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Hotaru heard footsteps as she softly opened the door. There was no time to debate, "Katherine stay here I am going to draw them away from you, once they follow me, run to Usa and Ema and get them out of here." She stated.
Katherine did not get a chance to refuse Hotaru bolted out the door into the hall way. Katherine quickly hid behind one of the bodies encased in hair and heard several people running.
Hotaru saw Ms. Shukindo and two of her assistants coming towards her, "I saw what you are doing and I am going to tell the authorities!" She taunted as she turned and ran towards the emergency exit.
Haira and the two assistants ran after Hotaru, "Get her, don't let her get away!" She stated as they immediately headed out the emergency exit.
Katherine came to the door saw no one was in sight and quickly slipped out, once in the hallway she hurried back to the room where Usa and Ema were.
When she got in she gasped in horror to find her sister and friend completely cocooned in their own hair, both struggling from within.
"Oh my god! This can't be happening!" Katherine squeaked in a high pitch tone. She quickly got a pair of scissors and began to cut free Ema. Once Ema was free, her hair in a shorter version and terrible state, both began to work on Usa.
"We have to hurry; Hotaru distracted them so I could get you two out." Katherine stated as she hurried trying to set Usa free.
Hotaru ran into the alley way and turned around in time to see the two assistants jump out after her. She watched Ms. Shukindo look out from the door at them and return back in. She gasped realizing that Usa and the others were in trouble.
She reached into her pocket and pulled out her henshion wand as one of the assistants knocked it out of her hand, it rolled away from her as she braced herself for attack.
The purple haired assistant had two long pony tails, her hair was sharp like blades, she cut Hotaru's arm as she slipped in to disable her.
Hotaru cried out from the laceration as she stepped back and held her arm. She needed her henshion wand or this would be over quickly. She ran towards it reaching out with her good hand to grab it when the second assistant rammed into her knocking her off her feet and onto the ground as she screamed, her leg was bent in an unnatural way, it was broken.
Meanwhile…
Ema was almost done breaking through the hair at Usa's legs, Katherine had just freed Usa's arm when Haira entered the room.
Usa's gasp alerted the girls that something was wrong, Haira shot an energy orb at Ema knocking her out at impact, Ema's limp body slumped to the ground, as Katherine turned around. She stood in front of Usa and extended her arms. "Stay away from my friends witch!" Katherine stated.
Haira laughed, "How sweet, a cute little mouse like yourself trying to protect your friends, it is commendable but stupid!" Her human image flashed to reveal a woman who was humanoid, but her hair was electric purple and it was moving of its own accord, she had bright glowing green eyes, and black as night lipstick. Her nails grew out like talons from her hands which were neon pink. "Do you really want to mess with me dearie? I have power over hair, besides other things, I can break you in a heartbeat, last time out of my way!"
"Katherine you don't have to do this, get out of the way you will get hurt." Usa reasoned to her brave friend.
Katherine shook her head, "I can't Usa-chan, I made a promise to protect you and I won't break that promise till my last breath is taken!"
"So be it, such a pity with that lovely hair." Haira stated as she charged another energy orb in her hands and threw it at Katherine.
"NOOOO!" Cried Usa as she struggled to break free from the hair, the crescent Moon flashed on her forehead as she broke free of her hair and lean forward to grab Katherine. A bright light engulfed them both and everything seemed to slow down for a brief second.
Katherine felt the arms of Usa wrap around her from behind her, Usa's warmth empowered her as she prepared to take the blast to protect the princess.
In her mind she felt something bold and beautiful stir. "I won't let you die Katherine, I have been waiting for you for a very long time, embrace me and we will protect our princess together, I can give you what you need now, hurry." A voice? It is coming from within my mind. Protect the princess, my princess? She's my princess; I am one of the warriors like Ema! Yes, yes please help me save our princess!
Haira's attack was reflected to the wall, flower petals now began to fall around them. Usa opened her eyes and gasped when she saw she was no longer holding Katherine. She was holding a new born senshi. "Kat you are one!" She stated in joy as she released the new senshi.
