"
"Don't make such wild accusations!" said Rei. "That ceremony's been going on for a while now and the police has already questioned us about the missing bus's disappearance! If you want to file a missing persons report, why don't you go talk to them instead?! My grandpa has nothing to do with this! Now get out! of here!"
The woman felt insulted. "How rude! What nerve!"
"You're the rude one!" Rei shot back. "Now leave!"
After a while when Usagi fully recovered, Naru and Kuri went home, but Usagi, Harusuke, and Luna stayed behind.
"Usagi, Harusuke, something strange is going on," said Luna. "Our enemy is involved in this. I can feel it."
"You're telling me," said Harusuke. "This reeks of Jadeite and his goons all over."
"We need to call Ami," said Luna. "So, we can have a strategy meeting and investigate that bus."
"But Ami's busy!" said Usagi. "I don't think we should bug her right?"
"Come on Usagi! A whole lot of people have gone missing!" snapped Luna. "Just call her and tell her to get here quickly!"
"All right, all right already!" said Usagi. "No need to get snappy!"
Moments later, Usagi, Ami, Harusuke, and Luna were all at Sendai-Zaka on their way to investigate the bus stop. People were walking around going about their normal business.
"So, this Sendai-Zaka," said Luna. "Seems pretty normal."
Then as Usagi turned around, she saw something that made her gasp. There at the bus stop, was a long line of girls standing in line waiting for the bus to arrive. They were all dazed in a zombie-like state not responding to anything.
"Look at the line!" murmured Usagi. "There's so many people!"
"They must be waiting for the bus," said Luna.
"And they all have amulets from the Hikawa Shrine," said Ami.
Sure enough, she was right. Every one of the girls either was holding a charm or had one hanging on their bags.
"Well, it's no wonder that Rei and her grandpa were being suspected," said Harusuke. "I wonder why they have them?"
"They're all probably in love with someone," deduced Usagi. "That's why they have them."
"They should be busy with high school entrance exams!" said Ami. "It makes you wonder where they find the time for all of this!"
"I know right? It makes no sense!" said Harusuke.
"Oh, come on you two! Don't you two want to fall in love too?" asked Usagi. "It's wonderful!"
"Usagi, the three of us are too young to understand what love is," said Ami. "I really don't think you should spend so energy on these fantasies."
"Yeah. Not to mention it can make you look like a love puppy," said Harusuke. "It messes with your head."
Usagi puffed her cheeks in a pout as she looked away grumbling. Then Ami looked down the road and saw what the four of them were looking for. A bus loomed over the horizon of the road and came towards them.
"Look!" she cried. "There it is! The six o'clock bus!"
"It... it looks like a normal bus," said Luna as she observed it.
"You're right," said Harusuke. "But why am I getting the hibbie jibbies?"
The bus soon pulled up to the stop, the doors opened, and the girls all started to climb bus driver appeared to be female, but she had an ominous vibe to her as she appeared to look at the four.
"Alright Usagi," said Luna. "Go ahead and climb on!"
"But... I don't wanna!" yelped Usagi now feeling a little scared.
Ami and Harusuke then got behind Usagi pushing her toward the door.
"Go on now!" urged Ami. "Be brave!"
"This isn't the time to be a chicken!" said Harusuke.
When all the girls got on, the bus driver then looked at Usagi with a creepy stare. This made Usagi more scared than ever making her cling to the post.
"Now I really don't wanna!" she whimpered.
"Come on Usagi, don't be like that," chided Ami. "We have to get on with the other girls so can investigate!"
"I don't wanna!" wailed Usagi as she began to cry. "I'm too scared!"
Then the bus driver shut the door and the bus slowly drove away leaving the four of them all alone on the bus stop.
"Oh no, it left!" said Ami disappointedly.
"Honestly Usagi, you're such a chicken!" chided Luna.
"Oh well. There's nothing we can do about it now," said Harusuke. "We'll just have to come back tomorrow."
They were just about to leave when suddenly the air around the bus began to warp and distort.
"Hey you guys! Look!" cried Ami.
