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Chapter 7: The Arrival of a Small Pretty Guardian
Death Buster's Hideout…
Professor Tomoe picks up the phone and dials down the number to the Witches 5: a subgroup of the Death Busters who are perfect Daimons that were created by Professor Tomoe and serve under him and Kaolinite. Finally, the secretary answers the phone.
"Hello, this is the Witches 5. Yes, just one moment."
Eudial, the leader of the Witches 5, picks up the phone as she goes over to her computer. "Eudial speaking."
"It's me, I've looked at your report."
"What do you think of it?" asked Eudial.
"It's quite interesting."
"Thank you very much," Eudial smirks as she begins typing in the data into her computer.
"Have you been able to locate who constructed the robot that nearly defeated the Sailor Senshi and that troublesome hedgehog and that little fox?"
The red-haired Daimon shakes her head. "Not as yet, whoever constructed that robotic monstrosity is very good at covering his tracks. But I did find the next pure-hearted Talisman candidate."
"Just as I would expect of you Eudial."
Eudial finishes entering the data into her computer. The computer is linked to the records of all the citizens living in Tokyo. Once the results showed up, the computer displayed the target's picture and profile screen. Target Name: Maya Thono. She's 157 cm tall and weighs around 46kg.
"The target is a girl well known for her taiko drumming," Eudial told the mad scientist. "Her pure-heart could be a Talisman."
She hears Professor Tomoe chuckle over the phone, "I'll leave it to you. We'll alter our approach as you suggested in your report. I'll provide you a Daimon that's suited for your target to assist you."
Professor Tomoe puts a a taiko drum inside of a machine called the Heart Snatcher Oven. The oven closes and the process begins. The cultivation is drawn from the myriad test tubes in the lab. The mad scientists' special formula passes through the processor is added to create the Daimon Pod, which passes through inside of the oven, to gather energy and merge it with the taiko drum. During the process, a voice shouts from inside of the oven.
"SOIYA~!"
Once the process was complete, it is transported onto the conveyor belt in a steel crate which is loaded into the trunk of Eudial's van Smirking, Euidal gets into the van and buckles up as she is transported to the topside.
VROOOOOOOOM~! VROOOOOOOOOM~!
On the street, people were startled as Eudial's van races out of the subways entrance and down the highway.
Jūban Shopping District...
Meanwhile, Usagi is walking with Makoto, Ami, and Minako. Smiling brightly, the odango-haired teen turns around to face her friends saying.
"Hey everybody, want to go to the Jūban festival tonight?"
Minako's features lit up with excitement. "That's a great idea!"
"Right?" Usagi beamed.
"We can all dress up in yukata's to!" Makoto said excitedly.
"Yes, yes! Yes, yes!" The two blondes cheered in unison. Usagi turns to look at Ami for approval.
"It's okay, right Ami-chan?" She asks pleadingly, grasping her hands. "We can take a day off today, right?"
"Right! Today's study session has already been cancelled!" Minako added, with Makoto nodding in agreement.
"I don't see why not, a day off sounds wonderful." Ami said, smiling warmly.
"YAY!" Usagi, Minako, and Makoto cheered. Just then, a sudden thought came up.
"What's going on with Rei-chan though?" questioned Makoto. "She cancelled today's session at the Hiwaka Shrine."
"She also seemed to be in a hurry too," Minako added. "Did something happen?"
From the corner of her eye, Usagi spotted two familiar figures in the distance talking to each other.
"Hey guys, look!"
"Huh?" Following the direction to where Usagi's looking, they gasp when they saw that the two figures in the distance turned out to be Rei with Sonic.
"It's Rei-chan!" said Minako.
"And Sonic-kun too!" Usagi added. Even though they couldn't make out what they're saying, they seemed to be talking. They then see Sonic giving Rei a thumbs before he seemingly vanished in a blue blur.
"What do you think they were talking about?" wondered Usagi as she watches the Shrine Maiden walking into a nearby café.
"I don't know, but whatever it was, it must be serious," Makoto narrows her eyes. "I say we follow her!"
Minako and Usagi nod in agreement. "Right!"
"I've got a bad feeling about this..." Ami thought with a sweat drop. Little did the girls know, they were being spied on by Eggman's drones.
Eggman's Lair...
Eggman twiddles his mustache as he listened to the entire conversation.
"So, the little harlots are having a festival, eh? I'll have to send them a little entertainment of my own, but I have to think carefully I already wasted one of the chaos emeralds in order to distract those harlots and that meddlesome hedgehog and that annoying fox," Eggman stands up from his chair. "Which reminds me, I should go check to see how our guest is doing."
In the room were Kaolinite was resting, the doors open as Eggman walked in as he checked her vitals. The results were promising. Cracking her eyes open, the crimson-haired Daimon looked at the mad scientist and said.
"Came to check on my vitals?"
Eggman backs up from the tank and nods. "Also, I wanted to ask what are these strange crystals that come out of your victims every time you sent those creatures to attack them."
"They're called Daimons, and to answer your question, the things that are extracted from our targets are called pure heart crystals, every creature on this planet has them."
