(Chapter One)
"Oh Minako_chan!" gasped Usagi laughing, her odangoes and her ponytails swung as she shook her head as she finished giggling. She was talking to the young blond closest to her. Minako's blue eyes danced and she tossed her long blond hair that was tied back with a red ribbon.
An old man stuck his head in the room. "Be quiet girls! This is a temple and it must remain peaceful!" he yelled louder than any of the girls had. Ami covered her ears and continued to read the heavy blue textbook, which sat in her lap, her short blue hair falling in her eyes constantly. Rei rushed over to the old man. "Now Grandpa, we'd better get your medicine." she said ushering him out the door and rolling her eyes back at her friends before the door shut. Makoto shook her brown hair tied in a ponytail and her rose earrings glistened in the light from her sudden movement. "Whoa, someone definitely shook the dust off the rafters!" she exclaimed as she climbed out of her refuge under the table.
Usagi giggled and the little girl next to her, with her pink hair done in odangoes similar to Usagi's joined in with her. Little Chibi-Usa was happy to be able to return to her mother in her past from where she had come from in the future. Her garnet eyes, wide and shining were trained on Minako whose head had been flattened with one of Ami's textbooks when she had jumped in surprise.
"Ouch! Ami_chan!" she squealed. Ami looked up from her book for a moment. "Oh! Gomen Minako_chan! But let me finish studying this chapter on astronomical physics! It's really interesting with this table of geometrical figures to show exactly how to figure the problems out." she stared at the blank looks of the others and sighed in exasperation. "Never mind."
Rei appeared in the room. "Finally!" she sighed as she dropped to the floor in front of the table. "I thought Grandpa would never settle down." Usagi leaned over her shoulder and took the last cookie from the plate. Rei whipped her head around and yelled. "Odango-Atama! You eat as much as a pig!" Usagi glared at her over a mouthful of cookie. "Thutup Rei_tahn." she swallowed and Chibi-Usa giggled. Yup, Usagi was her mom alright. Chibi-Usa herself acted like that sometimes.
There was a soft beeping noise and they all looked at their communicators that were designed to look like wrist-watches with their respective emblem emblazed on it. A woman's face appeared in the screen, her light green hair framing it gently. "There's a youma at the park near Juuban High School. It's being ordered around by a man in black armor." Usagi sighed before grabbing her broach. "We'll be right there Neptune." The young woman winked before the image was replaced by static.
The other girls in the room also looked unhappy. "Why is it always us who have to do all the work. I think I kinda liked forgetting everything that time when the first cardian attacked us. We didn't have to just say, 'Oh I gotta go!' every single time you have a date." murmured Makoto. "Oh well." shrugged Usagi. She held her broach up in the air and spoke the henshin words. "Cosmic... Moon... Power!" Her bodysuit appeared on her body. The others followed suit and appeared as Sailor Mercury, Sailor Mars, Sailor Jupiter, and Sailor Venus. "Let's go kick this youma into another dimension!" yelled Sailor Moon.
When they appeared on the battlefield they found Sailor Neptune, Sailor Uranus, Sailor Saturn battling the youma who was very strong, while Sailor Pluto was battling the man in the black armor. They ran onto the battlefield and began to yell out their attacks. Sailor Moon on the other hand had run up to where Sailor Pluto was battling... And who was also losing. Sailor caught the crumpled lady and set her safely aside. She turned to the man in the black armor. "Who are you?" he asked coldly.
"I am Sailor Moon, Princess of the Moon Kingdom, Future Queen of Crystal Tokyo. I am the champion of justice and in the name of the moon we shall punish you!" she yelled her head held high. At this, the man's face changed appearance. He now had a triumphant look and he grabbed her. "Where's the ginzoushou?!" he hissed in her ear. None of the other senshi saw because they were too busy fighting the youma. She struggled but he had an iron grip. "Let go!" she cried. He ignored her, "Where is the ginzoushou?!" he yelled.
She sneered, "Why should I tell you?" before she swiftly kneed him in the gut. As he let go and doubled over in pain, a red rose slashed his face and landed not centimeters away from Usagi's. She shrunk back from it and also from the man. She knew it was Tuxedo Kamen and the rose must have been an accident. She pulled it out of her hair from where it had pinned it to the ground. As she stared at him, she noticed, as she often had since she remembered that he seemed a little different to the man she had fallen in love with on the moon. But that's impossible! And she flung the thought out of her mind.
