Act twenty five: ∞ – Premonition
A light Awakens…In this Omega Area, the new Holy Ground… a light brings destruction. There is another light… the light of stars… the glimmer of the Stars of Protection… In this Omega Area, filled with the same power as the world of ruin… all are drawn to that great aura. Within the glimmer of the Stars of Protection… there is a light… the light that gave birth to the Taioron Crystal… but this holy ground will not be moved. A new world shall be built here… none shall interfere. They will extinguish the unneeded light. They will remove the impurities. Do not let the light of Destruction awaken!
'Awaken!' She called out. 'Awaken the Self within my Self! The time has come. The light led by the three Talismans. Awaken! Let the destruction begin!'
Terra sat straight up in her bed and breathed deeply, several times. Something had jolted her out of sleep, and she didn't know what. The light from her digital alarm clock illuminated her room of her apartment. She ran her hands through her tangled hair, before getting up and looking out over the city.
"What in hell's name was THAT about?" She asked, sighing. The sun was coming up, and she was grateful that Chibi-Usa was spending the night with Bunny. Today, Terra had somewhere she needed to be. Grabbing picture she'd had copied off, she frowned and reluctantly put a big 'X' through Karen in the picture. She looked at it for a few moments, before getting up, getting dressed, and walking out the house
Today was the start of a new era. Bunny was going to be attending the Mugen School. Terra's building was almost next door to it, so she agreed to pick her up from school, help with homework, and send her home. She'd go for a year, to see if she liked it. If she did, she'd be enrolled next year. If not, she'd be back with Gohan-san. Terra slipped on her shoes and left.
She had a cemetery to visit.
"Serenity Briefs, it's past seven, you CAN'T be late for your first day!" Trunks screamed, listening to Bunny's alarm going off for the eleventh straight minute. She jumped up, shrieking and screaming, trying to find her new uniform she had been so proud of last night.
"WHY DIDN'T YOU WAKE ME, PAPA?!" She demanded. Trunks sighed and sat back down to finish his morning paper.
"God, don't tell me she'll be like this every morning…" He begged. Chibi-Usa took a bite of her toast.
"Bunny-chan is such a child, Trunks-san." She agreed, swallowing. The news was playing as well, and both looked over at it.
"…next story. Yesterday, an unidentified monster was seen in Minato Ward's S Park, in the bay area. It is said to have attacked students from the Mugen School on their way home in a bizarre incident.
Witnesses say that another girl from the school suddenly transformed into the monster." That caught everyone's attention, quickly. "Experts wonder if this might be a form of genetic regression."
Chibi-Usa looked up at Trunks, blinking.
"What's 'genetic regression'?" She asked, tugging on his sleeve. He looked down at her.
"Well, the ancestors of humans resembled apes, right? It means to return to that form." He said. "It's a little creepy to think about; I thought the Saiyan's were the only ones to worry about looking like apes…"
'Genetic Regression?' Luna wondered. Bunny ran out of the house, carrying her things with her.
"Bye papa!" She yelled, taking off.
"Be careful, Bunny!" He shouted after her.
Bunny ran on until she spotted Mamoru in the distance. Since Azabu wasn't too far from Mugen, he would walk her to school. She was happy so many people were going to help her like this. But Mamoru seemed agitated.
"Sorry, Mamo-chan!" She called out, waving at him.
"Usa! You're late! I thought we were going to leave together!" He shouted as she ran up. Bunny skidded to a halt and blinked.
"Mamo-chan… I don't really like being called 'Usa'… can't you keep calling me 'Usako'?" She wondered. The she hopped up and grabbed his arm, hugging it. "Mamo-chan! I'm sorry I'm later! I promise I won't be late tomorrow! Okay?"
Then she let go and went to hug him. She was too late.
"Morning, Mamo-chan!" Chibi-Usa said happily, hugging him first. She smiled up at him, causing Bunny to glare. Diana sat on the ground next to her.