Everyone immediately looked towards the bus. Even Usagi stopped crying and looked at what was going on. The bus then began to float off the ground until it was up in the air. Then a strange black portal opened in front of the bus and it flew straight into it disappearing into the darkness. The portal then shrank into nothingness and disappeared. Usagi, Harusuke, Ami, and Luna could not believe their eyes for what they had just witnessed.
"I... don't believe it..." murmured Harusuke. "That bus... just vanished without a trace in that portal!"
"Could... that have been a black hole?" wondered Ami. "A fourth dimensional rift?! Or a tear in the magnetic field?! Just what is happening here?!"
No one could answer or reply.
In an alternative dimension, the passengers inside of the bus were all fast asleep unaware of what was going on. The only one that was still awake was the driver herself which was another one of Jadeite's monsters that served him. The driver chuckled to herself admiring her latest victims and then she spoke to Jadeite via telepathy.
"Master Jadeite. Today's operation was a big success," she said.
"Well done Kigaan," said Jadeite. "The energy of girls wishing for love is very powerful and will be great for our cause. Make sure to drain it all from them!"
"Yes sir!" said Kigaan as she flashed an evil and began to drain the energy from the unconscious girls.
The very next day back at the Hikawa Shrine, Rei was feeding of her two crows, whom she called Phobos and Daimos with some bread crumbs when Usagi and Harusuke along with Luna ran up to her.
"Hey Rei! The bus from yesterday! We saw it!" cried Usagi. "It disappeared too!"
"Yeah! It floated upwards and disappeared without a trace!" added Harusuke.
Rei's eyes then narrowed in a scowl. "And let me guess, you're blaming my Grandpa just like everyone else did?!"
Usagi and Harusuke were surprised.
"Why would you think that?" asked Usagi.
"Because the police keep coming to question us and I'm getting sick and tired of it!" snapped Rei. "Me and Grandpa don't know anything, so stop accusing us!"
"Hold on Rei! You got the wrong idea!" said Harusuke. "The only reason why we're asking you is that we thought you knew anything! Not to mention that all the people that had disappeared also had the amulets that were sold in at your store!"
"I don't!" yelled Rei who sounded angrier than before.
"We're sorry Rei. We didn't mean to make you angry," apologized Usagi. "We just wanted to help you and be friends that's all."
"Look forget about it," said Rei turning away from them. "Just please go."
Harusuke and Usagi felt reluctant, but they left leaving Rei by herself. As they walked down the stairs, Harusuke and Usagi noticed something. As they walked down the stairs, they saw Luna leave behind something on the ground. It was a small pen that looked oddly similar to Ami's, but it was red and had a different symbol on the end.
"Luna. Isn't that..." began Usagi.
Before Usagi could ask anything regarding the pen, Luna had already raced ahead leaving Usagi and Harusuke toiling far behind.
Back on top of the stairs, Rei was still feeling cross for what Usagi and Harusuke were talking about.
"What nerve! Who those two think they are?!" she grumbled to herself. "Can't they give us a break for- "
Then she saw the pen that Luna left on the ground. She picked it up and inspected it.
"What's this thing?" she wondered. "Did one of those two accidentally drop this?"
Then she heard a couple girls over at the shop where Jed was.
"We'd like to buy some love amulets please!" they said.
"Of course," smiled Jed. "And what colors can I get for you?"
As the girls tried to decide what colors they should get, Rei couldn't help, but think about what Harusuke said before about the amulets and that made Rei start to get suspicious. Particularly at Jed. She then went to the room where she usually had her purification ceremonies and then sat in front of the great flame to consult it.
"Now that I think about it, we've been selling a lot of amulets ever since Jed came here," she thought. "Not to mention that a lot of people have been visiting too. But why would the buses that go to the shrine suddenly disappear? What's the connection?!"
Then suddenly Rei's faithful crows let out a squawk sensing danger and Rei immediately looked behind her towards the door.
"Who's there!?" she demanded.
The door opened revealing Jed sitting in front of the doorway. "It's only me Ms. Rei," he said. "I just wanted to tell you that your meal is ready now."
"Please leave!" said Rei. "You're distracting me!"
"My apologies," said Jed as he slowly shut the door.
As he did, Rei couldn't help but notice the evil glint in Jed's eyes. It made her feel uneasy.
