Rei had just come out of the shower. She had done her homework and chores for the day, and now intended to go to bed. But as she bid her grandfather a good night, she went into the room, to find there was a cat sitting on the open windowsill. In fact, it was the same cat as this morning.
"What do you want?", Rei demanded "Have you been following me?"
"As a matter of fact, I have.", the cat replied casually. "My name is Luna and I've been looking for you."
Rei was taken aback. "A talking cat. What is this? Some kind of joke?"
The cat named Luna replied calmly "This is no joke. I am a being from the planet Mau, long since destroyed. I believe that you are destined to protect the world from the evil that threatens to destroy it as well."
"Evil? You mean like Dr. Evil?", the raven-haired girl replied sarcastically.
"This is serious. I believe you are Sailor Mars, the Senshi of Fire."
"You mean like Saior V?", said Rei, making the connection with one of her idols. "So how do I get this power?"
Luna did a twirl and summoned a pen shaped object. "With this." She saw the girl was a bit too excited. "But first, I need to lay down some ground rules. First, never reveal your identity to anyone, unless forced to. Second, never escalate a conflict, again, unless forced to. Finally, never use your powers for personal gain." But before anything else could happen, a creature burst through the wall, lunging at the girl.
Rei was suddenly serious. "Alright, it's time to do this." She paused, thinking what to say. And then it came to her, as if she'd said it before. "Mars Power, Make Up!" In an instant, she was transformed into her new alter ego. "I am Sailor Mars, and I shall punish you in the name of Mars!" Then she stopped to think that the wording she had just used was very redundant. She would have to change that in the future. But now, she was under attack from a monster that had every intention of killing her.
Suddenly, another voice called out. "Deep Submerge!" A torrent of water came from nowhere and hit the monster, knocking it back. Mars barely had time register the second figure that jumped away. Then she turned her mind back to the thing. That blast had weakened it so it could be destroyed by another hit. She could sense that much from looking at it. Thus, she called upon her attack for the the first time. It was like second nature.
"Mars Fire Surround!"
The monster screamed in terror before it disappeared in the flames that quickly died down.
"Keep it down, I'm trying to sleep here.", yelled the old man who ran the temple. "Damn kids."
With the crisis over for now, Mars turned back to Luna. "Okay, two questions. For one, what was that thing. Secondly, who the f*ck was that?"
