Nephrite stormed into the chamber of the 7 (now down to 5) shadows. Binah, the artist of the group, noticed that he was angry. "What's got you down, Nephrite? Another humiliation at the hands of those Sailor brats?"

"Worse.", Nephrite snarled. "Kunzite has just presented Queen Beryl with the remains of that treacherous Motro. Even worse, they were doused in the energy of the Silver Crystal, which I've been trying to obtain for weeks now. And now Beryl says that if I can't pull out a success in the next 72 hours, then I will be fed to Metalia."

"I trust you didn't just come here to express your frustrations.", said Game-Machine Man, the cybernetic member of the group.

"As a matter of fact, no.", the General replied. "I have need of the two of you for a ritual to summon what I need."

And after everything had been set up (G-M Man had raised the appropriate stones and put them in a formation, while Binah had drawn the symbols on the ground), Nephrite recited the magic incantation; "Ancient spirits from a bygone age, I summon you from within your cage. Fill our enemies with pure dread, when they find you've returned from the dead."

Suddenly, there was a flash and Nephrite vanished, replaced by a bizarre creature. The two Shadows could recognise the features of their former allies, such as Kyurene and Flytrap. They also saw some they didn't recognise, like a fish and a dragon.

"What are you?", Binah said, disgusted.

"It looks like someone made models of previous Youma and smashed them together into this monstrosity.", her friend replied.

"We are the ultimate fusion of the deceased warriors of Queen Metalia's Dark Kingdom.", the creature said in one voice. "We are the Chimera.", it continued in another. "And we exist only for one purpose: to destroy the Sailors of the Moon Kingdom.", it concluded in a third voice, before teleporting out, leaving behind 2 disgusted Shadows.

Elsewhere, Mina and Mako were discussing recent events in the city centre, where nobody could hear them over the ruckus. It had been 3 days since Usagi and Rei had returned from the past, and they hadn't heard a peep from Replakor since then. His minions also seemed to have vanished, with the only one they could find being Akane Gushiken, who had been reduced to a skeleton. Rei had insisted on bringing the bones to her family so they could be properly buried.

"So what are we doing about the Sword of Mona?", Mako asked.

"Hidden away, in order to keep it safe from Queen Beryl and Replakor.", Mina replied. "But Artemis modified my Sailor Crystal so I can call upon it at any point. He also showed me how to do the same for you guys."

But before she could continue, they saw an ugly creature, that looked like a failed art project, appear out of thin air. It began to suck the energy out of all the people in the area, crying "Feed us." Then, it shot them with a familiar (at least to Mako) goo, that turned them all into Youma of various shapes and sizes. Seeing this, Mako and Mina began to transform.

"Jupiter Star Power!

"Venus Star Power!"

The Chimera turned towards them. "Ah, now we can destroy two of the Sailors here and now.", said one of the 3 voices. "Destroy them!", another voice said.

The large army of Youma charged, but the 2 Sailors fought to disable them.

"Jupiter Thunderclap Zap!"

"Venus Love Me Chain, Encircle!"

But by the time they had incapacitated them all, the Chimera had gathered so much energy, it grew to giant size. "Now to kick this fight into high gear.", the creature declared.

But before anyone could do anything, a woman with blue hair, wearing a mask and an outfit reminiscent of the Sailor Fuku leapt into the fray. "I'll take it from here, girls.", she said, firing a torrent of water at the creature. This caused it to explode into fragments, high scattered far and wide. Without something to hold them in that form, the Youma reverted to their human form.

"Who are you?", Sailor Venus asked.

"That would be telling.", the newcomer said, before jumping away. Confused as to what just happened, Venus and Sailor Jupiter walked away, unaware of a small green speck on Jupiter's arm. They were also unaware of the white haired boy watching from nearby.

"So the enemy has made contact with the local Sailor Senshi. And what happened to other planets will soon happen to this one too."