"Those eerie, ice-cold eyes of his..." she thought. "Could they be the reason that my prophecies and divinations aren't going well?" She then looked back to the great flame before her. She then closed her eyes and began to focus. "Please great flame," she said. "Where is the origin of this evil? What is the cause of this misfortune?" She then made hand signs with her fingers while chanting a special mantra. "Rin, Pyō, Tō, Sha, Kai, Jin, Restu, Zai, Zen!"
Then the flame then roared and flared burning brightly and then Rei saw an image of a person in the fire. The person was Jed who was in truth Jadeite. She then raced to another room bursting through the doors with her faithful crows close behind her where Jed stood in the darkness.
"So, you're the cause of all of this evil!" she growled as she stomped up to him.
"I... don't understand what you mean," said Jadeite feigning ignorance.
"Don't play dumb with me!" snapped Rei. "My trusted flames have shown me the truth! I know that you're the root of all the evil here! Stop hiding and reveal your face to me!"
Jadeite then smiled evilly and then chuckled. "So, you knew foolish girl," he said. Then with a wave of his hand, a black portal appeared right behind him. "But now that you know, you will now join the others!"
And before Rei had a chance to react, she along with Phobos and Daimos were sucked inside the portal and disappeared into the darkness with Jadeite smiling evilly with triumph.
Back at the bus stop, Usagi, Harusuke, and Luna were hiding behind the corner waiting by the bus stop once again hoping to get on it and get to the bottom of all the disappearances. There was a long line of girls just like yesterday ripe for the taking. As they waited for the bus to arrive, Usagi and Harusuke were still feeling curious about the pen that Luna left.
"Hey Luna. Why did you leave that pen with Rei?" asked Usagi.
"I just wanted to confirm something that I've been wondering about," said Luna.
"Confirm something?" wondered Harusuke. "Like what exactly?"
"Nothing that you two need to worry about," said Luna. "I'll explain it to you both later. Right now, you two need to get on that six o'clock bus today no matter what!"
"Yeah... we know... but..." said Usagi hesitantly still feeling a little frightened from yesterday.
"Come on Usagi. We can't afford to chicken out this time," said Harusuke. "We have to get on there and get to the bottom of these disappearances!"
"That's right! You must conquer your fear!" added Luna. "You are a sailor guardian after all!"
Usagi then pouted. "Alright I know! I wish Ami was here! She said that she would go with us!"
Then sure enough, the bus came looming over the horizon of the road coming right towards them. Usagi's face immediately paled upon seeing it as it pulled up to the stop.
"Look! There it is!" said Luna. "It looks like we're going to have to do this without her! Let's go!"
"What?! You gotta be kidding me!" squeaked Usagi as she immediately grabbed the pole. "I changed my mind! I'm too scared!"
"Oh, come on! Not this again!" sighed Harusuke. "Come on Usagi! We have to get on! Now let's go before it leaves us behind again!"
And with Luna grabbing a mouthful of her skirt and Harusuke pulling on her shirt, they both tried to pull Usagi away from the post, but Usagi held on like bulldog and wouldn't let go.
"Come on you two! Give me a break!" she wailed. "There's no way I'm getting on that evil bus!"
Suddenly she got an idea. She immediately let go of the post causing Luna and Harusuke to fall backwards on their bums and then she whipped out the Disguise Pen.
"Oh no, what's she gonna do now?!" cried Luna.
"Don't tell me that she's going to..." began Harusuke.
Then Usagi raised the Disguise pen and activated its powers. "MOON POWER! Turn me into a gorgeous flight attendant!"
In a brilliant flash of light, Usagi transformed. She now wore a pair of black high heels, a navy-blue miniskirt with a jacket to match with a red bow, and a flight attendant's hat. Her hair was also shorter and tied in a pair of buns.
"There we go," she said sighing with relief. "Now I won't be so scared now."
"But... why a flight attendant?!" gawked Luna.
"Yeah. It's a bus. Not a plane," said Harusuke flatly. "Then again, beggars can't be choosers especially with this situation. Let's go guys!"
"Yeah! Hold that bus!" yelled Usagi as she, Harusuke, and Luna climbed on board.
When they got inside, a shocking sight awaited them. All the girls that had just boarded the bus were now unconscious unaware of anything that was going on.
