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(Opening Theme: Be Somewhere. OST Rockman Stream)
Episode 11: Future Revelation. The Future Guardians of The Two Worlds
The night seemed peaceful, as the city slept. Yet at that moment, something was about to happen. At a lake deep inside the park in the middle of Tokyo, the wind started to blow. Slowly it grew until the trees started to look like they were in the middle of a bad storm yet the sky was as clear as water. That only lasted a bit as a few yards above the dock pink smoke started to appear and swirled around in a tight spiral until it was a few feet across with what looked to be a boarder of space surrounding the smoke. Soon the lake started rippling and rocking as pink light shined down on the empty lake.
From the spiral of pink smoke, two figures, a girl, at least four years younger than the Senshis and shorter then Ami, along with a boy, who looked slightly older than her, though slightly taller, descended from the clouds along with a small object, and two other creatures. The object was in the shape of a ball with triangles on top and a face that looked like a cat. The two creatures with them looked like they were made of energy, with one looking like a bunny made of yellow armor and pink energy, while the other looked like a dog/wolf made of light blue armor, and gold energy. As soon as the both of them had landed on the dock, the pink smoke twisted back into itself and disappeared before the space background disappeared as well.
"That was fun," the girl said sarcastically as she rolled her neck around getting a good pop from it before she flipped her long braided hair back behind her.
"Not like we had any other way. Time traveling like this has always been Crystal Tokyo's forte," the boy responded, as he bended backwards slightly to get the kinks out of his back.
"It's definitely better than a random jump," the bunny EM-Being added.
"Too true, sister. At least this way, we can be certain where we will land rather than some random time line," the dog EM-Being agreed.
The girl nodded sadly before turning towards Tokyo. "Now let's try to find Usagi no Baka and Geo-hakase soon."
-Sailor Moon SF-
Deep inside the confines of his underground laboratory, Professor Tomoe was, for a change, not working on another Daimon, but was on the phone. He was silent as the ring tone continued to go off. He knew who he was calling and he knew that they were there. Where else would they be?
At another section of the lab, behind a steel door marked 'Witches 5', the phone was ringing. It was placed next to a computer where a woman in a lab coat and ponytails of her red hair. She also had small glasses on her face as well. A red star earring could be seen on her right ear. After tapping some commands into her computer, she reached to the phone and picked it up. She already knew who it was.
"Yes, Professor?" she asked as she brought it to her ear.
"Eudial, I've read through your report," the Professor replied. "Considering the past failures as well I think it's high time that we change tactics."
"Very well," the woman known as Eudial agreed.
"I hope that you have picked a worthy target," the Professor spoke seriously.
"I have," Eudial confirmed as she pulled up a profile on her computer. "She's a taiko player who is very much dedicated to her art. All factors point to her having a pure heart. It is very much possible that she has a talisman."
"Good," the Professor commented. "Don't screw it up."
With that, the Professor hung up. Eudial likewise hung up the phone. Turning back to the computer, she began to start typing commands into the electronic device. After she put it in, she tapped the enter key.
At the press of the button, an entire mechanism began to activate. It was an automated machine that had thousands of vials of red fluid with Daimon seeds in them. The vials were all moving through the mechanics before one was inserted into a slot on top of a chamber. Inside of the chamber was a small taiko drum that was quickly sealed inside. When the chamber was secured, the red fluid along with the Daimon seed was drained into the chamber. Red smoke started to seep from the creases of the chamber. Soon the sounds of something alive could be heard inside of it.
When the process was completed, a large metal box with the black star of the Deathbusters on it came down a conveyer belt towards a white minivan that had the same black star on it. Eudial could be seen next to the vehicle, ensuring that nothing was happening to the case. Satisfied that nothing was going to happen to it, she closed the trunk of her vehicle before getting inside. She drove a short distance through the facility before coming to stop on a platform. It suddenly shifted as she put on her seatbelt. The platform moved as it brought the car to the surface.
The park was silent save for a loving couple who were cuddling on a bench. Everything seemed calm for the moment. Of course, that all changed in a split second. The water in the middle of a pond started to froth and bubble furiously. The couple noticed it and dared to peer closer. A shadow appeared in the water, signaling that something was coming up before a huge crash of water came up along with a car. Said car landed on one of the pathways before the driver began to burn rubber straight out of there.
The couple could only blink at what they had seen.
-Sailor Moon SF-
At the same time Usagi, Geo, and their friends were walking down the sidewalk. It had been a hectic week for everyone since Geo and Sonia revealed themselves as Mega Man and Harp Note respectively. Luna was still unsure what to think about the two, as she still found the way their world worked to be impossible, thanks to her past experiences with aliens in general, added by the fact that Geo and Sonia had remained adamant to not reveal the identities of any of the other Star Force members without their consent. Despite what their advisors thought, the Senshis had understood where Geo and Sonia were coming from, on the count that it wouldn't be very good for them to just tell them everything. After all, the other Star Force members had every right to keep their secret identities.
"Hey, did you all hear?" Usagi asked. "The festival is tonight and I hear it's going to have a lot of fun things to do!"
"Sure did, Usagi," Minako smiled. "I want to go so badly!"
"A festival? Sounds like fun," Sonia said, before turning to Geo. "Want to go there later?"
"It does sound interesting, so okay," Geo nodded.
Usagi quickly turned to Ami and clasped her hands while taking up the puppy dog eyes, as she pleaded, "Can we go, pleeeeeeaaase, Ami?"