Eggman stroke his mustache, intrigued. "Every creature you say? Fascinating. Can they be used for an energy source, I wonder?"
Kaolinite nods, smiling beneath her breathing apparatus. "Oh yes, they can used as an excellent power source not as powerful as what you used to power that robot but still something suitable."
An evil smile crept up to the mad doctor's lips. "Well then, I thank you for your time you just gave me an idea." he turns to walk away. "So, those glowing crystal things are called pure heart crystals...looks like I found my power source where I won't have to waste my last chaos emerald hehheheheHAHAHAHAHAHA! AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"
Inside the café...
"Hino-san!" Maya greeted happily.
"Hey Tohno-san, sorry I'm late." Rei said apologetically as she sits down.
"That's alright, I just got her myself not too long ago." Maya said reassuringly. At a table further away, Usagi, Makoto, Minako, and Ami were sitting at it as they watched them talking.
"A woman." Minako muttered with narrowed eyes.
"Who was it that was so sure she was on a date?" Usagi snarked, causing Minako to blush a little.
"You never know, there's Haruka-san's example."
That statement made Usagi's eyes go wide and Makoto's cheeks to turn pink.
"I-Is it the reverse?! A guy dressed as a girl?" The brunette questioned as she turned to look at Ami, who shakes her head with her cheeks flushing pink
"I-It doesn't seem that way!"
The girls tried to make out what they were saying, but they couldn't hear a thing due to the distance.
"Man, we can't hear a thing from here." Minako groused.
"So...will you do it?" Rei asked Maya, who averts her gaze to her right while fiddling her thumbs.
"Umm...well..."
"Please! We really need your help Tohno-san!" The raven-haired teen pleaded.
"Thank you for waiting," the waitress said as she approached the two. "Who had the blend?"
"I did." Maya told her. All of a sudden, Rei caught a glimpse of familiar silhouettes moving behind the waitress.
'Wait...don't tell me...'
Rei quickly stood up to see if they were behind the waitress but she saw no one there, because the girls were ducking down to stay out of her field of vision.
"M-Miss...?" The waitress asked in confusion. Rei then swiftly moves behind her to see if the girls were there, only for her to see nothing as they girls moved to the other side of her.
"Was it just my imagination...?" Rei wondered out loud. She looks harder to the other side, only for the girls to move onto the cushion chairs.
"M-Miss?!"
Rei spins around while the waitress and the girls spin around. They keep spinning around and around until the hot chocolate that the waitress was carrying drops onto Rei's head.
"YEOUCH! HOT, HOT, HOT, HOT, HOT!" The fiery Miko screeches in pain as she rubs her head. "WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU GUYS EVEN DOING HERE?!" She barked at the girls who were caught red-handed.
"Umm...Hino-san?" Maya called out.
"Yes!" Rei swiftly turned around while knocking the poor waitress over.
"About that matter, I'll do it."
Rei is overjoyed by this. "You will?!"
"Yes, I'd be happy to." Maya nodded, smiling warmly.
Stars begin to form in Rei's violet eyes as she boys. "No, we'd be honored."
The waitress, who Rei was sitting on, wiped away a happy tear with a handkerchief. Shortly, Maya exited the café and waved goodbye. Rei and the other girls bowed to her while sitting together as they watched her leave. The raven-haired beauty turned to face her friends with her eyes narrowed and her arms folded.
"So, would you girls care to explain why you were spying on me?"
The girls remained silent for a minute, glancing at each other nervously until one of them spoke.
"Umm...well, you see..." Ami trailed off.
"Earlier, we saw you talking to Sonic-kun," Minako finished for her. This causes Rei's eyes to go wide out of shock, her mouth agape.
"Y-You saw us?!"
"B-But we couldn't hear a thing you were saying since you were too far for us yo hear you." said Minako, waving out her hands in front of her.
"So, Rei-chan...who was that woman you were talking to?" Ami asked her. The other girls seemed to be curious as well, while Usagi was busy idly drips drops of soda from onto the crumbled straw wrapper.
"That was Maya Tohno, she's a friend of mine's that's gonna perform at the Jūban Festival Liven up Committee for me tonight." Rei answered.
"The Jūban Festival Liven up Committee? What's that?" Minako inquired.
"Exactly what it sounds like," Rei said in a matter-of-fact tone. "We're a group tasked with livening up the festival."
"I see, so you're a member of that committee." Ami guessed.
"Buy why you Rei-chan?" Makoto questioned.
"A friend of grandpa's insisted." The raven-haired teen replied. A sly, knowing smirk creeps up to Usagi's face.
"You say that, but actually, you volunteered, right?" Usagi giggles upon seeing her friend blush. "You love the festive atmosphere...just like now."
Rei growls at the remark, her blush intensifying with a tick mark appearing on her forehead.
"SHUT UP! THAT WAS YOUR FAULT YOU BAKA!" The Shrine Maiden roared, slamming her hands on the table and causing Usagi to flinch in fear.
"Now, now, take it easy. These kinds of things happen," Minako waved nonchalantly. "You know what they all say, 'A donkey may stumble, even thought it has four feet'!"
