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"This way," Mercury signaled to her teammates that it was okay to cross the hall. They stopped beside a door. "This room has the teleporters in it. It is guarded by three youma."

"Three to four," Jupiter whispered. "I like the odds."

"Jupiter and I can break down the door," Mars gave her plan. "Mercury, we need cover. Venus, you're to tie up all the youma. Don't mess this up."

"I won't," Venus sighed. "Let's go."

"One," Mars whispered as she and Jupiter stepped on either side of the door. "Two. Three!"

They kicked the door down with a staggering force. "Now, Mercury!"

The blunette ran into the newly made opening. "Shabon Spray!"

"What just happened?" One of the youma cried as they were blinded by the sudden fog.

Mars signaled Venus's turn and the blonde gave a nod in response. The ex-leader of the senshi pulled out the mask from her Sailor V days and placed in over her eyes. Through her eyes, the fog disappeared as if it wasn't even there. "Venus Love-Me Chain!"

The golden chain of hearts skillfully wrapped around the youma and pulled them together. "Got them!" Venus reported. The fog immediately cleared.

The girls smiled with accomplishment as they walked in the room. "Hello, guys," the senshi of Jupiter said with a smirk. She kneeled beside the three monsters. "Tell anyone what you saw, and we'll come back just to turn you to moondust." She then said in a singsong voice that bordered scary. "Are we clear?"

The youma pathetically nodded. "You have our word," the largest of the three promised.

"Good," the brunette stood once again.

The blue haired genius walked toward the location generator. After a few moments of silence, she looked to her teammates. "I set the coordinates for Azubu-Juuban. Let's go."

"Get in the teleporters," Venus commanded. She pressed the button to start the teleportation sequence and stepped into a teleport port as well. Once inside the port, she aimed at the machine. "Rolling Heart Vibration!" The attack turned the teleportation starter to ruble. She'd like to see the Shittenou follow them this time!

The Shittenou, at the time, were busily follow Keisuke, trying to figure out his plan along the way. "Okay," Kunzite finally broke the silence. "Where are we going? What make you think your sister is in an elementary school?"

"We're not here for Sierra, you idiot," Keisuke responded with a roll of his green eyes.

"I don't-." Without warning, the teen turned a corner. The four general fought to catch up. "—understand, Keisuke. If this isn't where the Princess is, why are we wasting our time here?"

"I don't expect you to understand because, you, Jedite, are also an idiot. Which is exactly why you've failed before. You all need to learn to think outside the box." Keisuke finished his statement with a smirk. He opened the door to the school's office and stepped inside.

A middle aged woman looked at the five men with a soft smile. "Hi. Can I help you boys?"

"We're here to check out my brother," Keisuke explained as he walked to the counter. "Kazune Osaka."

The woman looked at her computer and turned back to them after a few clicks of her mouse. "Your name, please?"

"Keisuke."

She shook her head. "I'm sorry. You're not on his contacts list. Without written consent from his parents, you can't check him out."

Keisuke sighed. "So much for being nice." He slammed his fists on the counter. "Listen, Kazune's coming with us, whether you like it or not. Call him here. Now."

"Sir," the woman tried to stay calm. "Please leave the property or I'll be required to call the police."

The teen chuckled. "No, you're not. You see, ma'am, my friends here all have…unique ways of getting what they want." For emphasis, Nephrite jumped over the counter and walked to her computer. He placed his electrically charged hands on it and the computer immediately died.

The woman's eyes widened. "W-What did you do?"

"It stopped," Nephrite said with a shrug. "Your heart does the same thing when there's 2000 volts of electricity going through it."

The woman whimpered. "Please don't hurt me."

"We won't." Keisuke smirked. "As long as we get what we want. And what we want is Kazune."

"I'm home!" Sierra announced as she entered the Tsukino residence.

"Hi, Sierra-chan," Ikuko called from the kitchen. "Is Usagi with you?"

"No," the teen girl ran into the kitchen, her pigtails trailing behind her. She came up with a quick excuse for her cousin's absence. "Mamoru-san came home today so I thought I'd give them some time alone." It wasn't a complete lie.

"That's nice," Ikuko said with a smile. "I just put brownie in the oven. They'll be done in a few minutes, okay?"

Sierra nodded. "Let's watch TV until then."

Ikuko's smile grew wider. "Sounds like a plan," she replied. The housewife set the oven's timer and followed her niece out of the kitchen.

Sierra scooped up the remote and took a seat in the nearest chair. "What do you want to watch, Au-?"

Suddenly, Shingo stormed into the room and snatched away the remote. "Okay. I'm turning it on now!" Shingo yelled into the house phone. "Okay. Bye!"

"What's going on, Shingo?" Ikuko asked as she made room on the sofa for her son.

"There's been a Sailor Moon sighting!" Shingo explained excitedly. "My friend, Matsuri, said it's the first one in a while!" With that, the ten-year-old changed the television to the news.