"What is all of this?!" gasped Luna.
"They're all out cold!" cried Harusuke.
Usagi then angrily turned to the bus driver. "Hey you! As a flight attendant, it's my sworn duty to see that passengers have a safe and pleasant trip!" she said. "So, we won't let you take over this bus!"
Then the bus doors suddenly closed behind them and the bus began to move. It rolled forward and then it started to float up into the air like before towards a black portal. Usagi, Harusuke, and Luna could only hold on to dear life as the bus entered the and disappeared with them inside.
Outside of the bus below, Ami arrived just in time to see the bus disappear into the black vortex and then the vortex disappear itself. She sank to her knees in despair not believing what had just happened.
"No... I'm too late!" she cried.
Soon the bus came to a complete stop in a strange and alternative dimension and then before they could react, the bus driver had pushed Usagi, Harusuke, and Luna of out the bus and onto the ground. Usagi immediately burst into tears from fright and from the pain.
"Usagi! You have to calm down!" said Luna.
"How can I when we don't even know where we are?!" she wailed.
Harusuke then looked up and saw something that made his eyes go wide. Above him, there wasn't one, nor two, but three buses floating in the air with dozens of girls inside.
"No way! That bus wasn't just the first one?!" he cried.
Then the bus driver leaped out of the bus and landed in front of them. At the very same time, another portal opened, and someone fell out from the whole and into the arms of the bus driver who immediately put the said person in a head lock not wanting the person to escape. That person was Rei. Not only that, but the driver revealed her true form which was a monster named Kigaan. She had brown skin with long red hair and had a long green dress.
"Oh crap! It's Rei!" exclaimed Harusuke. "And the bus driver is another one of Jadeite's monsters!"
"Harusuke! Usagi! You both have to transform into Sailor Moon and Solaris!" cried Luna.
"You got it Luna!" acknowledged Harusuke.
"I'm so sick of this!" wailed Usagi who was still crying, but then she stopped crying and stood up bravely. "But I'll do it!"
Luna and Harusuke face-faulted in surprise, but they quickly regained themselves. Then Usagi and Harusuke sprang into action.
"MOON PRISM POWER MAKE UP!"
"SOLAR GUARDIAN POWER FLARE UP!"
Transformation Sequence: Usagi
Usagi was enveloped in a bright light. Her body shone with rainbow colors as she seemed to spin around. Then from her brooch it shone pink and pink ribbon shot out wrapping her upper torso and midsection and then became a white leotard with a red bow in the center and a blue collar with white stripes. Usagi crosses her arms and pink ribbon wraps around her arms turning into a pair of long white gloves. Pink ribbon then wraps around Usagi's legs and turns into a pair of red thigh-high boots. Then a blue skirt appears around Usagi's waist with a red bow in the back. Then a small gem starts glowing in the middle of Usagi's forehead. A gold tiara with a red gem, a pair of dangling crescent moon earrings, a red choker with a moon on it appear along with a pair of red circular accents in her hair buns. Usagi then strikes her signature pose.
Transformation sequence: Harusuke.
Harusuke's bracelet begins to glow as Harusuke holds it into the air. The symbol of the sun begins to glow on Harusuke's head as his body is enveloped in golden yellow and silver light. The sun appears right above him shining its light upon him. As Harusuke is bathed in its light a silver jumpsuit with gold lines on his hips materializes around his body. The light shone on his legs and long golden metal boots that went up to his knees appear on his legs with silver hexagon knee-pads. The light shone on his arms and then golden gauntlets appear on his hands going up to wrists. Then a yellow symbol of the sun materializes in front of him and it crashes into his chest making a golden chest piece of armor appear with silver shoulder guards. Finally, a silver helmet covers head exposing his hair and making it stand up with a mouth guard covering his mouth and nose. Harusuke opens his eyes and then strikes his signature pose the symbol of the sun appears behind him.
"I'm the pretty guardian who fights for love and justice! I am Sailor Moon!" she said. "And in the name of the moon, I'll punish you!"
"And I'm the knight with the brilliance of the sun and the courage of a warrior who also fights for love and justice!" he said. "I am Solaris! And in the name of sun, with my blinding rays, I'll scorch you!"