Everyone sweat drops at this.
"It's a horse, not a donkey." Ami corrected, sweat dropping.
"Yeah, yeah, whatever." The bubbly blond said dismissively.
"By the way Rei-chan, what were you and Sonic talking about anyway?" asked Makoto. Rei slumped in her seat as she heaved out a heavy sigh.
"Well, I told him to keep an eye on Tohno-san at the festival."
Flashback to earlier...
"Wait, you want me to do what now?" questioned Sonic.
"I need you to watch a friend of mine, her name's Maya Tohno, and I'm inviting her to play the Taiko drums at the Jūban Festival Liven up Committee." Rei explained.
"How come you want me to watch her?" Sonic asked her.
The fiery Miko sighed as she tucked a strand of hair behind her ear. "It's because I'm worried that she might be a potential target."
Sonic's eyes go wide in realization upon hearing this.
"Knowing how persistent the enemy is, they'll no doubt target her for her pure heart crystal. And since our first fight with one of Dr. Eggman's creations...there's know telling what his next move will be," she looks down at Sonic with pleading eyes. "Can you please keep an eye on her for me?"
The blue hedgehog stared at the Shrine Maiden in silence for a minute before flashing her a grin and a thumbs up.
"Sure, no problem!"
Rei smiles at this. "Thank you Sonic."
"Hey, what are friends for?" Sonic turns around, preparing to take off. "I'll be sure to tell Tails when I find him, see ya at the festival!"
ZOOM!
The blue hedgehog raced down the streets in a blue blur.
Flashback end...
"I see..." said Ami. "You were telling Sonic to watch Tohno-san because you're afraid of the enemy targeting her."
"That's right," Rei nodded. "I was going to tell you guys later but..." she gives them a deadpanned look. "...apparently, there was no need."
The girls giggle nervously, sweat dropping.
"S-Sorry Rei-chan..." Ami said apologetically, earning a sigh from the Shrine Maiden.
"Oh forget it, it's fine..."
"What's Tohno-san gonna be doing at the festival?" Usagi asked Rei.
"She's gonna be performing the Taiko drums at the Festival," she explained. "She's a talented Taiko virtuoso!"
"Taiko?" pondered Makoto.
"So you were trying to convince her to perform the taiko in the Jūban Festival?" Ami surmised.
"That's right!" Rei nodded. "If she performs on the taiko..."
"...it'll liven up the Jūban festival!" Minako finished for her.
Usagi shoots up from her seat, raising her hand. "Ooh, ooh! I wanna play the taiko too Rei-chan!"
Rei sneered. "Please! There's no taiko that you could play!" she pauses when an idea crossed her mind. "Actually...there is one taiko you can play."
"Really?!" Usagi beamed.
Jūban Festival...
"REI-CHAN YOU DIRTY SNAKE!" Usagi thought irritably, a tick mark on her forehead as she was banging on a taiko that's shaped like a fish. At the Jūban festival, Makoto, Minako, and Ami are assisting with the goldfish scooping. Usagi, meanwhile, was doing the crowd calling.
"Goldfish! Come and try and scoop goldfish!" Usagi called out, trying to draw attention to the crowd. "Scoop goldfish!" the odango-haired teen gives up, sighing in exasperation. "Why do we even have to sell goldfish anyway?"
"You look good with that taiko, Usagi-chan!" Minako complimented, earning an annoyed look from Usagi.
"Take my place then!"
Minako giggles. "No thanks." a coy smile etched across her face. "You're the one who said you wanted to play a taiko."
Usagi growls, her face red with rage and her pigtails bristling. "Minako...!"
Makoto blows on the net to test it's sturdiness. "This one's pretty sturdy." she hands the next to a little girl, who smiled sweetly at her.
"Thank you miss!"
"Now then..." Ami gently instructed as she helped a little boy with scooping the goldfish. "...gently..."
The little boy laughed happily when he noticed the fish in his net. "Hahahaha! Yay!"
Minako looked at the two wearily. "You guys...we can't make money like this..."
"Oi, old lady!" One of the boys called out to her.
"We wanna give goldfish scooping a try."
"Give us a net." The boy with the blue cap said.
"We're customers! Customers!"
Multiple veins appear on Minako's forehead as she tried her damned hardest to conceal her rage and to not strangle the brats. "Old...lady...?!"
Hidden from their view, Minako repeatedly flicked the three nets before handing them to the three boys with a forced smile on her face. "Here you go."
Just as she predicted, the nets broke almost instantly, causing the the brats to cry out in utter frustration and despair.
Minako turned away, smiling victoriously. "Business, business~!" she said in a sing-song-tone.
'That's what you get you little shits!'
Usagi went back to crowd calling. "Goldfish! Goldfish!"
"Oi, bunhead."
"Huh?" Upon hearing a familiar voice call out to her, Usagi turns around to see Haruka and Michiru, who are both wearing kimonos. "Haruka-san! Michiru-san!"
"Good evening!" Makoto, Minako, and Ami greeted the two.
"What's going on? You're all working here?" mused Haruka as she and Michiru approached them.
