Act 19

"I can feel… Queen Metaria's power!" Ursula says to Shang, Beast, and John. She turns around suddenly. From behind Ursula's post, a strong wind and black bubbles appear and come toward them.

"The Dark Door?" John says.

"This is the door that leads us to Queen Metaria," Ursula says. Ursula walks through a passage with her generals behind her. She is walking on a path, which hovers above a large pit. They see some sort of tower with a red light emitting more white beams from its top. "Ah! That is the sign of Queen Metaria!" Ursula says. She turns around and says to her Shitennou, "Beast, Shang, good job!"

They bow. "Yes ma'am!"

"We will gather more energy to awaken Queen Metaria!" Beast says.

"I will follow the Princess!" Shang says. Ursula nods and the generals bow again. They then leave.

"The Princess," John says, "escaped from us cleverly."

"If such a small girl struggles, nothing will change."

"Exactly. She will fall again." "John, do you remember?"

"About what?" Ursula glares at him.

"Beast and Shang look like they're working hard. I'll pull back for a while," John says as he bows. Ursula's glare continues and John leaves.

"Princess, you cannot interrupt me this time!" Ursula says. She then turns to look at the tower-type thing.

In Aurora's hotel room, she goes to pick up her suitcase, but falls to the floor next to the bed, weak. Urchin enters the room, "Aurora, are you okay?"

"Yeah. We have to move again," she replies.

At the Hikawa Shrine, Belle is sitting before her sacred fire. "Why does the Princess fight alone? Her fighting looks like she has given a chance to the enemy." She remembers Venus say at the church, "I don't care. You are to stay with Sailor Moon and the other soldiers at all times. Got it?" She remembers her say before that, "I'm disappointed! You're not growing up as a true soldier!" Belle's fists tighten.

Ariel is adding fringe to her muffler in her room. She pulls the whole thing up, smiling, but then she looks sad.

Intro:

Mulan is in the secret karaoke room, knitting. "Huh? Are you making another one?" Jasmine asks her.

"Your homework is done."

"Yeah, but it seams that I like knitting and now I'm going to make gloves!"

"Hmm, are they for your mom?"

"Uhh…"

"Should I give my assignment to someone? The color of it doesn't match me. Ariel influenced me to buy that color. Has Ariel finished her muffler?"

Ami nods, "Yeah. She got it back from the teacher today."

"I guess she wants to give it to Eric-kun. Tomorrow is Valentine's Day."

"Ariel-chan said," Mulan says as she looks down, "she was just making the muffler. It's for no one. She looks like she's sad."

"It doesn't matter because she loves someone with a girlfriend." Jasmine seats herself, "But she doesn't know that they'll be married in the near future."

Mulan nods, "I think so; I didn't tell her."

Jasmine leans back, "Ah, what should I do? We have to tell the truth, but…"

"Ariel said not to tell Belle-chan about Eric Chiba."

"Okay. Belle is severe about guy-talk."

Jasmine gets up, "And where is Belle?"

"She said she had to talk with Melody."

"Why don't they talk here?"

"Dunno…"

"Yeah," Jasmine nods.

Outside the Shrine, Belle and Melody sit on rocks, talking. "The mission of the Sailor Soldiers?" Melody says. "You told us that our mission was to protect the Princess. Is that true? The Princess said we don't have to. The Princess is strange."

"Uhh, I'm wondering about that, too. I can't contact Urchin, who is always with the Princess. We cannot move freely, we have to obey the Princess' orders."

Belle then gets up, "I cannot satisfy the order, especially from the Princess."

"Have you talked to the Princess a lot?"

"Not really. I feel that there is something wrong. I want to meet the Princess and talk again!"

"That's impossible because we don't know who the Princess is." Belle looks down, then straight forward.

Aurora sits at her laptop, editing a picture of her and 'Happy Valentine's Day'. "I will put this picture on my homepage. The enemy will move again."

Urchin stands near her on the table, "How are you feeling?" She looks at him. "We can take a longer break break," he says.

"I'm okay. If I don't move, the enemy will concentrate on attacking Sailor Moon and the other soldiers."

"Yeah, exactly, but-" Aurora hands Urchin a present.

"Oh, huh?"

"Here you are. This is Valentine chocolate."

"Hehe, thank you!" It explodes with some spring-action. "AHHHHHHHHH!" Urchin screams with wide-friggin'-eyes. Aurora smiles and hands him a real present.

"I lied. This is the real chocolate."

"Aurora, come on… -.-" She giggles.