"We might as well," Minako reasoned. "Rei cancelled the study session anyway."
"It would be good to take a day off, wouldn't it?" Ami pondered with a smile.
"Why did Rei cancel on us anyway?" Makoto wondered.
That thought left the five girls and one boy to ponder for a moment. As they were thinking for some kind of reason why their friend had suddenly cancelled their study session straight out of the blue, a sudden gust of wind blew past in the form of someone on a bicycle. Everyone watched the person go past at less than safe speeds. The rider then started a skidding stop, trying to stop in front of a coffee shop. The group of friends winced when the rider crashed. Now that the person riding the bike was slower now, they could see that it was Rei. That and she was limping her way into the coffee shop.
"What's her hurry?" Geo blinked in surprise.
"I think we'd better find out," Usagi spoke up with a gleam in her eyes.
All of them nodded in agreement before quietly entering and took a seat far enough so they could watch (spy on) Rei and remain unseen. It was at this point that Geo was thinking about saying something, since he had only agreed to find out what was Rei's hurry, but not spy on her. Too bad Sonia squashed that thought out by being so intent on spying on Rei.
Rei was seated at a table, looking at her watch. She looked like she was waiting for someone. But who?
-Sailor Moon SF-
Pat walked around town. As he did, he saw various posters on walls with pictures of the Star Force team. He chuckled a bit as a wave of nostalgia came, since back on their home planet there were plenty of posters like that around. He didn't really care much about what people thought, but it sure was still nice to know that people appreciated them.
Walking by, he saw a group of children with masks on their faces that…masks that looked like the helmets worn by the Star Force. He smiled as one boy wore a Gemini Spark mask-helmet while another wore a Mega Man mask-helmet and the other two with them wore Acid Ace and Jack Corvus mask-helmets.
"We should get paid for that," Pat said, before chuckling slightly. "That's right. We do," he laughed remembering that they were getting paid by the Satella Police for this. He stopped by a news stand and picked up a magazine with a picture of the Star Force. Flipping a page, he read "WHO ARE THE STAR FORCE?" It was an article about the Star Force since their first public appearance up until now. There were even prints of letters from 'Star Force fans' who worshipped them. He chuckled slightly as he continued to read.
-Sailor Moon SF-
Back at the coffee shop, Rei had raised her head towards the entrance when another person entered the establishment. She looked about average with red-brown hair that was about neck length. She seemed to be a pleasant person. She was also wearing a set of casual clothes, a tee-shirt and jeans. She peered around the cafe before spotting Rei. Letting out a small smile, she walked over to the young miko's table before taking a seat across from Rei.
"Oh!" Rei smiled. "I'm so glad you could make it!"
"Sorry for being late," the girl smiled apologetically.
Meanwhile, the girls, and Geo watched on in growing interest. For what it looked like, it was a date between the two women. Pretty soon, the girls were starting to get some ideas on what was going on between Rei and her friend.
"Do you really think Rei is on a date?" asked Minakoko curiously.
"Maybe she's a guy dressed as a girl?" pondered Makoto. This just earned a sweat-drop from Geo and Sonia. It seemed obvious to them that Rei's friend was a girl. At least Yuichiro wasn't there to jump to conclusions about anything like he did last time.
"I can't hear anything," Usagi frowned. "We need to get closer!"
Geo sighed before the girls started sneaking towards Rei's booth. Sonia actually had to grab Geo's hand and drag him along for the ride. They were actually hiding behind a waitress who was walking towards the booth to serve Rei and her friend.
As the waitress stepped closer, the friends kept silent as they tried to keep out of sight. The majority of them were determined to hear what Rei and this new girl were talking about. Ami was embarrassed about this invasion of privacy but she was still curious. Geo was just hoping that Rei wasn't going to kill them outright when she caught them.
Rei was chatting with her friend before her eyes narrowed and she looked in the direction that the waitress was approaching in. The friends all gasped in shock to see her turning towards them. In an impressive display of reflexes, they scrambled to hide behind the waitress and out of sight. Unfortunately, with all their scrambling, they got the poor waitress caught in the mix. With a cry of surprise, the waitress tripped. Sadly, she had a cup of coffee with her and her sudden trip caused it to go flying through the air. No one could react fast enough before it came splashing down on Rei's head.
"Ack!" she cried, scrambling on the spot. "Hot! Hot! Hot!"
"Uh-oh," Usagi mumbled. Even she knew what was coming next.
"I can't believe all of you!" Rei shouted angrily, glaring at her friends. "I just knew you were there! Why did you have to start spying on me?"
Geo was really tempted to say that he was just dragged along for the ride, but refrained due to his own fear that the girls would kill him if he did. That and given Rei's current mood, it would only sound like a poor excuse and make things worse. She looked mad enough to spit nails at the moment.
"Uh...uh...uh," Usagi sputtered, trying to find an excuse.
Rei's friend giggled at the floor show before she started talking, "Don't worry about it. I'd be happy to help out. You can count me in."
"Really?" Rei gasped, her attitude doing a complete 180.
"Yes," the girls nodded. "I'll see you at the festival."
With a smile and a wave, the girl left. Once she was out of sight, they turned back to Rei. She seemed to be visibly calmer now. The slight frown on her face didn't seem to want to go away just yet. Geo was the first one who got the courage enough to speak again.
"So...are you going to tell us what's going on or are you going to shout at us some more?" he asked.