"Hehehe, sort of..." Usagi giggled nervously, scratching the back of her head. "Hey! Would the two of you like scooping goldfish?"
Michiru smiled and giggled. "I would love to." she motioned over to find a net.
Haruka agreed with her decision. "Sure, why not?"
"Good luck, you two!" Usagi encouraged.
Haruka managed to gracefully scoop the goldfish with ease, with Michiru doing the same. The children gathered around them to watch in awe. Once they were done, the two Outer Senshi took there prize and left.
"It was nice to catch such a cute goldfish..." Haruka commented with a smile, causing Michiru to cock an eyebrow at her.
"Did you just say "cute"?"
The blonde tomboy chuckled, amused. "What? Jealous?"
Michiru giggled. "Maybe I am." she replied coyly.
"Man, those two make anything looked good," Usagi pouted, before narrowing her eyes in determination. "Okay! I'll give it a try!"
Feeling confident, Usagi grab a net and bends down, preparing to scoop up a goldfish. Then, our of the blue, she saw a reflection in the water, which looked rather...familiar. Almost like...
"EH?!" The odango-haired teen whipped around to see what it was, only to find nothing there. She blinks. "Was it just my imagination?"
Sometime later, Usagi left and went to look for Rei.
"Geez, where could she be?" The odango-haired teen muttered under her breath. Finally, she spots the Shrine Maiden. "Oh, there she is!"
Rei, who is dressed in a red Yukata with her hair tied in a low ponytail walks down the stairs and peeks through a window.
"Rei-chan!" Usagi called out to her, catching her attention.
"Usagi-chan..." said Rei.
"Oi, Rei-chan! How long are you going to make us tend to stall?!"
"Shhh~!" The raven-haired teen shushed her before turning around to peek through the window. Usagi peeks with her and sees Maya practicing the Taiko drum. Her body glistened with sweat as she struck the drum with such intensity.
"It's Tohno-san..." The Odango-haired blond said quietly. The two move over to a nearby bench. Once they were out of range, Rei finally spoke,
"Tohno-san's been practicing like that for three hours."
"Huh? How come?" questioned Usagi.
"She's doing this for free, so I told her she didn't need to do all that," Rei explained, looking up at the starry night sky. "But she says that she can't play well unless she psyches herself up like that."
"Ohhh, so in other words, she's nervous." Usagi surmised, earning a nod from Rei. The raven-haired teen starts thinking back to when she saw Maya Tohno playing the drums.
"When I saw Tohno-san play the taiko, I thought if I could get her to play at the Jūban festival, it'd be a success for sure." a sad smile creases Rei's lips. "But, maybe I wasn't being fair to her..."
Usagi blinks at this, bewildered. "What?"
"Even someone as talented as her works so hard behind the scenes..." Rei's sad smile morphs into a determined look. "So I'm gonna work hard to liven up the festival, too!"
The Odango-haired blonde nodded, smiling brightly. "Right!" she shoots up to her feet, her blue eyes sparkling. "We'll liven up the festival and surprise everybody!"
Rei shoots up to her feet as well. "Okay, let's liven things up!"
"YEAH!" The two cheered, pumping their fists up before laughing. Meanwhile, Eudial was racing towards the festival through the forest in her van. Once she makes it to the parkway, she looks around.
"This must be the place, the data says that the target is somewhere in this facility," she smirks. "Guess that means I just have to call her."
In the forest, Sonic was zipping around the forest area, searching far and wide for any signs of the enemy attacking. So far, nothing out of the ordinary. Just then, his communicator wrist watch starts buzzing. Answering it, he hears Tail's voice speaking through it.
"Sonic! Do you read me?"
"Loud and clear Tails!" Sonic replied.
"Has the enemy made their move yet?"
"Not yet," he answered. "Anything unusual on your side?"
"No, nothing out of the ordinary so far. But I'm keeping my eyes peeled."
All of a sudden, a voice boomed forth through the forest.
"Hello! Hello! Testing! Testing! 1, 2, 3!"
"Huh?!" Sonic screeches to a stop upon hearing the voice.
"What was that?!"
"I don't know!" Looking to his left, Sonic sees Eudial's van.
'Huh? Who's car is that?'
Wanting to go in for a closer look, the blue hedgehog runs behind a tree and listens to the voice shouting through the megaphone.
"Testing, testing! Maya Tohno, if you are present please show yourself! Maya Tohno, Maya Tohno! Again if you are present, please show yourself!"
"Sonic, what do you see?"
"I see some van with some lady inside it calling out to 'Maya Tohno'," Sonic explained.
"Maya Tohno? Isn't that Rei's-?"
Suddenly, Sonic hears a horrified gasp from the twin-tailed fox kit. "What? What's wrong?"
"Sonic! I think the lady in the van calling Maya's name is the ene-!"
VROOM! VROOOOOOOOOM~!
Tails' words were drowned out by the sounds of Eudial's van driving towards where she spotted her target Maya. The leader of the Witches Five pulls out her capture gun and aims it at the Taiko drummer, the latter gasping in shock and fear.
"OH NO!" Sonic exclaimed as he was about to jump into action, but then, something grabs him from behind and pulls him into the shadows.