Ariel enters her room, which is dark, after taking a shower. She is rubbing her hair with the towel, and then stops at her paper bag she was carrying earlier, looking down. She reaches in and pulls out the muffler. She sits back on her bed. "Valentine's Day…" She remembers seeing Eric walk out of his apartment with Hina. "They are the better couple." Ariel gets up and replaces the muffler.

Ariel enters the dining room, "Good morning! Hm?" She sees a mysterious young girl eating a salad at the table. She has a nametag on her shirt saying, "Chibi-Ari". Nah, just kidding.

Ariel rubs her eyes and Ikuko-mama says, "Ariel! This girl is my friend's little girl. Her name is Hikari Nozaki."

"Ah, you've grown up!" Ariel says. "You are in first grade, right?"

Ikuko-mama says. "She's going to stay here tonight, so please play with her, Ariel! Shingo escaped because he is shy!" She laughs oddly while slapping Ariel's shoulder. She returns the slaps.

"Okay!" Ariel says turning to Hikari. "Hikari-chan, let's go to my room when you finish eating." Hikari nods.

In Ariel's room, she hands Hikari some beverage, "Here you are." She goes to the opposite side of the table and sits, "What do you want to play? A game? Cards? I always lose against Shingo." Hikari shakes her head. "Well, do you want to draw pictures?" Hikari shakes her head again. "Well then, what do you want to do?"

"I want to talk with you."

"Huh?"

"Have you ever loved anybody?"

"Huh?"

"I'm suffering through Valentine's Day."

"Ah," Ariel says.

At Karaoke Crown, Aladdin puts some turtle food next to Abu's aquarium. "This is a present from your girlfriend! Are you happy?" Abu doesn't move. Aladdin pouts. "Why do you get a present and why am I left to die?"

Mulan enters. "Hello!"

"Welcome…" Aladdin watches Mulan reach inter her bag and gets his hopes up that maybe she has a present for him. She pulls out her pass and shows it to him. Jasmine looks at her other bag and sees yarn. She walks off.

Jasmine says, "There's no shape to the chocolate." Abu makes a sound like he farted.

"Hold on a minutes," Jasmine says to Belle in the secret karaoke room. "We're not finished talking yet!"

Belle turns around from walking upstairs, "I don't have to tell you anything! You don't have to worry about that!" Belle then takes off, passing Mulan.

"It's not just your business!" Jasmine shouts to Belle, who isn't listening.

"What's wrong?" Mulan asks.

"She met the Princess, but she won't tell me anything. I think having secrets between us is a bad thing."

"I see. But we have a secret being kept from Ariel."

"That's a different problem. Ah, when I think of Ariel, I feel depressed." Jasmine then gets up.

"Are you going home?"

"Yeah, I don't feel good. See ya." Jasmine lifts her backpack onto her back and leaves. Mulan sighs.

Upstairs, Aladdin is dropping some food into Abu's box, saying, "I envy you…" He then sneezes.

Jasmine comes by and sees him, "Excuse me."

"Huh?"

She reaches into her bag and grabs her muffler, "This was made as homework, but I don't like it. I'll be glad if you were to have it."

"AH!" Aladdin squeals, "Can I?!"

"A thank you for the info! Bye!"

"Abu, look! I'm glad!" He goes on about how happy he is, fumbling with the thing.

Jasmine walks outside the automatic doors and says, "I envy him 'cause he doesn't have any worries…"

She leaves as Aladdin screams, "Amazing!"

"I see, you love a boy!" Ariel says holding Hikari's hand as they walk down a plaza.

"He is in my school. His name is Daichi Shimizu."

"So you want to get a chocolate for Daichi-kun, right?"

"It's not normal chocolate. If I give him chocolate, he'll surely love me! Can we find some?"

"That's difficult…"

"Well, he loves another girl."

"Really?" They stop. "What's wrong?" Ariel asks Hikari. She points into a shop where Eric and Hina are. "Ah.." Ariel watches them then says, "Let's go." Hikari doesn't move.

"That person," Hikari says.

"Huh?"

"Daichi likes that woman."

"HUH?!"

"Her name is Hina-san and she is his tutor." The couple exits the store.

"Ah!" Hina says as she runs up to Hikari, "Aren't you Hikari-chan? Daichi-kun's friend!" she looks at Ariel, "Hello!" Ariel has been avoiding eye contact.

She nods her head. "Let's see…"

"Tsukino Ariel," Eric says.

"Oh yeah, Ariel-chan! Do you know each other?" Hikari looks down and Ariel brushes her hair.