"Good morning, Mamoru-sama." She greeted politely. Mamoru grinned.
"Hi, Diana." He returned, picking her up. "You can call me 'Mamo-chan', too, you know."
"O-okay… M-Mamo-chan."
"Ahh… that's not fair!" Chibi-Usa whined. "You're only cuddling Diana!"
"Turn into a cat, and I'll cuddle you, too."
'You're taking up my morning meeting with Mamo-chan…!' Bunny thought, glaring. Chibi-Usa looked over at her, holding out a pick bag.
"Bunny-chan!" Chibi-Usa said in her most stern voice, trying to copy how her own mother sounded. "You forgot your lunch. And you skipped breakfast! You need to have a good breakfast! It's the most important meal of the day!"
Mamoru patted the girl on the head.
"Well, aren't you smart?" He asked. Bunny just growled at her. Then she calmed down, remembering what she'd wrote in her diary the previous night, hiding it to where her father couldn't find it.
'…but the truth is, Chibi-Usa-chan is from the future. She came back to save her mama and her auntie, like papa did when he came to save the world from the Artificial Humans. She's the daughter of Terra-chan and Mamo-chan, and she's also the third life of my sister from my first life. Terra-chan killed Kara-neechan, and now she's her mother. But Chibi-Usa's come back now from the thirtieth century to train as a Sailor Senshi. She lives with Terra-chan, but stays with me, because Terra-chan is always working on something important.'
"Chibi-Usa!" A voice called out. Chibi-Usa spotted her friend, Momoko. She said her goodbyes and took off for school. As she took off, Bunny gave a grim smile.
"The vicious fight with the Black Moon Clan over the future of the Earth… Sailor Black Moon's death… it seems like a dream now." She said. "Everything around me is spent in peaceful days… but they won't last long, will they?"
She went to hug Mamoru as a source of comfort. Just before they could contact, though…
'Awaken! Let the destruction begin!'
Mamoru jerked back suddenly.
"Mamo-chan?" She asked. He shook his head.
"Nothing. C'mon, Usako. Let's get you to school…"
In the topmost floor of the Kaioh Building, a woman with wavy green hair emerged from the pool. Her time had been excellent… as always. She climbed out, trying her hair off. Moments later, she heard the distinct sound of a helicopter land above her. She smiled.
"Is that the Kaioh-maru? Good morning." She greeted, getting changed. "I suppose if we don't meet up now, we'll be late…"
Then she looked out over the water of the sea and gave a grim smile.
"The sea is going to be rough today."
The racecar pulled to the side of the track.
"TENOH HARUKA!" A loud voice cursed. "You gunned the engine at the straight, didn't you?!"
"This machine is great!" Haruka said. "I wanted to push it more!"
"You can't! Boy, I told you this is a TEST! You weren't supposed to hit over 5000rpm! You're going to break down!" The man said, cursing up a storm as Haruka looked to the sky. Two people watched from a distance.
"He must be popular." The woman said.
"Don't you know him?" Her companion asked. "That's Tenoh Haruka. He's famous for being a brilliant racer."
Haruka smiled as two helicopters arrived on the scene, and one began to land.
"That's his personal helicopter, the Tenoh-maru. And his sweetheart's is the Kaioh-maru. They go to school by plane."
Haruka picked his phone up, grinning.
"Michiru? You're late." Then he looked up to the sky and breathed deep. "The wind is rough today."
Haruka's female fans were screaming loudly as he went into a small building to get changed. Some were highly disappointed to see a girl with wavy green hair in a uniform waiting on him. Sure enough, he came out in a similar uniform, pulling his jacket on.
"Hey! That's Kaioh Michiru!" A girl said to her friend. "The famous violinist! She's got several CDs!"
"So it's true then?! She's dating Haruka?!" The friend responded. "It's not fair! They look so good together!"
"Yeah," She said. "And they both go to the same school, that real famous one!"
"Oh, you mean Mugen?"