"Sonic! What's going on?! Sonic?! SONIC!"
"Gotcha!" Smirking, Eudial pulls the trigger, firing a black beam that pierced Maya's chest.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAUUUUUUUUUGH~!" The brunette screamed in pain and agony as she felt her Heart Crystal being pulled out. Then, she slumps into unconsciousness when her Pure Heart was extracted from her chest.
"Oh no! Tohno-san's Pure-Heart!" gasped Usagi.
"Quickly, lets transform!" said Rei.
"Right!" Usagi nodded before putting her Cosmic Heart Compact in the air. "MOON COSMIC POWER, MAKE-UP~!"
"MARS STAR POWER, MAKE-UP~!" The raven-haired teen shouted, lifting her transformation pen into the air. Shortly, the two girls begin undergoing their transformations. Pink ribbons begin wrapping around Usagi's body, forming her leotard, and rings of fire swirl around Rei's body. Finally, their transformation was complete. Usagi became Sailor Moon, and Rei became Sailor Mars.
Eudial steps out of her van to take the heart crystal. "Great, I'll be taking that crystal now."
"I don't think so!"
"Huh?" The red-haired Daimon looked to her right to see Sailor Moon and Sailor Mars, the latter glaring at her.
"Anyone that targets the Pure-Heart of A Taiko drummer is an enemy of traditional Japanese performing arts!" Moon declared. "I am the pretty guardian who fights for love and for justice! I am Sailor Moon! In the name of the moon, I'll punish you!"
"And I'm the pretty guardian of passion and fire! I am Sailor Mars!" Mars monologued. "In the name of Mars, I'll chastise you!"
"I see, so you're the Sailor Senshi?" Eudial mused before she takes off her lab coat. "I am Eudial! Leader of the Witches 5!"
"Witches 5?" Moon wondered to herself.
"Eudial?" Mars thought in bewilderment.
"Daimon! Come forth!" The red-haired Daimon called out. The trunk of her van opens up, along with the box that held her Daimon, releasing a thick pink fog. Once the smoke clears up, it reveals a blue-skinned Daimon with wild red hair, golden cuffs around her wrists and ankles, and a Taiko drum strapped around her neck stepping out from the trunk of Eudial's van.
"SOIYA!"
"Huh?" Both Sailor Moon and Sailor Mars questioned, dumbfounded.
"Soiya, deal with these nuances at once!" Eudial commanded.
"Soiya! Soiya! Soiya! Soiya! Soiya! Soiya! Soiya!" Soiya chanted repeatedly while dancing towards the two Inner Senshi, the latter giving the Daimon strange looks. However, unbeknownst to them, there was a fuse trailing behind her, which was attached to a rocket fuse on her back.
HISSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
Sailor Moon and Mars's skin immediately went pale when they saw the fuse lighting up.
'Aw crap baskets...!' The Martian soldier thought with dread.
CRACKLE! CRACK! POP!
"AAH!" They both cried, shielding their eyes from the blinding light of the fireworks.
WOOOSH! BOOM! REEEEEEEE! CRACKLE! CRACK! SNAP! CRACKLE! POP! CRACKLE! BOOM! REEEEEEEEE!
Soon, the fireworks began. Sailor Moon and Sailor Mars yelp as they were both dancing to avoid being scorched by the raging fireworks.
"AHAHAHA! Dance! Soiya! Soiya!" Soiya cackled madly.
Eudial chuckled in amusement at the display. She was about to take Maya's Pure-heart Crystal when she suddenly ran into unwanted guests.
"Answering a call from the new era, Sailor Uranus, here to fight with brilliance!"
"Also, Sailor Neptune, here to fight with elegance!"
Sailor Neptune kneels down to look at Maya's Heart Crystal, much to Eudial's chagrin.
"OI! Keep your filthy hands off my Heart Crystal!"
"Too bad your first foray is about to end in failure," Uranus jeered, smirking.
"What?!" The red-haired Daimon glared.
"Unfortunately, this isn't a Talisman," Neptune clarified as she returns Maya's Pure-Heart Crystal.
"Damn it!" Eudial cursed as she entered her van. "Soiya! Take care of the rest!"
VROOM! VROOM! VROOOOOOOOOM~!
Those were the last words she said before driving off.
"Soiya! Soiya! Soiya! Soiya! Soiya! Soiya! Soiya! Soiya!" Soiya chanted repeatedly as she continued her attack. Sailor Moon and Sailor Mars are still dancing, avoiding the Daimon's relentless onslaught of fireworks.
"Shouldn't we help them?" asked Neptune.
"Sometimes they have to fight their own battles." replied Uranus as she turns to leave.
"That is true," Neptune agreed, following her partner.
While Sailor Moon and Mars were still dancing to dodge the fire works, Soiya throws a Taiko drum into the air, splits it into two and drops it onto the two Inner Senshi, trapping them.
"AGH!" Moon cried.
"W-What the hell?!" Mars questioned.
Soiya chuckles darkly. "Now then...it's time to play the Taiko."
Moon and Mars looked at each other nervously.
