"Hey, good morning Tokyo. I am Mio Kuroki, coming at you live from my hot new radio show "Mio's Muses". Over the last few weeks, things have been getting pretty strange around these parts. You've probably heard of that director who showed up in a span class="Apple-converted-space" /spanforest, her poor fragile body reduced to a pile of bones. And in more positive news, the glamorous new masked lady who defeated that kaiju the other day. She may have appeared briefly and may seem like it was a year ago to some people, but she has become the topic of much speculation on the chat rooms. Is she a friend to our mysterious sailor-suited guardian angels, or a new enemy? We'll let you guys call in with your -".
It was at this point that Ami turned off the radio. "She seems remarkably certain that there was someone else there, for someone who was in a recording session that day." She had noticed something was up with Mio Kuroki from her first appearance and had now decided to share her misgivings with Mina and Rei.
Mina nodded. "That's not the only strange thing about her I've found. Her past work and school records had been faked. And her birth certificate was a very obvious forgery."
"You think that she's connected with the Dark Force?", Rei asked.
"I'm sure of it.", Mina nodded. We should check her out when we next get together with Usagi and Mako-chan." She said that last name with some concern, knowing that something had been off with Sailor Jupiter since their battle with the Chimera.
Elsewhere, Makoto was trying to enjoy an ordinary day out. But she couldn't stay focused. Something had been up with her since that last battle. She couldn't think of anything but that time at the Dark Club with Kyurene and Flytrap. The one where she had almost become a Youma. And there was a man in front of her. Sporting a cape, with long silver hair.
"Don't fight it.", the man said. "This is who you were meant to be. Accept who you truly are and dedicate yourself to my cause."
This caused Mako to snap out of the trance she was in. She needed to do something about this, but what?/span/p
p class="p1" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"span class="s1"Back at the radio tower, Mio Kuroki was finishing up her radio show. If all went well, it would be her last. She went out and talked to her producer. "Boy that was tough to pull off without losing my sanity. How long do I have to keep this j-pop act going for?"
The producer transformed back into Ninjana. "Have patience, Mio. The combined power of Queen Beryl and Metaria may have birthed you, but that doesn't give you the right to moan about your lot in life. Besides, that last broadcast was written to draw the Sailors onto our playing field. And if my network of informants is anything other than reliable, then they should be on their way here right now." The network was made up of people that Ninjana had used as sources when she was still a reporter. A bout of brainwashing had quickly turned them into loyal patsies to Kunzite.
Mio smiled, as her 4 Shadow Warrior helpers entered. Ijii and Binah had been held back on Kunzite's orders, but Mio had managed to haggle for the others. "Soon, those Sailors will be sunk, and my two mothers will be able to bring about the world of darkness they desire. Oh this is going to be sweet."
Well I'm now back to working on this story again, after a year away. To make up for that, itll be my main focus for a while.