"Motoki!" Bunny squealed, running in to the arcade. She'd just finished her first day of school, and was relieved to know she didn't have too much homework. Motoki just grinned. It was hard for him to swallow that this girl who had been his regular for such a long time was actually Sailor Moon, and that her base of operations was in that very arcade. Since he had other customers, he didn't ask how Senshi business was, so he just grinned.
"Hi there, Bunny-chan!" He greeted, going back to sweeping. Ami smiled a little and looked up.
"You're late!" She reprimanded. "I managed to finish a whole book, waiting on you!"
"I figured you messed up again." Rei said. Bunny sniffled.
"That's no fair! …hey, where's Terra-chan?" She asked, looking around for the older woman. Goten shrugged a little.
"I dunno. I got a call from her saying she couldn't help you with homework today. Something about… er… 'American Business'." He said, using a code word. It was Neo Senshi related, and the girls realized that. Goten was trying to avoid saying what he really meant, with others around. Minako and Makoto waved from where they were.
"Bunny-chan! We've been waiting on you!" Minako said from behind the wheel of a racing game that another person was playing.
"Hurry!" Makoto urged. "This is great!"
Minako got up and let Bunny sit down. She looked around at the game.
"Battle Lap? This's the one where you race with others, isn't it?" She asked. Minako nodded and popped the helmet on the princess's head.
"Yep! Here's your helmet! It's like a real race!" She said, popping a token into the machine. It roared to life and she began to give instructions. "Step on the clutch, start the engine…"
"Wow! This sounds REAL!" Bunny squealed.
"Keep changing the gears! There! You're in fifth gear!" Makoto explained, standing behind her. Bunny blinked.
"Woah! It feels like I'm driving a real car! This's creepy, I'm wobbling all over the place!" She whined. Goten stood behind her and leaned forward.
"Remind me to never let you drive for real." He begged. Then another, deep voice called over.
"You should step on your accelerator more." It said. Goten looked over at him and saw he was in a Mugen uniform, like Bunny.
'I don't know if I met him yet… Wow! He's already lapped the other drivers!' Bunny thought, glancing over for a moment. 'How fast is he GOING?! 300 KILOMETERS?!'
"BUNNY!" Minako shrieked. As she said that, Bunny's car crashed and her head was tossed back. "Bunny! Speak to me!"
"…the shock from the crash… feels real, too…" She moaned, shaking her head a little. A few of the other customers drifted over to watch the boy race as Bunny's friends tended to her.
"He's going so fast! He's hit 400 kilometers an hour!" Someone said in awe. Bunny groaned and popped the helmet back off, breathing deeply.
"Gah! I feel sick! This helmet is freaking HEAVY!" She complained. Ami looked at her friend.
"You were going quite fast, Bunny-chan." The genius said.
"Well, with the helmet on, you can't tell." Bunny explained. The game ended, and the Mugen boy stood up, popping his helmet off as well, grinning at the girls. He recognized Bunny quickly. He'd seen her at school earlier. And he knew he'd seen her somewhere else before...
"Well, it's Odango-chan." He greeted. Bunny blinked.
"Oh! You're the nice boy who showed me where my class was!" She remembered, smiling. "Thanks! Now I don't get so lost anymore!"
"I thought you were in the Martial Arts program? But you have good racing instincts, too. Maybe there's hope of converting you, yet." Haruka teased. Minako and Makoto fawned over him, and were jealous that Bunny was speaking to such a cute guy so friendly!
Outside the arcade, Michiru stood, waiting on Haruka to finish up with that new game he had been insisting on trying out all week. She stepped forward to go look inside, when she ran into a man walking down the street. She gasped as her mirror clattered to the ground. Mamoru knelt down to pick it up for her. Their hands met for a moment. Mamoru brought his back to him and watched as Michiru looked at his reflection in her mirror.
"Your eyes are beautiful. They are proud. You were a prince in your former life." She stated. Mamoru's 'proud' eyes went wide.