Rei allowed her temper to simmer for a moment as her friends took their seats around her. After a moment she started to speak again, "Well, I'm a member of 'the organization to make Juuban Matsuri more exciting'. I'm only a member because one of my grandfather's friends asked me to."
"So who was it that you were talking to?" asked Minako.
"Is she your date?" Usagi asked bluntly.
"She's not my date!" Rei denied heatedly. "Her name is Maya Touno. She's a genius drum player that I was hoping to have playing at the festival. I'm pretty sure that she would make it more exciting."
"Wow," Usagi smiled with sparkles in her eyes. "Hey Rei, can I play a drum too?"
"Hmmm," Rei pondered, a sinister gleam coming to her eyes. "I think that we can find you a drum to play at the festival."
-Sailor Moon SF-
The night of the festival had finally rolled around and everyone was having fun. Well, almost everyone. "This is not what I meant," Usagi muttered. Technically she was hitting a drum like she had asked, but it was only a tiny drum that was used to attract people to the goldfish-catching game. Rei had suckered her friends into tending to the goldfish-catching game for the night. Usagi was less than happy about this but everyone else seemed to be enjoying it. Makoto and Ami were even helping the smaller children get a fish.
"I don't think that's good for business," Minako said, referring to Usagi's drum playing.
A group of boys then walked up to the group and looked up to Minako, "Hey, grandma! We wanna play too!"
Minako stiffened at the insult and growled slightly. Silently fuming at being called 'grandma', she took out three of the paper spoons that were used to capture the goldfish. While no one was looking, she flicked the paper to weaken it. She then handed the spoons to the three boys. They eagerly went to the fish, but they didn't get far before the fish they targeted broke through the paper.
"Oh, well," Minako smirked. "That's business."
"And that was cruel," came a voice from behind her. Minako quickly turned around to see Geo and Sonia looking at her with a raised eyebrow.
"Ah he he he he," Minako laughed nervously. She was busted.
Geo shook his head at the antics, while Sonia just sighed. The two of were helping with boxes of paper spoons and extra goldfish. They liked the festival so far. In fact, helping out with the game was actually quite enjoyable.
As Usagi kept hitting the drum in attempt to get people to play the game, she noticed two familiar faces in the crowd coming closer.
"Haruka! Michiru!" she called happily. "Over here!"
The two older women noticed Usagi and walked over to say hello. Both of them had smiles on their faces. Michiru was dressed in an elegant yukata and Haruka was dressed like a man as always. They looked like couple enjoying the festival.
"Looks like all of you are having fun," Haruka snickered as she watched everyone working.
"I agree," Michiru nodded. "I think it would be fun to try ourselves."
"I suppose I could use some animal company around the house," Haruka shrugged.
Paying for a paper spoon, Haruka kneeled in close to the container of water where goldfish were swimming in content. Haruka watched them all carefully as she selected a target. Moving with extreme grace and speed, she scooped a goldfish into a bowl which had been provided for her. Satisfied with her victory, she handed the fish to Michiru, who had a smile on her face.
"You were right," Haruka smiled. "It was fun."
"I told you," Michiru giggled as the two of them walked away. It seemed to be a picturesque moment, watching them go.
"Wow," Usagi sighed. "No matter what they do, they always seem to be very god at it."
Geo watched them go a little longer before he saw some kids wearing Star Force masks rush past the female couple. He noticed that Haruka stiffened for a second. Michiru just touched her partner's arm before they continued walking.
"It's not like we're purposely making things harder for you two, but you can't just use people like that," Geo mentally sighed, knowing exactly why Haruka had stiffened like that.
Business continued for the booth. It was rather popular with the smaller children. Goldfish were nice pets for the youngsters and with Ami and Makoto being helpful to the children that were still pretty small, they became a quick favorite. So much so, that they even began idly wondering if they were going to run out of supplies. At least, that was until some more familiar faces came out of the crowds.
"Working hard, everyone?" came the voice of Ace, which caught their attention.
Turning toward the voice, they noticed Ace and Tia (who were obviously on a date), along with oddly enough, Yuichiro.
"Ace-sensei! Tia-sensei!" Usagi called out. "What a surprise."
"Yeah, we didn't expect to see you two here," Geo nodded.
"Is that so? Well, it sure would be a shame if we missed a festival like this one," Tia said with a smile.
"Well then, what is Yuichiro doing with the two of you then?" Sonia asked curiously.
"Official business," Ace answered simply, earning a nod from both Geo and Sonia.
"Official business?" the senshi wondered.
"Oh, and keep up the good work girls. I look forward to working with you again," Ace added, as he and Tia walked away.
"Wait a minute. Are those two...?" Ami began, only for Geo and Sonia to answer the question.
"Yes, Ace and Tia are also Star Force members, and no, we won't say who they are unless they says its okay," Geo and Sonia sighed, before resuming their work. "Oh yeah, Yuichiro, mind helping us out? We could use the help. Besides Rei would definitely appreciate it too," Geo added.
"Heck yeah!" Yuichiro nodded, practically dashing to Geo's side of the booth.
-Sailor Moon SF-
Haruka's mood was sour, but at least Michiru was around to fix things. It was because the sight of kids wearing Star Force masks made Haruka feel like she wanted to lose her lunch. Her dislike of the Star Force was starting to act up.
"Haruka…" Michiru spoke calmly to her loved one. "Relax and just enjoy the night, okay?"