"Uhh, by the Taiko..." The Martian soldier trailed off.
"..you mean us?" Moon finished.
Confirming their suspicions, Soiya pulls out two spiked metal bats. "HERE I COME!"
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH~!" The two screamed in terror.
Sailor Moon points to Sailor Mars. "S-Start with her first!"
"EH?! Why me?!" Mars questioned in anger and disbelief.
"'Cuz it looks painful!" The Odango-haired teen rebuked.
Just as Soiya was about to unleash her brutal assault on the two Inner Senshi, a voice shouted out to her.
"Hold it right there!"
"Huh?!" Soiya questioned.
Sailor Moon and Mars both blinked in surprise upon hearing the voice. 'That voice...'
"Who is it now?!" The Daimon demanded, looking around for the voice.
"You guys can't manage with out me, after all. You need to pull yourselves together." The voice continued. Turning around, they saw Sonic and Tails, and standing next to them was a little girl no older than 6 or 7 years old with pink hair tied in rabbit-shaped pigtails and ruby red eyes. Her outfit consisted of a Sailor uniform with her collar, skirt, boots, gloves, and choker being pink in color. Her choker has a heart-shaped insignia in the center. Her boots are knee-high with a white border at the triangular top. The gem in her tiara is red. Her collar has two white stripes, and her earrings are simple pink studs. She also wore two white-bordered red circular accents on her odango, with pointed white fittings resembling a rabbit's ears.
"Hey girls, sorry we're late!" Sonic called out.
The two didn't respond, the were to busy staring at the pink-haired girl with wide eyes. Something about her seemed...familiar.
"I am the Pretty Guardian Trainee who fights for love and justice!" The small pinkette monologued before striking a pose. "I am Sailor-Chibi-Moon! In the name of the future moon, I'll punish you!"
Tails sweat drops at the catch-phrase. "Uhhh...you really need to work on your catch-phrase."
Chibi-Moon pouts. "Quit being a know-it-all! You're making my first impression look bad!"
"AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!" Both Moon and Mars screamed in shock once the realization hits them like a sack of bricks.
'CHIBI-USA?!'
"That's fine with me! I'll get rid of you first!" Soiya said before turning to look at Sonic and Tails. "And then I'll get rid of the rat and the fox next!"
A tick mark appears on Sonic's head. "I'm not a rat! I'm a HEDGEHOG!"
Tails sweat drops. "S-Sonic..."
Chibi-Moon pulls out her wand and takes a similar position to Sailor Moon's attack. "PINK SUGAR HEART ATTACK!" She shouted. However, nothing happened.
"Huh?!" Chibi-Moon questioned, looking at her wand. "W-Why isn't it working?!"
While she was busy trying to fix her wand, Soiya wastes no time and charges at her, getting ready to smash her skull open.
"Oh no you don't!" Sonic yelled as he jumped forward and POW! He kicked Soiya in the jaw, sending her flying.
"PINK SUGAR HEART ATTACK!" Chibi-Moon repeats it again, and the wand finally managed to do the attack, though it wasn't as devastating as Sailor Moon's attack. It shoots out small pink hearts, which repeatedly smacked Soiya in the chin.
"Ow! Ow! Ow! Ow! Ow! OW! OW!"
Sonic and Tails couldn't help but snicker at the funny sight. Meanwhile, Sailor Mars had managed to free Sailor Moon from the drum that trapped her.
"Now Sailor Moon! Finish her off!"
"Right!" Nodding, Sailor Moon starts preparing her attack. "MOON SPIRAL HEART ATTACK~!"
"LOVELY~!" Soiya cried as she was blasted into oblivion. She turns back into a Taiko drum and the Daimon egg pops out and cracks, releasing a small puff of malicious looking black smoke. Everyone runs up to each other.
"Chibiusa, what are you doing here?!" Sailor Moon asked the little pinkette.
"And Sonic, where the hell were you when we needed you?!" questioned Sailor Mars, looking a bit miffed.
Sonic scratches the back of his head. "Yeah...about that, I may have had a run in with mini-moon over here."
Flashback...
"UGH!" Sonic grunted as he was dropped roughly to the ground, tied up. "Hey! What's the big I...dea...?"
His glare falters into a look of utter confusion and disbelief as he saw Sailor Chibi-Moon standing in front of him, her hands on her hips.
'A little girl...?"
"Alright rat, talk!" The pink-haired girl glared, pointing an accusing finger at him. "Who are you, and what are you doing here on earth?"
Sonic's eyebrow twitches in annoyance. "Okay firstly: I'm not a rat, I'm a hedgehog. And secondly..."
Then, in a flash, he freed himself and tied pinkette up.
"You really need to work on your rope tying skills." He finished, crossing his arms.
Chibi-Moon growled. "You may have captured me, but I won't let you conquer this world!" she declared.
The blue hedgehog blinks a few times before sighing. "Look kid, I ain't here to conquer this world. I'm saving it while trying to find a way back to my world."
"Wait...so you're not here to hurt anybody?" The pink-haired girl questioned, blinking owlishly.