"I am Sailor Ceres, and I will never forgive you for your audacity to harm my friends and the waste of girl's beautiful hair!" Sailor Ceres shouted as she swung her arms out and spun, "Ceres Floral Typhon!"
The flower petals came together to rapidly growing in speed as the came down in full force against Haira.
Haira was caught by surprise, she saw the crescent moon on the girls head, and it matched the description Lord Yoshi had given her of the maiden in the dream realm. She had to be the one he was looking for. She managed to block some of the attack but not all of it. She could so easily blast this little girl away, but right now she knew she needed to get this information and locks of hair she had collected from Usa to Yoshi.
"Love to stay and finish you off, until next time!" Haira stated as she jumped into a mirror in the wall and vanished.
"Coward come back here and fight!" Sailor Ceres shouted.
A soft moan caught both girls attention as they both looked down to where Ema had fallen. "Ema's head hurt." She stated as she rubbed the back of her head as she sat up. When her eyes fell on both Usa, then the senshi warrior before her she gaped.
"Ema, I am one of the warriors you were right!" Ceres stated as she offered her hand to Ema and helped her up. "Hurry up and change, Hotaru may be in trouble."
"Pallas Star Eternal!" Ema lifted her henshion wand up and cried "MAKE UP!"
Usa held up her brooch and called out "Neo Moon Crisis Make Up!"
The room was filled with pink and blue bright lights as both transformed into their senshi forms. Everyone ran out of the room and headed down the hall running towards the emergency exit and busted out of the door to find another Sailor Senshi standing in front of Hotaru who was on the floor injured and beside her a knocked out Diana.
Neo Sailor Moon took off her tiara and energized it as she aimed it towards one of the monsters; the two were going to attack at the same time. As she released her tiara attack the other senshi called upon thunder and fried one of them, the other disintegrated upon contact with Neo Moon's Tiara.
A few minutes before:
Sailor Juno heard a scream and jumped away from the wall she was leaning on to catch her breath, it was from the same alley way she fought the monster. She ran over to see a grey cat attack one of the two monsters that have showed up, and a girl with long raven hair on the ground, from the position of her leg it was broken.
Juno didn't think twice as she jumped up onto the fence ran over on its tip and leapt allowing her boot connect with one of the monster's face hard. Sailor Juno had positioned herself in front of the injured girl, and realized she was the girl from school that was walking with the new girl the other morning.
"Hotaru don't move I won't let these nasty things get you." Sailor Juno said as she got ready to hold off the two menacing monsters that took a moment to asses her and decide on an attack. The cat was flung off the arm of the one who had wicked looking hair; the cat hit the wall hard and slid down to the ground out cold.
Another senshi? She looks different than Ema, is she one of the new senshi that Usa came here to find? She knows my name, does she know me do I know her? She is very tall and muscular; I hope she can handle the enemy. Hotaru thought as she looked over to the side where her henshion wand had rolled over to. She returned her attention to the senshi before her who now stood in a protective manner and got ready to take the attack.
Sailor Juno did not hesitate to take advantage of the surprise attack that took out one of the monsters as it had leapt into the sky to attack her, the other was dazed momentarily by trying to figure out how her partner turned to dust, that's when Juno summoned her new power and took it down. Once the threat was removed she took a breath and relaxed.
Neo Sailor Moon rushed over to Hotaru and knelt down taking her hand into hers. "Hotaru are you okay? Well other than the obvious that your leg is broken?"
Sailor Pallas, and Ceres walked over and checked out the other senshi, all three looked the same with a few differences of height, hair color and style. "Who are you?" Asked Ceres.
Juno blinked surprised as she checked them out as well. "I am Sailor Juno, and who are you guys? Obviously we shopped at the same place and got the same uniform minus the color choices."
"I am Sailor Ceres, and this is Sailor Pallas." Ceres answered as she tilted her head slightly. "I guess you're right, you must be one of us."
"Pallas is happy to meet Juno." Sailor Pallas chimed in as Juno quickly turned her gaze to her.