"She is my mother's friend's daughter."

"Ah, a chance meeting," Hina says. "Oh, yeah!" Hina says as she reaches into her purse. She pulls out a couple chocolate roses. "I got these in the store, but here, you have them!" She hands one to each girl.

"Thank you," Ariel says hesitantly. Eric laughs a bit and Ariel looks at him.

"Well, see you later!" Hina says. The couple walks off. Ariel and Hikari watch them.

"I can't win against her," Ariel says.

She peels off the plastic wrap and goes for the candy, but then sees Hikari give hers to a random little girl, "Here."

"Thank you!" Such a cute little girl! She bounces off all happy.

Ariel watches surprised. "I absolutely will not lose against such a woman!" Hikari says, flipping her hair back.

"No way!" Ariel says, wrapping her candy back up.

Ariel and Hikari are in a candy store. Ariel is looking at the different chocolates and comments, "Everything is expensive." She sees different packs for $19.53, $14.65, and $4.88 respectively. The$4.88 one is crap, but Ariel suggests it to Hikari.

However, she sees Hikari ask someone behind the counter, "Excuse me, can I have this?" It's a huge chocolate heart for $48.83. It looks kind of good and not pure friggin' milk chocolate! Kind of soft, actually…

"Do you have money?" the lady behind the counter asks.

"Yes!"

"Uh, Hikari-chan, are you okay?"

"I brought my New Years money!" Ariel nods uneasily.

Walking down the sidewalk, Ariel says, "Hikari-chan, I respect you!"

"Why?"

"You said you would absolutely not lost against Hina-san…"

"Because I really love Daichi-kun."

"I see. Should I give someone something?"

"Chocolate?"

"A muffler. I made it at school for my Home Ec. Class."

"Giving a muffler that's hand knitted as a first present makes a bad impression. I learned that from TV."

"Really?! Let me go buy some chocolate! I'm sorry, Hikari-chan! Please come with me!"

"Okay, no problem!"

"Thank you!"

Across the street, Belle is looking at a TV. The TV lady spoke about famous people's home pages and gave Minako's as an example. "Again?" Belle says. "Why did she do such a thing?" Belle is referring to the location in the background of the picture Aurora is in. The enemy will know where she is. "This is like a message saying, 'Oh! Please attack me!'" Belle then stomps off, "I have to look for that place!"

In the Dark Kingdom, Shang and Beast talk about stuff. "Princess?" Beast asks.

"I've found her," Shang says, "I have a request for you." Beast looks at him. Shang smiles evilly.

Ariel and Hikari walk down a street. "Hikari-chan, when I bought the chocolate, using my money, my spirits rose so high! Hikari-chan, we can do it! You're are so much cuter than Hina-san!"

"You, too, Ariel-chan! You are so much cuter than Hina-san!"

"Really? Hikari-chan, good luck!"

"Okay!" Hikari then points around the corner, "This way!" Ariel looks and her smile is lost. She sees Eric on his bike, alone. Hina and a young boy exit the gate behind him. Hikari looks on. Hina bends down to be face-to-face with the boy. Hikari then looks down. "Don't play your videogame too much!" Hina says poking the boy's forehead. Ariel watches while Hikari bites her lip. Hina gets on the bike and take off.

"He is cool," Ariel says. Hikari starts to sniffle and cry. "Hikari-chan?! What's wrong? Hikari-chan, you were strong; you said you wouldn't lose against Hina-san! I see… You were sad. I understand. But, we came here!" Hikari shakes her head, still crying. "Hikari-chan, what's wrong?!" The boy says running over. Hikari backs away. "Hold on, you love Daichi-kun more than anybody else, don't you?" Ariel says. "If so, don't give up!"

Hikari's sniffling stops, and she looks up at Daichi and walks over to him. "What's up?"

Hikari holds the bag out to Daichi as Ariel says, "She came here to give this chocolate to you." The kids look at each other, hikari waiting in anticipation.

"Ah, thank you!" Daichi says, taking the bag. "Let's eat in my house together! I have a new game!"

Hikari smiles as Ariel says, "Hikari-chan, are you happy?"

She nods. "Let's go!" Daichi says as Hikari wipes her tears. She runs off to his house with him. She waves to Ariel and she waves back.

Ariel then looks down at her chocolate. "I… suck." Ariel then walks off with her head down.

At a park, Belle flips through a magazine. "It's wrong…" She finally flips to a page with a picture of the place in the background of Aurora's picture. "Here it is!"