The man stood up but still holding his abdomen carefully with one of his hands. He growled and disappeared yelling, "I'll be back!" the youma, noticing his master was gone was distracted and Tuxedo Kamen threw a rose at its face. "Hurry up Sailor Moon!" he yelled. She nodded obediently and holding up her wand, she yelled, "Moon…Spiral… Heart… Attack!" the ribbon of magic destroyed the youma in a bright flash of light. "Yippee! I did it!" she squealed. Tuxedo Kamen jumped down from the light-post on where he had thrown the rose.
"I was the one who weakened it enough to let you kill it! Just because you have that wand you think that you're the only one! Well!" he told her and her face fell. This wasn't what she had expected from her love. She looked wonderingly at him. "Hey! It WAS Usagi who did the most! You just threw a rose!" countered Minako standing up for her friend. "No-no Minako_chan, I'm sure that it was mostly Tuxedo Kamen's doing." she said quietly putting a restraining hand on her shoulder. Minako looked amazed with her but she stepped back. Tuxedo Kamen laughed shortly and left into the misty night. Usagi hugged herself. He loves me. She told herself firmly.
She and the others de-transformed and they walked quietly back to their houses a little subdued. Minako, the Senshi of Love was confused. It's like he's not meant to be with her. Like he has taken another's place in her heart... But that's impossible! Shaking her head, she walked the rest of the way home in silence.
Usagi and Chibi-Usa were walking home together. "Usagi?" asked Chibi-Usa a trifle quietly. "Yes?" responded Usagi. "Is Chiba Mamoru really my future daddy?" Usagi stopped so abruptly that Chibi-Usa almost tripped over. "Of course he is!!" she cried. But inside, she could feel a little spark of doubt. She shook her head and repeated. "Of course he is..."
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"You imbecile!" roared Dark Endymion from his throne. "You let a kick from the Princess and a cut from a rose stop you?!" The man gulped and edged even farther away. "It-it was a very hard kick." he made excuse lamely. Wrong thing to say. Dark Endymion's ice-cold eyes became slits. "So you think that hurt?!" he suddenly shot a bolt of lightning and the guard disappeared with a tortured scream.
Dark Endymion stood up and his cape swirled around the silver and black armor that covered his body. "If you want it done, you've gotta do it yourself." he sighed. "I'll get you back my princess." he whispered.
"Oh Minako_chan!" gasped Usagi laughing, her odangoes and her ponytails swung as she shook her head as she finished giggling. She was talking to the young blond closest to her. Minako's blue eyes danced and she tossed her long blond hair that was tied back with a red ribbon.
An old man stuck his head in the room. "Be quiet girls! This is a temple and it must remain peaceful!" he yelled louder than any of the girls had. Ami covered her ears and continued to read the heavy blue textbook, which sat in her lap, her short blue hair falling in her eyes constantly. Rei rushed over to the old man. "Now Grandpa, we'd better get your medicine." she said ushering him out the door and rolling her eyes back at her friends before the door shut. Makoto shook her brown hair tied in a ponytail and her rose earrings glistened in the light from her sudden movement. "Whoa, someone definitely shook the dust off the rafters!" she exclaimed as she climbed out of her refuge under the table.
Usagi giggled and the little girl next to her, with her pink hair done in odangoes similar to Usagi's joined in with her. Little Chibi-Usa was happy to be able to return to her mother in her past from where she had come from in the future. Her garnet eyes, wide and shining were trained on Minako whose head had been flattened with one of Ami's textbooks when she had jumped in surprise.
"Ouch! Ami_chan!" she squealed. Ami looked up from her book for a moment. "Oh! Gomen Minako_chan! But let me finish studying this chapter on astronomical physics! It's really interesting with this table of geometrical figures to show exactly how to figure the problems out." she stared at the blank looks of the others and sighed in exasperation. "Never mind."
Rei appeared in the room. "Finally!" she sighed as she dropped to the floor in front of the table. "I thought Grandpa would never settle down." Usagi leaned over her shoulder and took the last cookie from the plate. Rei whipped her head around and yelled. "Odango-Atama! You eat as much as a pig!" Usagi glared at her over a mouthful of cookie. "Thutup Rei_tahn." she swallowed and Chibi-Usa giggled. Yup, Usagi was her mom alright. Chibi-Usa herself acted like that sometimes.
There was a soft beeping noise and they all looked at their communicators that were designed to look like wrist-watches with their respective emblem emblazed on it. A woman's face appeared in the screen, her light green hair framing it gently. "There's a youma at the park near Juuban High School. It's being ordered around by a man in black armor." Usagi sighed before grabbing her broach. "We'll be right there Neptune." The young woman winked before the image was replaced by static.