"I'll try," Haruka grumbled. She saw a pair of kids holding Gemini Spark masks and growled. Michiru rolled her eyes.
"Haruka, let's forget about the Star Forces and our mission for tonight, okay?" Michiru pleaded.
"But…" Haruka resisted but then sighed, "Yeah, I guess you're right. There's no reason I should get all worked up about the Star Forces' popularity."
"That's good. Now, you're going to buy me a candied apple," Michiru said to Haruka.
"Are you sure?" Haruka asked.
"Get me a candied apple…" Michiru insisted, her eyes narrowed in a scary way. Haruka gulped.
Meanwhile, Eudial was on the prowl for their next target in hopes of getting one of the talismans. Also, she was not going to make the same mistake as her predecessor, Kaolinite. This time, she came prepared. Also, the Professor had asked her to collect any new data on the Star Forces' technology so that they could find a way to counter it. It was challenge that Eudial decided to take on. It was just so much fun that way.
She walked past both Hikaru and Michiru, neither party batting an eye.
"MAMORU! You came!" Usagi squealed as her boyfriend arrived at their booth.
"Hey, Usagi," Mamoru said, smiling down at the girl who was hugging him. "You look great in that yukata."
"Oh, thank you!" Usagi beamed.
The remaining girls all smiled at the sight while the two guys just watched. Yuichiro was dreaming what it would be like with him and Rei while Geo knew exactly how Mamoru felt to have an affectionate girl in his arms. It was quite the experience.
"Uh…Geo?" Yuichiro asked. "Now that I think of it, where is Rei anyway?"
"Hmmm. I'm not really sure," Geo replied after a moment of thought. He turned to where the girls were working to ask them the same question. "Hey, do any of you know where Rei is? We haven't seen her all night."
"Hmmm," Makoto pondered. "I don't know. Have any of us seen her since we got here?"
"Not since she pointed us to this booth," Amy answered. "Maybe she's where the acts prepare."
"Well we just can't go," Minako huffed. "We have to stay here and watch the booth."
"I can go!" Usagi volunteered quickly. "I'm tired of beating this dinky drum anyway."
Handing the object in question over to Mamoru, Usagi scampered off into the crowd. No one really had any kind of protest that they could make, mostly due to the fact that she was gone like a shot and blending into the crowd quite easily. It was quite the feat since her hair made her stick out like a sore thumb. How many other people had blonde hair in buns and pigtails?
Usagi ended up wading through crowds until she managed to catch a glimpse of long black hair hinted with purple that was associated with Rei. Immediately recognizing her friend, Usagi quickly gave chase after her. The little chase continued until Usagi spied Rei leaning around a corner of a nearby building that was near where the festival was keeping some of its building equipment. Usagi snuck quietly up behind her friend before she took a deep breath
"REI!" Usagi cried, causing the raven-haired miko to cry out from shock.
"Waaagh!" Rei cried before turning around to see her friend. "Usagi!"
"How much longer are we going to have to watch the booth?" Usagi asked with a frown. "Mamoru is here and I want to spend at least a little time alone with him. I'm sure Geo and Sonia would like to have some alone time as well!"
"Shhh!" Rei hissed. "Can you tone it down a little?"
"Huh?" Usagi blinked. "Why?"
Rei pointed around the corner and Usagi moved to take a look. Inside a smaller building was the girl Maya, she was pounding away at a large drum. She was obviously preparing for the show that she was going to play.
"She's been practicing for the last three hours," Rei explained.
"Really?" Usagi gasped. "Wow!" She was impressed. Maya sure knew how to show dedication.
"Yeah," Rei nodded. "I told her she didn't have to but she said that she had to if she wanted to keep her feelings high. When I saw her playing I just knew that the festival would be a success with her. I can't help but feel a little unfair though. She's working so hard behind the scenes. I have to work just as hard to make this festival one to remember."
Usagi smiled at Rei's determination. It was one of the things that made Rei who she was. She never gave up at anything no matter how hard it was. Usagi couldn't help but be inspired whenever she could feel Rei's fiery determination.
Eudial sighed as she walked back to her car. She had searched all over the fair grounds and hadn't seen her target anywhere.
"How come I haven't found her yet?" she grumbled. "I mean, how hard could it be?"
While walking around the fair, she had seen various children wearing masks based on the Star Forces. She grimaces with disgust since the Star Force…these so-called heroes, were getting in the way of the Deathbusters' plans. As if the Sailor Senshi weren't enough trouble anyway.
However, once she'd heard about the Star Forces' abilities to shift from solid matter to EM Waves, and their ability to materialize various weapons, and even trigger transformations, she had become intrigued to find out how their technology worked. It was unlike anything she'd ever seen and she wanted to know how it worked. The only problem was that the method of transformation was so far unknown, so that prooved to be a wrench in her research.
Oh course, right now, she'd failed to find the target. What was she supposed to do, wait for a signal or something?
The loud beating of drums soon caught her attention. She was about to ignore it when she remembered something about her target involving drums. If that wasn't any kind of a beacon then she wasn't a genius!
With a sinister giggle, Eudial went running over to her car and strapped herself in before starting it up. She had to get there fast before her target got away. She even had the perfect plan to make sure that her target was actually there. Oooh, she was such a genius even when she wasn't trying! After getting her vehicle into drive, she gunned the engine and took off like a shot. She also seemed to become blind to anyone else who was in her way.