"Heck no! I was about to save that girl from being attacked until you jumped me!" Sonic pointed out.
Chibi-Moon lowers her head, looking a little guilty. "Oh...I-I'm sorry, this is my first time on the job and I've got the wrong idea. I have a lot to learn as a Sailor Senshi."
"Ah, don't worry, it's no big-" Sonic pauses. "...Wait a second, did you just say 'Sailor Senshi?'"
The small pinkette smiled smugly. "Sure am! I even have a transformation brooch just like Sailor-"
BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! BEEP!
Her sentence was cut off when Sonic's communicator wrist watch started beeping. The blue hedgehog quickly unties Chibi-Moon and answers the communicator.
"Come in Tails."
"Sonic, thank goodness you're okay! When the line went dead I got worried!"
"You sound pretty close," noted Sonic.
"I am, look up."
Both Sonic and Sailor Chibi-Moon both look and approaching them from above was Tails as he lands.
"I've located where Sailor Moon and Sailor Mars are. They're in terrible trouble, we need to get there now!"
"Okay, let's go!" nodded Sonic.
Tails then notices Chibi-Moon, who was looking at him with wide eyes.
"Uh...you okay?" The twin-tailed fox's eyes then went wide with fear as he recognized the same look that Minako and Makoto gave him. "...oh no...!"
In the blink of an eye, Chibi-Moon shoots up and envelops the fox kit into a bone crushing hug.
"I'm Chibiusa! The future princess of the new Silver Milllennium! And in the name of the future moon I'll shower you with love!"
"AAAAAAHHHH! S-SONIC, HELP ME!" Tails cried out as he was being cuddled to death.
Sonic cackles, clutching his sides.
Flashback end...
"Oh, well that explains everything," said Sailor Mars.
"By the way, you mind tellin' me how she knows you?" Sonic jerks a thumb to Sailor Chibi-Moon, who was once again cuddling Tails. The Martian soldiers sighs as she pulls them apart, much to the small pinkette's dismay.
"O-Oh, right," Sailor Moon sweat dropped. "Sonic, this is Chibiusa. She's mine and Mamo-chan's daughter from the future."
Sonic's eyes go wide. "Whoa, congratulations! I'm guessing that she's 10 years from the future, right?"
"Actually, she's much farther than that. She's from the 30th century," Mars explained.
"Cool, so she's 30 years from the future."
Tails sweat drops. "Uh...Sonic...that's hundreds of years into the future..."
Sonic's eyes bugged out of his head. "WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT?! She's hundreds of years from the future?! How do you live to be that old?!"
"HEY! I'm not old! I'm still a kid!" Chibi-Moon barked.
"Well, Luna told us that people from the Moon Kingdom and those who marry can live up to thousands of years old and retain their youthful appearance."
Both Sonic and Tails' eyeballs popped out from their eye sockets. "HUUUUUUHH?!"
"T-This is just...I...I mean...I need a moment to sit down..." The two-tailed fox kit sits down to recollect himself. Everyone laughed at Tails' reaction, whilst being completely unaware that Eggman's drones were watching them from above.
Eggman's lair...
Eggman was sitting in front of the monitor watching Sonic, Tails, and the three Sailor Senshi. The mad doctor strokes his mustache and says.
"So, our little princess will be a future queen, and an immortal one at that," he looks at Chibi-Moon on the screen. "And that little girl is her future daughter, this has been proven to be quite interesting." his face morphs into a malicious grin. "Time to test my new series of robot, it's time Drum-bot!"
Eggman pushes a big red button that launches a large Taiko drum from his lab and goes flying towards the Jūban festival.
With Sonic, Tails, and the girls...
"Hey, what's that?" questioned Sailor Chibi-Moon.
"Huh? What's wha-?" Sailor Moon looks up and gasps when she was what looked like a shooting star in the sky. "Ooh, look everyone! A shooting star!"
This prompts everyone to look up and see the "shooting star".
"Weird, that shooting star looks like it's heading straight where we are." noted Sailor Mars as she eyed the "shooting star" that seemed to be getting closer and closer. This made everyone uneasy.
"Uh...guys..." Tails said nervously.
"EVERYBODY MOVE!" Sonic shouted as he and the others quickly moved out of the way.
BOOM!
The projectile crashed into the ground, creating a small crater in the earth. Once the dust settled, they see a a Taiko drum lying in the crater.
"A Taiko drum?" questioned Sailor Moon. But then, the Taiko drum sprouted arms and legs and a pair of flashing red eyes and looks at our heroes menacingly. On its chest was the Eggman Empire logo, which Sonic and Tails immediately recognized.
"Eggman..."
The robot gets up and looks at Maya Tohno, who was still unconscious.
"Assimilation in progress..." Drumbot spoke in a deep, sinister baritone. It opens its chest and fires a beam that took Maya's Pure-Heart Crystal.
Everyone looked on in horror as Sailor Mars yelled out.
"STOP, GIVE THAT BACK YOU MOSNTER! BURNING MANDALA~!" She shot eight rings of fire at Drumbot, who countered by beating on its chest like a gorilla, sending concussive soundwaves that sent our heroes flying.