"What… makes you say that?" He asked. She smiled.
"This mirror reflects your past life."
The doors slid open at that moment and both looked in to see Haruka tugging on one of Bunny's pigtails. He was smiling.
"Let's race again someday, Odango-chan!" He called, walking off and motioning for Michiru. She looked back to Mamoru and smiled.
"I'm sorry if I disturbed you. Pay no mind." She said bowing and walking off. Mamoru realized she wore the Mugen uniform, like Bunny.
"I couldn't read her at all…" He whispered.
"You were flirting again." Michiru scolded. "She goes to school with us… I think I have a class with her."
Haruka smiled. "Jealous, are you? Odango-chan is a little kid, and she's cute."
Terra stood in the cemetery, looking down at a headstone. No one else was around, except for herself and the deceased. She held some flowers in her hand.
"I never thought I would be standing here, bringing you flowers." She said. "I think you liked lilies, right?"
She sat them down and knelt down.
"You were the only true survivor of that battle. Hey, did you know? Karen survived, too. I thought all of you were dead, but she survived. She went into the future, where she'd come from, and… well, a lot of things happened… Kara's alive, too. Kind of."
Terra sighed.
"I didn't want to see your graves. But, I had to look up some information on Karen, and I got curious. I knew you hailed from Japan, and so I looked you up. You died… about six years ago, I think? I didn't believe, back then, that you could die. You were too strong." She began to choke up. "I don't want you to be here! It's not fair! Keiko, please, I don't want to be separated from you all!"
"You're supposed to be invincible, remember?! That's why we wanted your power! You're invincible, Keiko! You're the invincible Sailor Omega!"
"Bunny-chan, he was so handsome!" Minako gushed. "Can't you introduce us?!"
"Haruka-san? He's a nice person; you should try talking to him." She informed. "He was really polite and helpful today. I got lost after lunch, trying to find my biology class, and he took me there. He even stopped by after to make sure I could find my next class."
"Haruka? Do you mean Tenoh Haruka, the racer?" Motoki asked. He pulled out one of his sister's magazines. It had an article on the boy. "See? He's famous in Japan. He's said to be the best the country has right now."
Bunny blushed. "Wow. He's a real racer. No wonder he was so good! You know, he told me on the way to Biology that he'd just transferred to Mugen from Juuban about six months ago."
"Does he go shopping in Juuban?!" Minako demanded. "I want details! I wanna see him again!"
Goten glanced out the window to see some more Mugen girls walk down the street.
"Hey, Bunny," He said, pointing. "Classmates."
Bunny smiled and went to go speak to them; she recognized Kaiya and Hisa at once. But something odd happened. As she got close to Kaiya, the new locket began to glow as the Maboroshi no Ginzuishou reacted to her.
"What?" She then watched in horror as something exploded from her back! Everyone screamed at the sight. Motoki went and unlocked the door into the alley, so the girls could go transform, away from his security cameras. The girls ran outside.
"Moon Cosmic Power…!"
"Venus Planet Power…!"
"Mars Planet Power…!"
"Jupiter Planet Power…!"
"Mercury Planet Power…!"
"MAKE UP!"
The Sailor Senshi stood before the new enemy that was lashing out at people. Each surrounded it, to give it no room for escape.
"It's attacking wildly! There's no pattern, like it has no control of itself!" Mercury said. Mars noted something else.
"It looks like it's in pain!" She announced. Goten stood in the crowd, watching. Venus and Jupiter stepped up to fight, Moon was behind them. How she wished Earth were here!
"Venus Wink Chain Sword!"
"Jupiter Coconut Cyclone!" The attacks connected and they watched as the black mass exploded. Goten had a feeling it was all too easy, but watched as the girl emerged from the goo and collapse. There was no trace of the monster.
'It separated from Kaiya!' Moon thought happily. She turned to Hisa, who was freaking out.