Pat and Rey were busy being escorts for Mia, as once again, the little girl had asked them to be her escorts, and Pat just couldn't say no to her. The three of them were enjoying themselves with the various games, until Pat and Rey felt their danger instincts flare up. It was at that moment that they saw a white mini-van barreling towards them with no intention of stopping for anyone.
"Look out!" they cried, as they managed to get themselves and Mia out of the way. It was at that time that they noticed several things about the van. First was the black star that was the symbol of the Death Busters. Second, was the driver, whom despite having several differences, strongly resembled Kaolinite. In short, the whole thing had "Death Busters" written all over it.
"Mia, you head back to the festival. We'll make sure no one was hurt," Pat said, earning a nod from the little girl, despite her not knowing what they really intended to do.
"We'd better hurry," Rey said, as the two of them dashed off, with their Hunter-VGs at the ready.
"Better call for reinforcements," Pat thought, as he dialed a number.
-Sailor Moon SF-
Geo was finally taking a break, having gotten all the supplies in the booth at long last. Yuichiro was sitting beside them, likewise taking a breather. The girls were as busy as ever. The kids were still coming for goldfish and were having a scream at it.
"They're good with kids," Yuichiro observed.
"Yeah," Geo nodded. "How they do it I'll never know."
Further conversation was halted when Geo's cell phone started to vibrate. Pulling it out, it transformed into his Hunter-VG, before a screen popped out, revealing the caller.
"What's the matter, Pat?" Geo asked, recognising Pat Spriggs.
"We've got a situation. The Death Busters are at it again, with a replacement for Kaolinite
Geo stiffened. He didn't like the sound of that, "Where are you right now?"
"In the back area, where they store supplies," Pat answered.
"Got it. We'll be right there!" Geo answered, before hanging up.
"Come on. Pat and Rey need us over there," Geo said.
"What?" Yuichiro asked, sensing the urgency in his voice.
"Deathbuster stuff," he replied in a whisper. He didn't want the girls to hear, since they already had their hands full with the stand. "You know, Star Force stuff?"
"Why didn't you just say so?" Yuichiro frowned. "Come on! Rei might be in trouble!"
Geo had to admit to himself, Yuichiro definitely had enough motivation to be a Star Force. He iddly considered recommending Yuichiro to the Satella Police once this was all over, since right now, he was not an official member of the Star Force, nor the Satella Police. After making an excuse of having to go to the bathroom, Yuichiro and Geo were off and running to where Pat had told them to go. If the Deathbusers really were up to their old tricks again then someone would have to shut them down yet again.
Usagi and Rei were still watching Maya beat on her drum, preparing to go out. When it seemed that she was going at her highest peak of emotion, a white mini-van came crashing through the foliage and into the clearing. Both Rei and Usagi blinked in confusion at seeing the sudden appearance. It was very out of the ordinary of all things
Eudial put smirked as she came to a stop. Glancing around, she didn't see anyone there. Frowning, she reached to the back seat of her vehicle and pulled out a bullhorn. Pointing the speaker section out of her window, she brought the microphone part to her mouth and began to speak.
"Would Maya Touno please come outside immediately?" she spoke, echoing through the clearing. "I repeat, would Maya Touno please come outside immediately?"
Maya stopped her practice for a moment as she exited the smaller building. As she stepped into the cool night air, she looked around to see where the announcement calling for her had come from. Eudial instantly caught sight of the young woman and smirked. She was just like her profile said she was. There was no mistaking it. Acting quickly, Eudial reached into the back of her car again before hoisting out a large gun with a star shaped hole in the barrel and pointed it right at Maya. Where the bullet chamber was supposed to be was a large cylinder filled with the same red liquid that Daimon seeds were kept in.
"Hold still!" Eudial smirked before she pulled the trigger.
The red liquid was pushed into the barrel and instantly a large blast of black energy came flying from the weapon. Maya didn't have time to move before it struck her directly in the chest. She screamed in pain before her heart crystal appeared behind her, floating on air. She collapsed right after.
"Maya!" Rei cried in shock.
Usagi gasped in surprise as well. It didn't last too long before both girls brought out their means of transforming.
"Moon Cosmic Power!"
"Mars Star Power!"
Eudial, smirked as she quickly exited her car and threw the gun back inside, "Oh, looks like I'll be able to do something Kaolinite couldn't, actually claim a heart crystal."
"Wait!" a new voice shouted, causing Eudial to turn around.
There, out in plain sight with the moon perched in the sky above them were Sailor Moon and Sailor Mars.
"To steal the pure hear of a traditional drum player makes you an enemy of all traditional arts!" Sailor Moon cried. "For love and justice, I Sailor Moon will punish you in the name of the Moon!"
"For love and fire, I Sailor Mars shall bring you to justice!" Sailor Mars added with conviction.
"Hmm," Eudial frowned as she saw her opponents. "Not quite the Star Forces but I suppose I can't have everything," Eudial instantly threw off her lab coat to reveal her clothing underneath. She was wearing a red tank top which had a red heart crystal shape above it. Her skirt was black with red highlights and her glasses were gone. "My name is Eudial. I am one of the Witches 5. I'm the one who is going to pick up the slack where Kaolinite left off."
As the two sides were making their introductions, four certain individuals were hiding out in the shadows of the trees.
"Shouldn't we be helping them?" Yuichiro asked in concern.
"I'm not sure if we have to," Geo replied.
"He's right," Pat agreed. "The Sailor Senshi have been fighting monsters here longer then we have. They know what they are doing. We only really come out if we are there first, or if they need help."
