Friend, Senshi, or Foe


Usagi went to the salon the next day. She scanned the store with her
eyes while her pigtails were waving back and forth wildly.

"Usagi-chan?" Rani asked coming up to her.

"Rani-san, I need a change I..." then Rani smiled.

"Usagi-chan it's okay you're fine the way you are."
Usagi hugged her arm almost throwing Rani off-balance. Usagi looked up
at her with puppy-dog eyes.

"You're a funny odango-atama aren't you?"
Usagi laughed then looked at her seriously.

"You're serious aren't you?" Rani smiled "I'll see what I can do."
She took Usagi in the back, fixed her up, and came out with Usagi
looking exactly the same.

"I like it" Usagi said.

"Okay?" Rani smiled and laughed.

"Arigato Rani-san, matta ne." Usagi laughed and left.

"Matta ne Usagi-chan." Rani smiled.
Later the day Haruka came in to see Rani.

"You want your hair done?" Rani asked surprised.

"No" Haruka said smiling.

"Thought so." Rani smirked "Where's Michiru?

"She had to practice so I decided to let her practice her violin in
peace."

"Hey, you hungry?"
Haruka and Rani went out to lunch.

"Do you like living here?" Haruka asked.

"I'm not quite used to it yet. Coming from the U.S. and all it's kind
of different." Rani smiled.

"How long have you lived here?"

"A few months."
There were a few minutes of silence in their conversation. It was
kind of uncomfortable for them but nothing they both couldn't handle.

Haruka took a sip of tea then narrowed her eyes she sensed something,
something bad.

"Excuse me, Rani" Haruka said and rushed out of the restaurant.
Rani sat there by herself.
Haruka ran outside the street. She saw a cloaked figure flying around.
It was kind of transparent which meant it would be hard for her to
target her powers. She would have a hard time seeing him.

The cloaked figure quickly flew down chasing after a young man. The
man started running but the cloaked spirit was quickly gaining on him.
Haruka transformed into Sailor Uranus.

"Stop!" Sailor Uranus said.
The cloaked spirit stopped. He had no face just a pair of white eyes
staring back at her. It also had no feet it just floated.

"You have no right to harass these innocent people." Uranus said.
The spirit didn't answer.

"World Shaking!" Uranus shouted as a ball of energy shot from the
ground toward the hooded spirit. The spirit dodged it with ease then
flew toward Sailor Uranus. Suddenly two balls of energy flew toward
the creature hitting it. The spirit stopped to see who else interfered.
Sailor Pluto, Neptune and Saturn stood by Sailor Uranus challenging the
creature.

Suddenly the spirit opened his cloak and thousands of energy beam shot
out at the Outer Senshi. The beams knocked Pluto's time Key and
Saturn's Glaive out of their hands. Neptune and Uranus fired their
World Shaking and Deep submerge to the cloaked spirit. The spirit still
dodged it with ease.

"Hold it!" A voice called out. The cloaked spirit and the outer Senshi
looked on top of the building. There stood a tall, dark, slender,
figure. She jumped down in front of the Outer Senshi. She had a black
suit, silver boots, silver sleeves exposing her shoulders, a silver
sash around her waist and a silver mask that covered her face from the
nose down. Her hair was up in a ponytail as it blew in the wind.
Finally she spoke:

"Go, I'll take care of him."

"No we..." Uranus said.

"Go!" She yelled.
The Senshi wouldn't leave that easily. The girl swung her chain whip
weapon chasing after the spirit. She was lightning fast with her kicks
and punches too along with that chain she was swinging around.
She finally put a well-placed kick to his head. She threw up her chain
in the air as it changed into a sword. She slashed his cloak a few
times. Suddenly it charged at the girl arm outstretched forward and
threw energy blasts at her. She dodged them but caught one in her hand.
The energy blast was now a ball in her hand under her control.
She winced from the pain it caused.

The Eternal Sailor Moon appeared with the rest of the Senshi. They all
said their introductions then the creature shot more blasts as
everyone ran for their lives. The girl had the ball in her hand still.

"Get out this isn't your fight." she yelled.

"What do you mean?" Sailor moon asked.
The spirit rushed at the girls.

"Elemental," the ball got bigger as it floated in front of her changing
colors. "Soul," all the elements rose from the ground into the ball
(earth, fire, wind, water).The ball charged at
the spirit with a gigantic beam of energy. It knocked the Senshi
off-balanced. The creature finally got hit but was still moving around.

"Why won't you die you stupid bastard!" She yelled and charged at the
spirit with her sword. It split in half as it's cloak fell to the
ground and disappeared. The Senshi were in awe.

"Arigato..." Sailor Moon said but the girl interrupted and turned to
her.

"Next time stay out of a fight that's not yours." She exclaimed.
She put her sword away as it turned into the chain she jumped into a
shadow on the ground and disappeared.

Meanwhile back at the restaurant Rani took a deep sigh and looked at
her watch. Haruka came back finally.

"What took you so long? Rani asked.

"Michiru had an emergency" she lied.

"She okay?"

"Yeah she's okay now."
Later that evening the Senshi had a meeting.

"Who was that? Rei asked.

"Is she another scout? Makoto asked.
A pause...

"She can't be" Haruka said

"Why?" Michiru asked.

"She didn't fight with us but sort of against us."

"She couldn't be one of us." Usagi said.

"Her attacks were powerful not only that but physically I mean our
attacks couldn't defeat that spirit." Hotaru said.

"Anyone like my new hair-do?" Usagi asked.

Everyone hung their heads ( big sweat drop).

"It looks the same Usagi-chan" Setsuna said.

"We have to find out who she is and what she's doing here."
Minako said seriously.

"I can try looking her up in my computer." Ami said. She started
working on it as everyone crowded around.
The computer scanned images then shut off.

"What?! Ami said puzzled.

"Your power went out?" Hotaru asked.

"No it's just odd to shut off when we try to find info on her."
Haruka turned around.

"Haruka?" Michiru asked "Something wrong?"

"I don't know. I feel as though I'm somehow connected to her."
Sailor Uranus stood alone in the dark.

"Who's there?" She demanded.

"Better watch your back." A voice warned as the girl appeared.

"Who are you?

"Formalities are so out-dated. Shall we dance, Uranus?" She smirked and
got in a fighting stance waving her chain.
Uranus got in fighting stance.

"You won't win." Uranus threatened.

"We'll see." She laughed and rushed toward Uranus swinging her chain
whip. Uranus dodged the chain and threw a punch but missed. The girl
nailed Uranus in the jaw with her fist.
Uranus raised her arm "World Shaking!" She screamed.
Her energy ball flew toward the ground and toward the girl. Before the
ball hit the girl she disappeared into the darkness. All Uranus heard
was her laugh as she scanned the darkness with her eyes. She saw a
glint of metal right in front of her face. She felt a sharp pain
through her chin followed by a slash of red.

Haruka woke up in her bed breathing hard and full of sweat. She felt
confused and for the first time she felt a little twinge of fear in
her blood.