"Quick! Call an ambulance!" She shouted. Venus was going to check on her, when she felt someone stare at her, directly. She gasped and spun around. But when she did, Haruka and Michiru vanished…
Motoki closed the arcade down for the day after the incident and let the girls back in through the alley door. They transformed back and sat down in the control room, leaving the door open. Goten sat in the entrance, talking to Motoki, who was using the moment to clean.
"So… this foreign life form took over that girl…" Luna repeated. "Hm… Genetic Regression is extremely rare… perhaps only one person is confirmed to go through it every few centuries…"
"What are you getting at, Luna?" Artemis asked.
"Did you see the news this morning?" Luna said, directing her attention to Goten and the girls. "There was a story about a girl transforming into a monster and attacking people. She was a Mugen Gakuen student as well."
Bunny sat straight up. It unnerved her. She was a Mugen student as well! Did that mean she had to worry?! Where the hell was Terra-chan?!
"Something is strange here… Mugen Gakuen and genetic regression…" Ami mused.
"So, that means we have to investigate Mugen. It's perfect. Bunny is a student, and Terra-san lives right next to it!" Minako explained. Then, Bunny had to wonder…
'Does Terra-chan know what's going on?'
"I'm home, papa!" Bunny said, closing the door behind her. He looked at her.
"You're a little late, Bunny. How was school?"
"We ate at Mako-chan's house! She loves my appetite!" Bunny explained with a giggle. "Oh! School was great! I met someone famous today, papa!"
"Oh? Did you tell them your secret?" He wondered with a grin.
"NO!" She said, sticking her tongue out at him. "I got lost after lunch, and Tenoh Haruka himself helped me find my class!"
"Oh. He goes there too? Okay then." Trunks said, walking into the living room with his paper. Then Bunny looked over, seeing Chibi-Usa on the phone.
"Okay, Terra-chan. Promise? Tomorrow." She said, hanging up. Bunny lifted her right up by the skirt.
"Hey. How come you're here again tonight? Terra-chan's home, isn't she?" Bunny asked.
"Terra-chan has business to take care of, and said I should stay here. She's gonna call Mamo-chan for me, and we're gonna go have fun tomorrow!" The girl squealed. Bunny blinked.
"How so?"
"It's a secret!" Chibi-Usa said, sticking out her tongue. Bunny growled and pounced on her, trying to get her to talk. Chibi-Usa whined and Trunks stormed in, lifting both up off the ground.
"You two fight worse than Goten and me!" He shouted. "Chibi-Usa is going to an amusement park tomorrow with her friends! I was supposed to take her, but I'm busy and can't, so I asked your friend Mamoru! It's too dangerous to let a kid go alone!"
He then dropped them. Chibi-Usa smiled.
"Mamo-chan is taking me to Mugen C Park! We're gonna ride that new roller coaster that goes out over the sea!" She said happily. Feeling left out, Bunny grabbed her phone and dialed Mamoru. He answered after about three rings.
"You're taking Chibi-Usa-chan to the amusement park!?" She shouted. Mamoru grinned nervously.
"Your father was so insistent, I couldn't turn him down." He explained. Bunny whined.
"I wanna go too!" She said.
"Don't you have class tomorrow?" He asked. Bunny fell silent. That was right. She had to go to school tomorrow. It wasn't something she was used to. Bunny started to cry, loudly. Mamoru pulled the phone away from his ear.
"Usako…" He sighed, before pulling out a city map. "This park is in the Mugen Delta."
"Huh?" she asked, calming down and wiping at her eyes.
"Yeah. It's right near the school. I have my own COM watch now, too. Terra-san gave it to me; it belonged to Kara, when she was a Senshi. You can call me if something happens, and you can meet with us when you get out of class."
Luna and Artemis sat in the Control Room. The door was closed, so customers couldn't see in. They were looking over the computer. Terra was with them. The entire area was an island, in a triangle form.