"Yeah. Wouldn't want them to get too rusty," Rey smirked.
"I guess," Yuichiro frowned slightly. He would rather be helping, but he had to admit that the Senshi were pretty experienced in dealing with monsters and things like them. He, on the other hand, either had gotten his butt kicked by them (like that one at the temple) or missed the event entirely up until the point where he had met Strong and became his partner. He was in no real place to ask questions about their abilities.
"So who's the lady in red?" he asked curiously.
"You know just about as much as we do," Geo replied. "This my first time seeing her."
"Me too," Pat nodded.
"Same here," Rey agreed. "Now shut up and pay attention. I'd like to see this."
Back with Eudial and the two Senshi in front of her, the conversation was continuing.
"Look," Eudial frowned. "I really don't want to waste my time with you so I'll let you play with a little friend that I brought along." With that, Euidal brought out a remote control and pressed it. The trunk of the mini-van suddenly popped right open with a cloud of pink smoke erupting from it. Sailor Moon and Sailor Mars could only see the faint image of someone inside before the smoke cleared to reveal a new Daimon.
"Soiya!" it crowed as it turned to face its opponents.
This Daimon, like all the others, was female. Its skin was blue but that was where the similarities ended. It was garbed in clothes similar to what a taiko player would have. It was loosely done but its breasts were tied tightly with bandages. It held two spiked clubs and a Taiko drum was hanging from its shoulders, ready to be played in front of it. There was also a big cylinder tied to its back. It's hair was spiked straight up and a mask was hanging on the side of it's head.
"Hmm," Pat pondered from his hidden position. "They've changed tactics."
"Huh?" Yuichiro blinked.
"He means that now they use different methods to bring their Daimon," Geo clarified.
"That's right. While we had to deal with Kaolinite, the Daimons only came out when the targets touched the stuff she put Daimon Seeds in. Eudial here on the other hand, prefers to have those darn things pre-packaged. Annoying, but definitely more efficient," Rey agreed with a scowl.
Sailor Moon and Sailor Mars both faced off against the new Daimon. It snickered as it eyed them both like a predator would prey. Mars was about to make the first move when she started hearing the sound of something sizzling. Both Scouts looked down to see some kind of fuse burning and it was leading right to the cylinder on the Daimon's back.
"What is that?" asked Sailor Moon.
"Let's light up the sky!" the Daimon crowed.
Both Mars and Moon were confused to see the Daimon dance right over to them as if nothing was wrong. It wasn't even making any kind of move to attack. It just stood between the two scouts and continued to dance and beat on its drum. Suddenly, Mars remembered the fuse and saw it finish burning up into the cylinder.
"Yah hah!" the Daimon cheered again before the top of the cylinder blew straight off, revealing it to be a giant firecracker. Sparks fired into the air and came back down like fire. Mars and Moon suddenly found themselves dancing alongside the Daimon as it continued to laugh and shoot more sparks.
Eudial smirked and turned to get the heart crystal, but was soon stopped by Sailor Uranus and Sailor Neptune. Both of them were next to Maya, holding her heart crystal.
"This isn't a talisman either," Neptune told her partner.
"Another dead end," Uranus frowned.
"What?" Eudial groaned. "You mean I came all this way for nothing? Just great!"
Eudial didn't even seem to pay attention to the battle or the heart crystal anymore. She dashed to her mini-van before putting it into reverse. She then hit the gas pedal and tore out of the clearing as if she was on fire. She only left a dust trail behind.
"Well," Sailor Uranus sighed, standing up. "Let's go."
"Aren't you going to help them?" asked Sailor Neptune, regarding Sailor Mars and Sailor Moon who were still under attack from the large firecracker on the Daimon's back.
"If I go and rescue them all the time then it'll be too much of a hassle," Uranus shrugged before adding a sour note to the end. "Let the Star Forces handle it."
'Haruka,' Neptune sighed inwardly before she followed her partner away from the fight.
The firecracker on the Daimon finally ran out as it leaped away from the two panting Scouts before it turned to face them with two large drums in its hands. Sailor Mars and Sailor Moon both wondered what it was planning to do next before it just laughed again and hurled the drums at them. The speed of the two objects was so quick, neither girl could react in time for it. Especially after getting tired from dodging those sparks. The large drums hit both girls head on, trapping their arms around their waists.
"Hey!" Sailor Moon cried. "What is this?"
"My new instruments!" the Daimon crowed. "I'm going to beat on my sailor drums for a while!"
"Uh...," Sailor Moon quivered. "Could you beat on Mars first? That sounds like it hurts."
"WHAT?" Sailor Mars shrieked at her friend.
Inside their hiding space, the boys knew that Mars and Moon needed their help. The four of them pulled out their Hunter-VGs. They were about to transform when something caught the attention of everyone.
"Wait!" a child's voice shouted loudly.
Everyone turned to the sound and saw what looked to be a twelve year old girl and a thirteen year old of them were just under Ami's height. Both of them were wearing blue jeans, a short sleeved shirt, and a coat that strangely enough, resembled the type worn by Satella Police members, with the difference being that both were shorter, with the girl's being a dark pink, and the boy's being light blue. The girl also had a baseball cap on her head down over her eyes and what looked like a backpack on her back, while the boy had what looked like a blue visualizer, which he wore on his forehead, over his short brown hair, which was in a neat downward fashion, which also had a light purple streak running down the side.
"Who are you?" Soiya shouted at the two of them.