CRASH!
"UGH!" Sonic, Tails, and Mars cried, skidding against the ground.
"OOF!" Sailor Moon grunted, tumbling across the ground while securing Chibi-Moon in her arms.
"Looks like Eggman found a way to imitate the Daimon pure-heart extraction ability." The blue hedgehog surmised, getting back up.
"Yeah, figures he'd pull a trick like that," Tails said in agreement, also getting up while shaking his head
"Don't worry, I've got a plan. We'll-."
"Wait a second, where's Chibiusa?" asked Mars.
"Huh? What are you talking about? She's-" Moon looks down and gasps to see Chibi-Moon no longer in her arms. "W-What?!"
"You there! Return her Pure-Heart crystal or be punished in the name of the future moon!"
They all lift their heads up and see Chibi-Moon standing in front of the Drumbot while aiming her wand at it, much to their shock and horror.
"CHIBIUSA, WAIT!" Sonic, Tails, and Moon yelled out.
"YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE UP AGAINST!" Mars shouted. But their pleas fell deaf on ears as Sailor Chibi-Moon prepared her attack.
"PINK SUGAR HEART ATTACK!" She shouted, firing small pink hearts at Drumbot. However, her attack did no damage to the robot, who banged his chest and sending the Sailor Senshi-trainee flying.
"AUGH!" She cried, her head crashing into a boulder.
"CHIBIUSA!" Everyone shouted out in horror.
Chibi-Moon groans, sitting up while clutching her head in pain, her ears ringing and visions slightly blurry. When her visions clears up, she sees Drumbot approaching her menacingly. The small pinkette gasps, her eyes going wide full of fear.
"W-What was I thinking...? How could I beat this robot...?!" She thought to herself, tears welling up in her eyes.
"WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA~!" Sailor Chibi-Moon wailed. Her crying was so loud that it sent ultra-sonic sound waves that damaged the robots sensors and circuits
"W-What the?!" Sonic exclaimed, shocked.
"How did she?!" questioned Tails, also shocked. Taking advantage of this, Sailor Moon and Mars shout out.
"MOON SPIRAL HEART ATTACK~!"
"BURNING MANDALA~!"
Tails wastes no time and quickly rushed in to rescue Sailor Chibi-Moon while Drumbot was weakened by the attacks.
"NOW SONIC!" Mars yelled out. Nodding, Sonic curls up into a tight ball, spinning rapidly until he launched himself forward and SMASH! He shattered Drumbot into scrap metal, releasing Maya Tohno's Pure-Heart Crystal. The Martian solider quickly grabbed it and returned it to the young Taiko drummer.
"You okay, Chibiusa?" Tails asked the pinkette, who nods weakly as she rubs her head.
"Y-Yeah, I'm okay, my head hurts a little though..."
Sonic was stroking his chin, deep in thought. Sailor Moon picked up on this.
"What's up Sonic?"
Sonic looks up at her. "It weird that Eggman just found a way to use people's Pure-heart crystal's to power his robots like that."
Sailor Mars looked worried. "You don't think he could be in league with the enemy, could he?"
The blue hedgehog sighs, shaking his head in a hint of worry. "I sure hope not."
Sailor-Chibi Moon, who was listening to the conversation, blinks in bewilderment.
'Eggman?"
Time-skip...
Back at the Jūban festival, where the Taiko drumming ceremony is about to begin, Chibiusa is on Usagi's shoulders while holding an icepack against her head.
"Hey, I still can't see do something about it!" The small pinkette complained.
Usagi scowls. "I'm carrying you, isn't that enough? Now stop complaining!"
"My, my, aren't you cute?" A voice familiar voice mused. The two turn to see Haruka and Michiru approaching them.
"O-Oh, hi!" Usagi greeted.
Haruka blinked when she noticed Chibiusa. "Whoa, I gotta say your little friend looks a lot like you bun-head."
Both girls frantically shook their heads. "WE DON'T LOOK ANYTHING ALIKE!"
"S-She just happens to be a cousin of mine, that's all." Usagi stammered slightly, blushing.
"Ladies and gentleman!" Rei announced. "Tohno-san's Taiko performance is beginning her on the main stage! We're all set, take it away Tohno-san!"
As the performance started, Usagi asked Chibiusa a question.
"By the way Chibiusa, why exactly did you decide to come back again?"
"Mommy sent me, she said that I had to go back to the 20th century to train." answered Chibiusa.
Usagi freaked out. "WHAT?! To train?! What's that supposed to mean?!"
The small pinkette giggled at her reaction.
Eggman's Lair...
At Eggman's lair, Eggman and Kaolinite were watching Drumbot's defeat on the monitor.
"Drumbot's defeat was unfortunate," Eggman turns to face Kaolinite. "But on the plus side, we know that using the Pure-heart crystal as a power source was a success."
Kaolinite smirks beneath her breathing apparatus. "Agreed, this will play in our plans."
Eggmans smiles evilly. "Hehehehehehe...AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"
To be continued...
Review please! Also, sorry for taking so long to update. There's been a lot of stuff going on and I was sick. I'll try to update more frequently.