"It's about time you two showed up," said Kigaan. "I've been expecting you, guardians!"
"Let Rei and everyone else go!" demanded Sailor Moon.
"Yeah! We won't let you keep them trapped here!" said Solaris. "So, save yourself some trouble and give up now!"
"Why don't you make me?" growled Kigaan as she tightened her grip around Rei's neck. Rei whimpered as she tried to get free from her grip, but she couldn't. Then suddenly, a strange glowing symbol appeared in the middle of Rei's forehead.
"That mark!" gasped Luna. "That means...!"
Sailor Moon immediately went on the attack using her signature attack with her tiara.
"MOON TIARA ACTION!"
The white disc zipped through the air right towards Kigaan and Rei, but with a great leap while still holding to Rei, Kigaan dodged the attack and landed safely on the ground. Then there was a pair of squawks and caws as Rei's faithful crows, Phobos and Daimos swooped down and attacked Kigaan forcing her to let go of Rei. Solaris then saw his chance. He immediately went over to Rei and carried her to safety while Sailor Moon attacked again with her Moon Tiara Action. This time as Kigaan fended off the crows, she caught it with her hand blocking it.
"Nice try, but did you really think that your toy can defeat me?" she sneered.
Sailor Moon grinned. "No, but it did make you fall for my trick!"
Then the white disc expanded and wrapped around Kigaan binding her. Sailor Moon then went over to Solaris who was just setting Rei down on the ground.
"Rei are you OK?" she asked. "You're not hurt, are you?"
"No, I'm fine," replied Rei "Although I don't know what's going on!"
"Rei listen to me," said Luna. "Do you still have that pen I left you?"
Rei looked at Luna and her eyes widened. "Hold on! Did that cat just speak to me?!" she exclaimed.
"I'll explain it later," said Luna urgently. "Just tell me if you still have that pen earlier! If you do, then take it out right now!"
Rei then dug out into her haori and then pulled out the pen in particular. "You mean this?" she asked.
Luna nodded. "Use it to transform into Sailor Mars, the guardian of fire!" she said. "All you have to do is hold that pen up and say, 'Mars Power Make up!' "
Then with a mighty roar, Kigaan managed to break free of Sailor Moon's binding as it fell to the ground turning back to a tiara.
"Hey guys! I don't know what's going on back there," yelled Solaris. "But you better do it quick!"
"I don't even know what's going on myself!" said Rei as she stood up. "But I'll give it a shot!"
She then did as Luna told her to do while holding up her pen. "MARS POWER MAKE UP!"
Transformation Sequence: Rei
The symbol on Rei's pen begins to glow in a bright shade of red as she holds up her transformation pen. The symbol begins to spin around as it glows as Ami is enveloped in a red light. As she held up her pen while spinning around, long tongues of flame erupt from her pen forming several rings around her body. The rings of flame tighten around her body and in a brilliant flash of light, her outfit is formed having to look just like Sailor Moon's, but she is wearing red pumps along with a pair of red star-shaped earrings, the center bow is purple, and the rims of her gloves, her skirt, her choker, and collar are red. After that, Mars finishes with her signature pose.
"I don't believe it!" cried Sailor Moon. "Rei's a guardian too?!"
Solaris' stared at the new guardian with wide eyes feeling just as surprised as Sailor Moon was. Then suddenly it happened again. In his mind, once again Solaris saw a vision. A vision of a white castle under the stars, a shadow of a young man bowing before, and a man carrying a sword leaping into battle. This time when he saw the man bowing before a woman, he could see that the woman he was bowing to was a young woman with a white dress with long flowing hair, however he couldn't make out as to who it was.
"It... it happened again!" he thought to himself. "Just like with Ami! What the heck is this?!"
Sailor Mars looked at herself quite surprised from her transformation. "What... is this?!" she murmured with wonder. "What's happened to me?!" Then she heard Kigaan yell and saw that she was coming straight for her. She immediately stood her ground. "I don't know what's going on here, but you're going to pay for your evil deeds you wicked monster!"
She clasped her hands together with the index fingers pointed. A fireball then formed at the tip of her fingers.
"MARS FIRE... SOUL!"