Ariel walks down a street with her head down, looking at the chocolate. Someone screams in a really high-pitched voice, alerting Ariel. A youma similar, but thinner, to the last one shoves people over. It then tosses them around. It's mean… It then swipes its sword at them. That's mean, too. Although it looked like some of the people just went right up to it… "Youma," Ariel says as she comes up to it. "The youma have never attacked people at random! Moon Prism Power! Make-up!" The youma turns to see Sailor Moon. "I'm a pretty girl soldier in a sailor suit of love and justice! Sailor Moon! In the name of the moon, I'll punish you!" The youma and Moon stare each other down and walk circles. Moon then charges at it.

Eric is on his bike, alone, and suddenly, he hears a sound, turning to it. Hina comes up, "Did you hear that big sound?" "Yeah…"

Moon cartwheels and back flips around, then she stops and poses. The youma swipes its sword at her a lot and tries to kill her, but Moon blocks and dodges. The youma barely looks like it's trying. Moon kicks at it, then holds its sword back. The youma throws Moon off, but she then turns around. "Moon Tiara Boomerang!" The tiara-boomerang hits the youma doing no damage. Moon gasps as it charges at her again. Moon cartwheels away, stops, then winks with her hand on her hip. She runs away, back flipping over the youma off a column. The youma runs into it and holds its head. Moon looks up from landing and is bewildered to not see the youma where she left it. "What the," she says standing up.

She slowly looks around, but then Tuxedo Mask's voice shouts, "Sailor Moon, look up!"

She obeys, and Tuxedo Mask runs toward her. The youma is up in the air, but Tuxedo Mask hits it with his cane in midair, before it can attack Sailor Moon, who twirls out from under it before it can squash her. She then calls upon her Moonlight Stick and it appears from her brooch. "Moon Twilight Flash!" The youma explodes into a nasty mess of tiny little purple fireworks. Moon lowers her arm and looks at Tuxedo Mask.

Beast had been watching from behind a column. He looks down, smirks, then flips his cape and disappears.

Tuxedo Mask turns to leave and Moon gasps. She looks sad, but then, "I got it!" She runs up to tuxedo Mask smiling. "Tuxedo Mask!" she calls. He turns around to her. She has her little chocolates she bought with Hikari. "This is for you because you always help me, and today is Valentine's Day!" She holds the chocolates out to him, waiting for him to accept.

He takes them. "Don't you have any other boy to give this to?"

"Yeah, but I made a muffler for him. Although, maybe I won't give it to him…"

"Why not?"

"He has a nice girlfriend and I cannot win against her." She says this while smiling.

"I see."

"Ah, what am I talking about? Why am I telling him this?!" Moon thinks to herself as she has turned a bit away from Tuxedo.

"I see, she also loves somebody else," Tuxedo thinks.

"Anyway, thank you for helping me!" She nods, and then goes to run off.

Tuxedo suddenly says, "You really shouldn't," he says as Moon turns around, "…give up if you love someone else."

"Huh?"

"You'll be able to give him that muffler someday." Sailor moon looks at him. He then flips his cape and walks off.

"Tuxedo Mask…" she says out loud. "It's strange," she thinks, "because my heart's not beating so hard, I can talk to him more easily. He's still nice…"

As tuxedo Mask walks, he thinks, "Don't give up…" He stops, "But I…" He's still holding the chocolates. He continues walking. Outside, Eric walks up to Hina who is waiting by his bike. "…will support her from within her shadow," He continues to think. Hina turns around and smiles at him. He smiles back. "That's it," he thinks.

Outside, Ariel is walking, thinking, "I hope the day I can give him the gift comes…" She smiles and keeps on walking.

Belle runs up to the building in the photos. She is running inside. She stops and looks around. It's dark and she says, "Why has the Princess become a decoy? Do I think about this too much?" Belle suddenly looks up, "The enemy! I was right! Mars Power! Make-up!" She starts off running like an airplane, but then normally as she goes up some stairs. Once upstairs, she reaches a corridor and finds Shang with his boot on Venus' back. She's on the ground as if a boot has disabled her.

Shang smirks. "Princess!" Mars says.

"You're too late!" Shang says. With his right hand, he grabs Venus by the neck and pulls her up a bit.

"Stop!" Mars shouts. With his left hand, Shang then removes Venus' Princess Tiara. Mars gasps. Venus struggles on the ground under Shang's foot. She is under Shang's foot, she is under his command, because she is under his foot. Shang looks at Mars, smiling evilly, as always. The moon cycle circles the pretty Princess Tiara that was COMPLETELY new to any continuity.