The screen showed the sailor-suited heroine and the mask hero surrounded by onlookers. There was a rather large-looking youma in the background. "It seems like our senshi are having a hard time, Hatsumi," an anchor on the scene announce. "This monster doesn't seem to be tiring out and everyone wondering the same thing: where are the other senshi?"

Sierra's eyes widen. Usagi looked completely exhausted. "W-why isn't anyone helping them? Where are the police?"

"Sierra, darling," Ikuko said with a smile. "The senshi have been doing this for a very long time. The police aren't even allowed to interfere without their permission."

"But she looks like she's going to pass out!" Sierra cried. "Someone has to help her!"

Shingo raised an eyebrow. "Why do you care so much, Sierra? I thought you said these were just publicity stunts anyway."

"I-I," Sierra struggled to find an excuse. "I just do, okay? Someone should help them."

"That's what the other senshi are for," Shingo said as if it was the most obvious thing in the world.

Sierra was getting angrier by the second. "Don't you think they would be there already if they were coming?" She demanded to know. Her face was flushed with anger. She stood up and ran to the door.

"Sierra!" Ikuko called after her. "Where are you going?"

"What do it look like? I have a senshi to save!"

As the new anchor said, Sailor Moon was indeed getting tired. She knew it was only a matter of time until she couldn't dodge the attacks the youma threw at her anymore. "Please," she yelled to the crowd. "Get out of here! All of you! Now!"

The crowd didn't listen but continue to look on in amazement. 'Ooh's and 'ah's were mumbled throughout the sea of people as the youma shot at the defenders of Tokyo.

"Please go!" Sailor Moon tried to get the crowd's attention again.

Seeing that the blonde was distracted at the moment, the youma saw this as a perfect time to end the soldier for good.

In one quick move, the youma stepped behind Sailor Moon and sunk its poison claws into her side. She screamed in pain, activating a power she hadn't used in a while.

The red jewel that sat atop her odangoed-shaped buns amplified the scream, showing the crowd how serious this battle was.

The citizen's eyes widened simultaneously in fear and panic washed over them. The frightened people of Juuban scattered in a panicked frenzy. If that monster could hurt the invincible Sailor Moon, they could only imagine what it could do to them.

"Sailor Moon!" Tuxedo Kamen tried to yell above the screams to no avail. He wasn't able to see Sailor Moon again until the large crowd cleared. His eyes widened, not in fear, but in anger. "Let her go!"

His hands glowed with energy and the words of a new attack came to his head. "Tuxedo the Smoking Bomber!" the energy shot out and hit the youma directly.

The semi-conscious Sailor Moon fell onto the ground. Her side throbbed in pain and she could feel herself losing control of her body as the poison spread through her vein. "Thank you," she said in a faint whisper.

"Sailor Moon," her boyfriend's voice sounded broken as he ran to her and scooped her in him arms.

"I'm okay," she lied. "Help me stand up."

"No," he objected with a shake of his head. "You can't. We need to get you to a hospital."

"We need to turn that youma into moondust before he hurts someone else. Please help me up."

He reluctantly obeyed and Sailor Moon used what was left of her energy to reach for her tiara. "Moon…Tiara…" her vision began to blur. "Action!" Even with her strength dwindling and her vision blurring, she was able to hit the target with skill.

"It's done. We're going to the hospital."

"No," Sailor Moon protested again. "They won't be able to help. I need Sailor Mercury."

"Where would she be?"

"I don't know," Sailor Moon struggled to reply. "She wasn't at home yesterday."

"Who is she?"

Sailor Moon hesitated. "I'm sorry. I can't tell you."

"Usagi!"

"It's confidential. I can give up my identity but not my teammates. I'm sorry."

"Usagi, in case you haven't noticed, you're DYING! Tell me who she is!"

Usagi shook her head again and buried her face in his shirt. "I'll be fine. Really, Mamo-chan."

Mamoru didn't notice his new nickname. "I think that poison is affecting your brain." Instead he sped in the direction of the only place with someone that could get the girl to talk: the Tsukino residence.

Sierra ran through the sudden swarm of people with great difficulty. Where did all these people come from? If she didn't get out of the crowd soon, there was a great possibility that the crowd wouldn't see her and trample her as a consequence.

She pushed to the edge of the crowd and sought refuge in the first store she could get to. She pushed through the door and sighed in relief.

"Hey," she looked to the owner of the voice. "Sierra-chan, right?"

Sierra nodded. Great. Out of all the places in Tokyo, she'd come to this one. "Right. Hi, Motoki-san," she gave a small wave, tried to avoid looking at him again.

"That's quite a lot of people out there, right?"

"Yeah," Sierra took a seat and stared at the counter. "They seemed to come out of nowhere. Can I get a vanilla milkshake, please?"

Motoki flashed a smile. "Sure. I'll be right back." The clerk walked to the kitchen.

Sierra sighed again and laid her head on the counter. She was just about to close her eyes when she heard a soft meow beside her. She looked to her feet. "…Luna."

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