Haruka finished packaging her few possessions into the last box. Tonight would be her last night in this old apartment. Then she would begin her new life with Michiru. Hopefully, that Venus girl would probably be unaware of this, in case she decided to show up asking for help again. Not that Haruka minded being asked, she just wished she knew how to contact the girl without using unorthodox methods.
Then, she heard a loud thud against the door. "Who could that be?", she asked herself as she went to investigate. If this was Sailor Venus asking for help again, she'd just give her a phone number. But it wasn't Venus at all. It was Takamoto, her former rival turned killer robot. But now he seemed to be back to normal. "Help me.", he wheezed out before collapsing.
Elsewhere, Sailors Venus, Mercury and Jupiter had picked up the unconscious Usagi and taken her back to her house. They had de-transformed before telling her mother that they were friends from school (which technically, two of them were) and that they were helping her into bed after she had fainted. Mrs. Tsukino was quick to accept this story, as she was heading out to get ice cream when they arrived. The three girls, Minako Aino, Ami Anderson and Makoto Kino, lifted the 4th upstairs to her bedroom (which was no mean feat, given Usagi's weight), which looked as if it desperately needed someone to come through it with a broom. Once their newly revealed princess was in bed, Mina and Ami called their respective mentors (Artemis and Luna) to update them on this fact. Both said that they would check to see what the precedent for this situation was. After both calls ended, Mako finally spoke.
"Okay, I was not expecting to find out the princess was the school's lovable ditz."
"To be honest, neither was I.", Ami responded. "But I think unlikely candidates are the least of our concerns at the moment." She turned and indicated for Mina to speak.
"Right!", the blonde said in response. "If the enemy is aware of this, then they're definitely going to send an assassin. Probably one of the two Shadow Warriors they've already located."
As if on cue, a hooded figure jumped through the window, smashing it into pieces. Thankfully, the girls were the only people in the house, as Usagi's brother was at a friend's house and her father was at work until 9PM. Mako went over to pinch the figure, only to hurt her hand upon impact. The figure pulled its cloak off, exposing a mechanical menace.
Mako was shocked. "A Youma made of metal?"
"That's not Youma.", Ami said in a matter-of-fact voice. "I know what their essence feels like and this thing isn't giving off an essence at all."
"You mean it's a robot? Like the Krybots or the Grinders?", Mina said with a mixture of shock and excitement at the prospect of fighting a robot. But before she could get a reply, more and more of them jumped into the room, surrounding the three girls.
Elsewhere, at the temple, Rei Hino was preparing to go out and accompany Luna on her trip to behold the Moon Princess. "Are you sure you want me to accompany you?", she asked the cat.
"Certainly!", the Lunarian feline replied. "The discovery of the Princess is something all her subjects should be present for. Including you?"
"Don't you think the sight of a talking cat might scare her a little? I mean, she may not have her memories back yet. Even I don't have mine back.", the raven-haired girl replied.
"Oh very well.", the cat sighed, before undergoing a similar set of stunts to Artemis' the previous night. At the end of them, there stood a beautiful woman with black hair and a yellow dress. "Do you think this will work nicely?"
"Yes, now let's go.", Rei said, transforming into Sailor Mars. But before either of the two women could leave the temple gate, they were stopped by a familiar teenage boy. It was Ryo Urawa, the boy Ami had brought to the Dark Club. "What do you want?", Rei asked, in a hurry to see the Princess.
"I came here to warn you of a trap.", the boy said in response.
"Oh, what is it?"
"It's me!", Ryo said with fear. "I'm the trap. They gave me the vision so I would come here to see you."
"But why would they give you a vision?", Luna asked, confused.
"Because I knew he's had them for as long as he's known.", another voice rang out. Mars and Luna turned to the source. It was Nephrite, accompanied by his Youma Jumeau. "He has them because he is one of our 7 Shadow Warriors, reincarnated."
"What?", Mars said, dumbfounded. "Is that how you knew that Mercury couldn't be trusted back at the club?"
"Yes.", the boy said. "Like Nephrite said, I've had the ability to see people's future since I started being able to recall memories. I don't mean to do what I'm about to do to you. I just wanted to warn you so…" but he was cut off beforehand he could finished.
Nephrite had pulled out his dark crystal and gone through the same ritual as with Techniclon. In a few moments, Ryo Urawa had been stripped of his human persona and reverted to his true form; Shadow Warrior Bunbo. "Now my servant" Nephrite declared "Crush these women and bring me the Crescent Wand."
"With pleasure.", the monster snarled in reply, as it raised its arm to attack.