"Ema?" is that you?" Sailor Juno questioned softly surprised. There was only one person in the planet who spoke always in third person, and that was none other than her sister Ema.
Pallas blushed surprised that the new comer knew her name when not senshi.
Ceres came closer to Juno invading her personal space and walked around her in a perfect circle as she stopped in front of her again. "Where you left the cycle?" She asked cautiously.
Juno crossed her arms and smirked, "In a safe place can't get it stolen you know." She replied as Ceres grinned back and both hugged.
Pallas joined in hugging both of them at the same time. Moon and Hotaru watched in awe.
They disengaged from their hugs and turned to face Neo Sailor Moon. The came over, Juno kneeling down to Hotaru, "Are you okay?"
Hotaru just gazed into the green haired senshi, her eyes were so green it reminded her of the forest, but there was something else about them a spark that in her eyes that it reminded her of electricity. She never knew that one day she would play the role of damsel in distress; she was always the go getter, jumping in to save the day and get things done with. And here this new Senshi so bravely jumped into battle and stood in front of her to take the hits in order to keep her safe. This was indeed a first for the Senshi of Saturn.
Hotaru felt the pain return to her full strength, she had fought the pain to remain conscious because of the enemy. She would not accept that there was nothing she could not do even with a broken leg. Diana had come from nowhere and flung herself at the enemy to protect Hotaru. She hung on as long as she could before the monster shook her loose off its arm and flung her against a wall. Hotaru squeezed Neo Sailor Moon's hand and softly pointed towards Diana as she grunted in pain and passed out in her arms.
"HOTARU!" Neo Sailor Moon cried as she held her beloved friend in her arms.
Sailor Juno quickly came over to them; she knelt down and gently scooped up Hotaru into her arms. "We can't stay here, I know you're not supposed to move a trauma patient but we have no choice, she needs help."
Sailor Pallas collected Diana and gently cradled the cat into her arms as she softly pet her. She was still out cold from the impact against the wall, but Pallas could tell she was breathing. She softly probed her head and felt a light bump on the back of her head.
"Sailor Ceres I need you to go back into the room where we were, and get that bottle Haira was using on our hair, it has a soft glow, and I think it that Mercury needs to analyze it's content." Neo Sailor Moon stated as she stood up.
Ceres nodded and ran back inside into the hall way, she made it back to the room grabbed the bottle and headed back outside to the group. On her way out she saw the door completely opened into the room where the big mirror was attached by hundreds of strands of hair and the hair encased bodies were. All the women were on the ground now, hairless and free. But the mirror was gone along with all traces of hair. The enemy must have retrieved it while they were outside with the others. So much for evidence she thought, good thing Hotaru did take pictures. She ran back outside and regrouped with the group.
"You won't believe it but what Hotaru and I had discovered from the enemy, it's all gone, they must have retrieved it while we were out here." Ceres stated as she held the bottle Neo Moon told her to get.
The group heard police sirens coming closer, apparently the officers were first responding to the mom and pop restaurant where they probably received the call of the disturbance. "We need to go, in fact we should just try to blend in and get Hotaru and Diana help." Neo Moon stated.
They began heading towards the opposite side of the alley way when they saw the shadow of someone approaching the entrance followed by voices. "Cops!" Stated Juno with a tone that expressed distaste for them.
"Quick in here!" Stated Pallas as she pushed open a rear door to a flower shop, everyone walked in closing the door behind them as they heard a man state that there were monsters, women in hair like cocoons', and that a monster had attacked them.
They heard a toilet flush suddenly as they looked at each other not sure what to do now, someone was in the bathroom and they could not go back into the alley way. "What do we do?" Ceres asked now nervous. "I say we run out through this store and outside and get out of here!" Juno replied when Pallas shook her head, "Pallas believes Juno should not run, Hotaru can't handle that."
Just as Neo Moon was going to tell everyone to de-henshion and walk out the door opened, a very foul smell filled the back room of the flower shop and a very pale Haruka stepped out.