The girl just smirked before making a come-come gesture, while the boy moved into a relaxed stance. Soiya screamed in rage before charging at the two of them with her spiked baseball bat-like drumsticks and when she got close the Daimon slammed the sticks right onto the both of them, sending dust into the air. Sailor Moon screamed in shock and fear seeing two kid seemingly get killed.
They soon heard giggling as the girl spoke up with a familiar voice, "You demons are so slow at times."
At the same time, the boy was waging his finger while saying, "Too slow. We saw that coming a mile away.
At the moment the dust cleared and they saw that the only thing the Daimon hit was the ground and the girl, still hidden in the shadows, had somehow gotten behind Soiya and was leaning on her, while the boy calmly stood next to her weapon, having easily side stepped it. Before the Daimon could do anything, the girl got down low and twisted on her left leg and quickly throwing out her right to trip the Daimon onto her back. As the Daimon fell, the boy quickly grabbed her weapon, before using a quick kick which caused her to let go, just as the girl used the momentum to flip Soiya over, as the boy quickly swung the heavy club like a baseball bat, sending Soiya a good several feet away. Sailor Moon and Mars, along with the hidden Star Force members could only look in shock seeing two kids easily handle a Daimon
"Who are those two?" Mars asked with wide eyes.
"I don't know," Moon said just as shocked, "But the girl sounds familiar."
Soiya slowly stood up glaring, "YOU'RE DEAD, BRATS!" she shouted as she charged at the two children.
The girl kept on smirking before her backpack exploded creating a large smoke cloud. Three things shot out of the cloud and slammed into the Daimon throwing her back once more. The heroes saw that objects and gasped in shock. One of the objects was a dark blue or black ball as large as a beach ball with triangle shaped ears, large eyes, a cat's mouth and nose with a crescent moon on the forehead. All in all it looked like Luna's head.
The second object turned out to be an EM-Being that looked like Omega-Xis, except that his armor seemed sturdier than Omega-Xis's armor, and was colored in a lighter shade of blue. He also seemed to have more armor around the neck area, and around his arms. But the most striking feature was the energy that made up his body. Instead of the green energy Omega-Xis had, his energy was colored a bright gold color.
The third object revealed to be another EM-Being. This one was about the same size as Lyra, and had a noticeably female appearance. Her armor was colored a bright pink color, with the head, arms, and legs giving her a bunny like appearance, which went well with her silver colored energy.
The ball bounced around after hitting the Daimon and slammed into her stomach as the dog EM-Being performed a beast slap on her back, followed by the Rabbit EM-Being delivered a strong kick to her head. The two EM-Beings flew up, before delivering a tag team kick and punch, sending the Daimon tumbling back. Deciding to get while the getting was good, the two EM-beings flew back to their respective partners as the ball floated back to the girl as well.
"It can't be…" Moon said shocked.
"You're kidding me?" Mars said. This made the Star Force members very curious. Quickly transforming in silence, they quickly cut the two senshi loose.
"What's up?" Mega Man asked and Moon was about to reply when the girl spoke again.
"So you finally figure it out, Rei-chan, Usagi no Baka," the girl said as she stepped out of the shadows with her partner as she pulled off her baseball cap for revealing wine red eyes and long pink hair that was tied up in a braid except for two bangs framing her face which unraveled from under the cap as the girl put it back on.
"CHIBI-USA!" the Sailor Scouts shouted in shock.
Chibi-Usa smirked before she reached behind her back and pulled out a round brooch from out of nowhere. The brooch was only a couple of inches across with a pink crystal heart in the middle surrounded by gold edging and a crown with three small gems in it on top of the crystal heart that was a part of the boarder with a dark pink back ground. The side of the brooch was gold as well.
At the same time, the boy pulled out an item which revealed to be a Hunter-VG. However, this Hunter-VG was colored a Crystal Blue color, and even had several components looking like they were made out of crystal.
Nodding to each other, the two of them lifted up their individual items.
"Moon Prism Power! Make Up!" Chibi-Usa called out.
"Transcode! Mega Boy!" the boy next to her called out, much to the surprise of the other Transcodes.
Bright pink light shone from the brooch, while Light blue energy came out of the Hunter-VG.
Chibi-Usa leapt into the air as her clothes were bathed in a bright pink light, which changed them into a leotard similar to Sailor Moon's . Pink ribbons came out of the brooch which attached to her chest and wrapped around her waist, chest, and the base of her spine to create a skirt that was a few inches longer then the other girls, and bows on her chest and base of her spine, all a bright hair unraveled itself and changed into twin high pony tails with some of it styled after bunny ears like Moon's Odango. A pair of pink knee high boots appeared on her legs as a pair of white elbow length gloves on her arms. A tiara with a red stone appeared on her forehead, as a pink choker a pair of simple pink stud earrings, and two white bordered red circular accents on her Odango with pointed white fitting on top of them resembling rabbit ears completed the transformation.
The boy stood his ground, as he was bathed in the blue light. His clothes changed into a light blue body suit, which resembled Mega Man's body suit, folowed by dark blue armor on his arms and legs, which had silver lines on them, followed by yellow shoulder guards, and a yellow shooting star symbol on his chest. The finishing touch was the helmet that formed on his head that looked almost exactly like Mega Man's, with the difference being that it didn't have the opening at the back, instead covering his entire head, with the visor being an emerald green color instead of a red color. Most noticeably of all was the transformation itself, which had been performed without an EM-Partner.