The other girls in the room also looked unhappy. "Why is it always us who have to do all the work. I think I kinda liked forgetting everything that time when the first cardian attacked us. We didn't have to just say, 'Oh I gotta go!' every single time you have a date." murmured Makoto. "Oh well." shrugged Usagi. She held her broach up in the air and spoke the henshin words. "Cosmic... Moon... Power!" Her bodysuit appeared on her body. The others followed suit and appeared as Sailor Mercury, Sailor Mars, Sailor Jupiter, and Sailor Venus. "Let's go kick this youma into another dimension!" yelled Sailor Moon.
When they appeared on the battlefield they found Sailor Neptune, Sailor Uranus, Sailor Saturn battling the youma who was very strong, while Sailor Pluto was battling the man in the black armor. They ran onto the battlefield and began to yell out their attacks. Sailor Moon on the other hand had run up to where Sailor Pluto was battling... And who was also losing. Sailor caught the crumpled lady and set her safely aside. She turned to the man in the black armor. "Who are you?" he asked coldly.
"I am Sailor Moon, Princess of the Moon Kingdom, Future Queen of Crystal Tokyo. I am the champion of justice and in the name of the moon we shall punish you!" she yelled her head held high. At this, the man's face changed appearance. He now had a triumphant look and he grabbed her. "Where's the ginzoushou?!" he hissed in her ear. None of the other senshi saw because they were too busy fighting the youma. She struggled but he had an iron grip. "Let go!" she cried. He ignored her, "Where is the ginzoushou?!" he yelled.
She sneered, "Why should I tell you?" before she swiftly kneed him in the gut. As he let go and doubled over in pain, a red rose slashed his face and landed not centimeters away from Usagi's. She shrunk back from it and also from the man. She knew it was Tuxedo Kamen and the rose must have been an accident. She pulled it out of her hair from where it had pinned it to the ground. As she stared at him, she noticed, as she often had since she remembered that he seemed a little different to the man she had fallen in love with on the moon. But that's impossible! And she flung the thought out of her mind.
The man stood up but still holding his abdomen carefully with one of his hands. He growled and disappeared yelling, "I'll be back!" the youma, noticing his master was gone was distracted and Tuxedo Kamen threw a rose at its face. "Hurry up Sailor Moon!" he yelled. She nodded obediently and holding up her wand, she yelled, "Moon…Spiral… Heart… Attack!" the ribbon of magic destroyed the youma in a bright flash of light. "Yippee! I did it!" she squealed. Tuxedo Kamen jumped down from the light-post on where he had thrown the rose.
"I was the one who weakened it enough to let you kill it! Just because you have that wand you think that you're the only one! Well!" he told her and her face fell. This wasn't what she had expected from her love. She looked wonderingly at him. "Hey! It WAS Usagi who did the most! You just threw a rose!" countered Minako standing up for her friend. "No-no Minako_chan, I'm sure that it was mostly Tuxedo Kamen's doing." she said quietly putting a restraining hand on her shoulder. Minako looked amazed with her but she stepped back. Tuxedo Kamen laughed shortly and left into the misty night. Usagi hugged herself. He loves me. She told herself firmly.
She and the others de-transformed and they walked quietly back to their houses a little subdued. Minako, the Senshi of Love was confused. It's like he's not meant to be with her. Like he has taken another's place in her heart... But that's impossible! Shaking her head, she walked the rest of the way home in silence.
Usagi and Chibi-Usa were walking home together. "Usagi?" asked Chibi-Usa a trifle quietly. "Yes?" responded Usagi. "Is Chiba Mamoru really my future daddy?" Usagi stopped so abruptly that Chibi-Usa almost tripped over. "Of course he is!!" she cried. But inside, she could feel a little spark of doubt. She shook her head and repeated. "Of course he is..."
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"You imbecile!" roared Dark Endymion from his throne. "You let a kick from the Princess and a cut from a rose stop you?!" The man gulped and edged even farther away. "It-it was a very hard kick." he made excuse lamely. Wrong thing to say. Dark Endymion's ice-cold eyes became slits. "So you think that hurt?!" he suddenly shot a bolt of lightning and the guard disappeared with a tortured scream.
Dark Endymion stood up and his cape swirled around the silver and black armor that covered his body. "If you want it done, you've gotta do it yourself." he sighed. "I'll get you back my princess." he whispered.