She then shot the fireball right at Kigaan and when it made contact, Kigaan was engulfed by a pillar of flame making her shriek in agony. She then became nothing, but ash as the flames subsided.
"Unbelievable!" gasped Solaris. "She took her out with a single attack!"
Then Sailor Moon began to panic as she noticed something. "Guys look!" she cried as she pointed from above. "What's going on?!"
Everyone looked and sure enough, the black portal from above them was beginning to shrink and disappear.
"This is bad!" said Luna. "Because of Sailor Mars' attack defeating that monster, the portal's starting to shrink and close!"
"Then we gotta get out of here as soon as we can before it closes!" said Solaris.
"But how do we do that?!" cried Sailor Moon.
"I don't know!" said Luna. "Your guess is as good as mine!"
"Wait! Aren't you supposed to know these things Luna?!" cried Solaris. "You're one of the brains on this team!"
Sailor Moon began to panic more than before. "Oh no! What are we going to do?!"
Outside of the dimension still at the bus stop, Ami was still at the bus waiting for her friends to come back. It was already nightfall. She had just about lost all hope. Then she took out her pen and held it close to her chest.
"Usagi, Harusuke, Luna, everyone! Please... be safe... and come back!" she prayed.
Then suddenly her pen began to glow and a blue beam of light from her pen shot into the air and pierced through something in the air and disappeared.
The portal was just about to close sealing everyone inside the dimension forever, but then suddenly a blue pillar of light shone through the portal keeping it open.
"What's that?!" asked Sailor Mars.
Solaris squinted and then he smiled upon recognizing the light.
"It's Ami!" he cried happily. "I'm sure of it! I don't know how, but she's using her power to keep the portal open, so we can get out of here!"
"Quickly everyone! We got to head toward the point where the light is emerging!" said Luna.
Then as they headed for the buses, an unexpected visitor was found in the driver's seat of one of the buses. It was Tuxedo Mask.
"Hey there! You guys need a ride?" he called out. "I can drive you!"
"Tuxedo Mask! You're here!" squeaked Sailor Moon happily as her eyes turned into hearts.
"Wow, he's really cool," said Sailor Mars who was impressed upon seeing him.
"Look! We all know how cool he is to you girls, but now's not time!" said Solaris. "Let's get on the bus and get out of here!"
The four then boarded the bus and then with the other two buses tied onto the bumper of the first, Tuxedo Mask drove them through the portal exiting the dimension.
Back outside, Ami was still praying for her friends safe return. Then suddenly the black vortex opened before her and then three buses emerged from the portal. And to Ami's joy, she saw all of her friends inside waving to her. Ami waved back her eyes filled with tears of joy.
Just above them standing on a railing from a building, Jadeite watched on from afar fuming.
"Damn it, not only did those guardians foil another plan, but now there's another one?!" he growled. "It seems that I underestimated them and they're worthy opponents! But next time I'll crush you all next time without fail!"
He then retreated back into the Dark Dimension.
Sailor Moon, Solaris, and Luna all went to Ami and reunited with her. Sailor Moon gave Ami a big hug.
"Thank you so much Ami!" she said gratefully. "You saved all of us!"
"Yeah! You really saved the day by keeping that portal open!" smiled Solaris.
"I'm just glad that you're all safe!" said Ami as she wiped her tears.
"And not only that, we have Tuxedo Mask to thank too," said Sailor Mars. She turned towards the bus expecting Tuxedo Mask to still be there, but she was surprised to see that Tuxedo Mask had disappeared.
"Aww! He disappeared!" said Sailor Mars sounding disappointed. "I wonder where he went."
"Hey! I saw that!" said Sailor Moon. "Don't tell me that you're falling for Tuxedo Mask, are you?!"
Sailor Mars then went as red as her skirt. "Don't be ridiculous!" she snapped. "I only wanted to thank him for helping us save us and passengers! Besides, you're the one who has feelings for him! And for that matter, you better wake up and smell the coffee because sometimes those kinds of feelings are only one-sided!"
"One-sided!? What do you mean by that?!" said Usagi. "It can't be true! Anything, but that!"
She then burst into tears as Solaris as Sailor Mars stuck out her tongue mocking her with Solaris and the others sighing in exasperation.