"The Delta, where I live, is reclaimed land. It's a manmade island in the dead center of the bay." She explained, pointing out where her building was. Luna saw her hand tremble slightly as she traced out the triangle. She then pulled it back, as though it had burned her. Artemis looked confused.
"Terra…?"
"It's a small city, complete with office buildings and residential areas…" She continued, as though she hadn't heard the cat. "We call it the Delta, because the three banks of the island – Tenoh Bank, Kaioh Bank, and Meioh Bank – from an equilateral triangle. In the dead center… here…"
Her voice quavered as she touched it again, and she faltered. Luna was worried. Something about this was disturbing her terrible. The cats could see it in Terra's eyes… she was having flashbacks to her past. It had to be related to her 'American Business' from earlier.
"Here, is the Infinity Zone. In the middle of the three sides sit the three Penthouse Buildings… named for the banks. I live in the Tenoh Building. They surround Mugen Gakuen."
"Mugen… sits in the middle… protected by Tenoh, Kaioh, and Meioh…"
"It seems the Daimons have failed." The woman with red hair sighed. "Regrettable. Things are not going very well. But, because of the failure today, we have located the 'Impurities'. Sailor Senshi… they who carry the protection of the planets… they who defend this world… they are the same as 'Her'."
The five behind her listened, silently.
"You have been given a new mission. Eliminate the troublesome outsiders. I don't care if you use the Daimons. You may very well earn the right to contact our master, Pharaoh 90, and take benefits from the Taioron Crystal, granted by the 'Forbidden One'. You may gain the position of Magus, like myself." She concluded. They gasped.
"Magus!" The one with green hair breathed.
"Then locate the vessels and the souls for our survival!" The Magus explained. The one with orange hair knelt down before her.
"Magus Kaolinite," She said. "We, the Witches 5, will accomplish this for you."
"Aly, thanks for giving us a ride!" Kara beamed as her older friend stopped the car in front of the hospital. "We won't be long, I promise!"
"Don't worry about it. You have a phone, right? There's a shooting range nearby I wanna check out." Aly explained, pulling a Basic out of its pack and lighting it. "Just call when you're ready to leave."
With that, she pulled away and drove off. Kara smiled a little. Jessie didn't like her much, but it was the only way she could go and see her older cousin in the hospital was if Kara accompanied her. Her parents trusted the girl. They went in and went their separate ways. Kara sighed a little and went to sit in the waiting room. That was when she felt something. She got up and turned around to see-
Terra's eyes snapped open and she sat up, breathing heavy. Another dream, from the past. Why was she having them? Last time, Karen had been alive, but she KNEW Keiko was dead. She'd seen her grave for herself, her power was gone… she groaned and looked out the window to see the sun was already up. She got up and went to get dressed. She had business today, in Hell.
Bunny stood in front of the school, in her uniform. The others were with her, except for Terra and Goten. She looked up at it for a moment before going to walk in.
"So, this is Mugen… I can feel an Aura…" Rei whispered. "A strong Aura of power runs through it…"
"This area is distorted… the building is all wrong…" Ami said, typing away at her computer. "The density of the Building Space is all wrong…"
"Same for the wind around this place… a storm is approaching." Makoto confirmed. At that moment, Minako spun around, looking at an overpass near some trees.
"Mina-chan?" Ami asked.
"Again… I thought I felt someone staring at me." She explained.
In the distance, hidden by the trees, Haruka grinned and leaned out of sight…
"WHOO!"
Mamoru sat on a bench, watching the roller coaster glide over the sea. Chibi-Usa was screaming with excitement. Asanuma sat with him, watching.
"Aren't you going to ride too, Mamoru-senpai?" He asked. Mamoru choked a little on his drink.
"No… I'd prefer to not hurtle at a hundred kilometers an hour…" He explained nervously. The thought send shivers up his spine. "Sorry about taking up your after-school time."
At about that time, three boys, about Chibi-Usa's physical age walked up.