When the light had subsided, everyone watching (except The Daimon) had their jaws hit the ground.
"The shining moon above, shines its light on the future!" Chibi-Usa announced.
"The stars that illuminate the sky, guide all to the future!" The boy announced.
"We are the future guardians of the thirtieth Century! Sailor Chibi-Moon and Mega Boy!" they announced.
"NANI!" shouted Sailor Moon, as the two EM-Beings and Luna-P flanked the two new heroes.
"Another Sailor brat and Star Force annoyance," Soiya said with a grin, "That's okay I'll take care of you two as well!"
"Try us," Chibi-Moon said with a smirk as she made a challenging "come here" motion with her hand.
"We dare you," Mega Boy added, as he stanced.
This infuriated the Daimon and she charged at the 'brats', going for Chibi-Moon first. She aimed to take Chibi-Moon's head off but the girl dodged it while walking backwards. Growling slightly, she then aimed for Mega Boy, who easily (almost lazily) dodged her attacks by simply side stepping, ducking, and even hopping out of the way.
The two of them continued to keep just out of the reach of the Daimon's club, patiently waiting for her to get impatient. The chance came when she over extended on a swing. Taking the opportunity, the two of them ducked, before giving Soiya a double uppercut, which sent her reeling, before following with a double flying kick, which sent her into a tree.
During this time, everyone watching had been at a loss of words as the two children continued to toy with the Daimon.
"Shouldn't we help?" Sailor Moon asked. She still couldn't believe what she was seeing.
"Do they even need our help?" Geo answered. He was beginning to consider getting his visor cleaned since he still couldn't believe what he was seeing.
Back with Chibi-Moon and Mega Boy, they had decided to finish the Daimon off.
"Time to end this! Let's go, X!" Mega Boy said, calling his partner, the dog EM-Being named X.
"Time for the finale! Come, Moon!" Chibi-Moon called out to her partner, the bunny EM-Being named Moon.
"Roger!" came the reply from both EM-Beings, as they flew toward their partners.
Moon glowed with silver light, before turning into a scepter that resembled a short rapier, which had a silver body with a pink grip that bore the symbol of the moon kingdom. The Full Moon Scepter.
X seemed to break apart, before his armor and enegry reformed on Mega Boy's right arm to look like an arm cannon, which had X's head at the end, along with several spirals of energy running through it. The X Blaster.
Chibi-Moon lifted up her scepter, before moving it around in a circular motion in front of her, which formed the outline of a full moon, while at the same time, Mega Boy lifted up his blaster above him, as energy started to gather inside X's mouth.
"Full Moon Radiance!" Chibi-Moon called out, as she reached a full circle, before bringing her scepter down in a slashing movement, which sent out a wave of silver and pink energy.
"Extreme Blast!" Mega Boy called out, as he aimed and fired a powerful energy bullet from his blaster which went zooming toward the target.
Soiya was caught in the wave of energy, before the bullet blasted right through her. She barely managed to cry out before she was turned back into a drum.
"Cool, a trophie for us," Mega Boy chuckled as he picked up the drum.
-Sailor Moon SF-
Later after the battle, the heroes checked on Maya and when she awakened she was feeling fine enough that she still wanted to go on stage despite having her heart removed earlier. After the decision was made and she got her game face on Maya went on to play the best she could for the crowds.
The group of friends had regrouped with the other senshi and Sonia, as they watched as Maya did her thing, before turning to their two newest 'members'.
"Oi, Chibi-Usa," Usagi said turning to the young girl.
"Call me Usa-chan, Usagi no Baka," Usa-chan said glaring at the blonde.
Rolling her eyes Usagi, continued, "Why are you here anyway?" she said, before adding with a snicker, "And who's your boyfriend?"
The two kids blushed slightly at the boyfriend part, before Chibi-Usa clarified. "I was sent here to complete my training. I'm a Sailor Senshi too, you know," she said, before adding, "And this is my aibou and best friend, Ryuusei. And he's not my boyfriend," Chibi-Usa finished with a blush.
Usagi rolled her eyes. "Who would send you?"
"Why you did, your majesty," said Moon.
"Or should we say your future self, your majesty," X added, dropping quite the bomb shell.
"EHHHHHH?" Usagi gapped.
"Ooookay," Geo said. "But that still doesn't really explain who you three are, since from what Usagi and the others told us, you three weren't with Chibi-Usa the last time she came here."
"That's true, so let me introduce ourselves," X nodded. "My name is X," he said, gesturing to himself. "This is my sister, Moon," he added, as he gestured to said EM-Being. "And of course, this is my partner, Ryuusei," X finished, before going into more detail.
"Now while you may not know us, but we know all of you. Especially you, Geo-hakase," X stated.
"Wait a minute. Hakase? As in professor?" Geo asked.
"Correct. We know this because you were the one who created us," X explained, earning a surprised look from his future creator.
"As for my partner, well... I think it would be best if Ryuusei told you himself," X said, though with an uneasy tone.
Ryuusei sighed before deciding he would just be straight to the point. "Hello everyone. My name is Ryuusei Stellar. The son of Geo and Sonia Stellar," he stated, dropping the biggest bomb shell of all.
It was at this point that Ryuusei's future parents fell backwards and were out like lights.
Author's Note:
Sorry for the long wait, but finals just finished, so I haven't really had time, plus I was taking a really long time to think of how this chapter would play out, since this chapter will be one of the key chapters of this fic.