The color drained from Neo Moon's face as reality hit her; the crap just hit the fan both figuratively and literally. Haruka stood right in front of her face to face, her eye brow raised as her lips twitched. All that echoed in her head was we got caught shit happens!"
"Well look what we have here" She stated coldly. Neo Moon gulped, as she tried to find confidence in her soul, "Haruka-san we… we can explain." She began as a moan behind her caught the wind senshi's attention.
Neo Moon moved aside as the Wind senshi's eyes fell upon Juno's arms. "Hotaru!" She cried as she leaned in grabbed Hotaru from Juno's arms and turned heading out to the front of the shop, there they heard Michiru's cry.
"I am so dead now…" Neo Moon stated in defeat. With no further word she de-henshioned, the others followed on cue. The teenage girls headed out towards the front of the shop, the shop keeper was wide eyed when she saw all these people walk out from the back. "Where have all you people come from?" She asked surprised. The girls apologized and left outside to see Haruka and Michiru jump into their car, Michiru held the girl gently in her lap as Haruka pulled her sports car into reverse and pulled out like a mad woman burning rubber.
"I guess it's time to head back to Setsuna's and call an emergency Senshi meeting, let's get the we're grounded for life over with." Usa stated as the others in silence followed in her gait. She pulled out her cell phone and began her text message to the group, asking for them to regroup immediately at Setsuna's.
Back at the high school….
Valerie was in detention, it had been a long weird day. Jewels skipped class again as usual, but when the teachers asked her, she said her sisters were sick. Then at lunch time she was sitting out by a tree by herself and she swore she could hear talking, but what got her attention was she could understand what the birds were saying. The two were sitting above her in a branch, and they were talking about whom was their next target to poop on while flying. She had to shake her head a few times and bit her lower lip that was impossible. She kept looking up at them, as they looked down at her.
One bird said to the other, "That one down there keeps looking at us." The bird beside it tilted its head and studied her. "You'd think that dumb human could understand what we are talking about?" The one that first spoke nodded its head, "Impossible humans are too self-centered and stupid to understand animals." The second one shivered, "But still she is looking at us all weird, maybe we should poop on her?"
Valerie narrowed her eyebrows as she gazed up and waved her fist. "I don't think so you dumb birds, try to I will have you roasted!"
Both birds felt their beaks fall open as they looked at her; they gaped briefly as the both began to caw in fear. "Let's get out of here!" Both flapped their wings in fear and left.
Later in biology class Valerie had another event with hearing animals talk. It was lab day and today they would get to dissect living frogs. The majority of the class complained that it was cruelty to animals to do so; the teacher advised that it was a necessary evil; it was to teach them about the amphibian's heart and organs, and see a beating heart. A jar was placed in front of each student and a cotton ball with a sleeping agent was placed in each jar; the lids were then put on the jars to close so that it would build up in the jar, so when the frog was placed in it would be overcome by the agent and fall into a deep sleep.
As the teacher opened the box of frogs, everyone heard them croaking. Valerie on the other hand heard them crying out for help. That they did not want to be cut open or die. When the teacher placed her frog into her jar she simply gazed at the frog. It gazed at her, both their eyes locked, its pleas for its life.
I must be going crazy, but hearing all of them, I can't let this happen and I know I am going to get into lots of trouble. Guess I already made up my mind. Valerie opened her jar and grabbed her frog, "I will let you live froggy." She said to the frog and got up heading towards the window; she opened it and allowed it to jump out of her hands. The frog thanked her and called her a decent human as it left. Other students saw what she did and followed her steps letting their frogs go. The professor was outraged and yelled at everyone. She was later pulled into the principal's office and put on detention.
She kept looking up at the clock waiting for her time to be over, after six hundred lines she had to write as part of her punishment, her fingers hurt, and all she wanted was to go home. "Freaking frogs!" She mumbled under her breath. Word of her actions were soon spreading through the school, and in the animal kingdom word of a human red headed girl that could understand animals began to circle between the animals, insects, amphibians, birds, and reptiles.
To be continued…