"Those girls are coaster crazy!" The leader said. "They keep wanting to go!"
Mamoru grinned a little.
"Are you all in Chibi-Usa's class?" He asked. They nodded. He got up, still smiling. "Okay. I'll go get more drinks."
As he walked off, Chibi-Usa felt her hat blow off her head and watched it fly off. When the coaster stopped, she hopped off and went to run off. Momoko went after her.
"Momo-chan, I'm going to get my hat!" She chirped. Momoko kept following.
"What? Let me go with you!" The girl insisted. Chibi-Usa shook her head.
"It's okay! I saw where it went!" She said. "You go back with the others; I'll be back in a second!"
Chibi-Usa ran out of the Amusement Park, towards the research labs. In a moment she was out of sight. Momo ran off to get Mamoru.
"Mamo-chan!" She called. He blinked and looked up from his drink.
"Momo-chan? Where's Chibi-Usa?" He wondered. She told him and he cursed, getting up to go after her. "Asanuma, watch them!" He ordered. Asanuma choked a little.
"Mamoru-Senpai, wait!"
Hell wasn't as bad as Terra had been expecting. She grinned slightly and walked on.
"An'ya, are you here?" She called, pushing her hair behind her ear. "An'ya, where are you? I need to speak with you!"
Sighing, the girl looked around and walked on. It wasn't long, though, before she was met by a familiar voice.
"Why are you here? Have you finally died and come to me?" It asked with a hint of a sneer in it. Terra smiled and turned around to see Sailor Omega standing behind her. A tall figure stayed well behind her. Terra thought he reminded her of the being 'Cell' from so long ago. It was hard to tell. He had a lot of damage done to him, obviously by An'ya.
"An'ya… I have some things I want to know." Terra explained. An'ya kept her Demon Eye closed and stood there. The sleeves of her Kimono fluttered in the wind.
"Well, you have seen Hell. I know it cannot be of those beliefs, then, that were forced upon you." An'ya said. "Why are you here? If you have no true business, I suggest you leave."
"I want to know about her… more. You knew a lot, didn't you?" Terra asked. "You were connected, right? Because of your powers… I want to know more about Kaijino Keiko. About the real Sailor Omega."
Chibi-Usa found her hat and picked it up. She smiled.
"This is the hat that Trunks bought for me!" She said. Then she looked up to see the high tech building before her. She looked at the sign, written mostly in Kanji.
"Huh? What does that say? Uhm… To… uh… something 'Research Labs'." She said, struggling with the word 'Tomoe'. She looked down, then and saw a girl collapsed on the ground, struggling to breathe.
"Kei…ko…?" Chibi-Usa breathed. She hurried over to help her. She knew this girl somehow. She knew her, she was so familiar. Had she seen her in the Crystal Palace? "Are you okay?" She asked cheerfully. The girl reached up and batted her hand away.
"It's the same… as always… leave me alone…!" She snarled. "This area… is off limits!"
Chibi-Usa backed away a little. "Keiko…?" She asked. The girl opened her eyes and looked at her.
"How do you know that… name?" She wondered. It was that moment that Bunny rounded the corner, lost again. She looked to see the girl there.
"Chibi-Usa-chan!" Bunny gasped, running over. "What are you doing here, on your own! You could get in trouble!"
"I lost the hat that Trunks bought me, and then I saw Keiko-chan. She looked hurt!" Chibi-Usa said in her defense. The girl breathed in ragged breaths, and Bunny couldn't feel any Ki coming from her.
"A classmate?" She wondered, going over to help. She didn't notice the monster in the corner. Just before it could pounce, the lockets the two girls wore lit up and flashed dangerously.
"It's reacting to something!" Bunny realized. Just then, the monster jumped out.
"A Genetic Regression!" She watched in horror as it went to pounce on Chibi-Usa!
"CHIBI-USA-CHAN!" Bunny screamed, running for her.
In the distance… a Sailor Senshi and her Knight watched on.