Anybody who reads any of this should know something first. I don't own Sailor Moon or Dragonball Z or Escaflowne!! Shocking isn't it? I wrote the story, the plot's all mine... yada, yada, just exclude the characters from SM, DBZ, and E. Yes, I know that, Usagi's supposed to fall in love with Endymion, and Rei with Jedaite, Hitomi with Vaun... blah, blah, blah. But anyways, none of you better sue. I'm broke at the moment so all you'll get from me is a dime if you're lucky. So if you're smart don't bother.
Enjoy the story... or not. It depends on what you're interested in.
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Restoring the Crystal
(Prologue)

Five young warriors dressed in different colored sailor outfits were standing in a straight line facing off against a youma.
Each girl represented a specific planet, all except the beautiful blond leader in the middle. her name was Usagi and she represented the most important of all, the moon. She was Sailor Moon.
She stood there for a minute, tall and regal. Then, shattering the still night, she spoke, "I am Sailor Moon, the champion of love and justice!" as she said this, she began making different poses. She ended by saying, "And in the name of the moon, I shall punish you!"
The other four then introduced themselves, also striking numerous poses.
"I am Sailor Mercury!" called out Ami, she had short, glistening blue hair and a blue sailor outfit.
"I am Sailor Mars!" spoke Rei, she shook long purple-tinted black hair, and smoothed her red outfit.
"I am Sailor Jupiter!" cried Makoto, her shining brown hair, done up in a ponytail swung impatiently over her green outfit.
"I am Sailor Venus!" Minako, the fourth girl had her blond hair pulled back by a red ribbon and sported a golden-colored outfit. They were the Sailor Scouts and the inner senshi.
The youma had been watching them call out and pose, when they finished, it threw back its head and laughed a chilling laugh.
"You think, that I would be frightened of five young girls in mini-skirts? You'll know your last night in this world tonight!" With that, the black monster charged straight at the girls, with lightning fast speed. The girls were thrown back by the impact and were stunned for a moment.
"Grrrr, you're going to pay, you hear that? Supreme... Thunder... Crash!" with that, Makoto shot a bolt of lightning towards the youma, but it just deflected it with a wave and it was shot straight back to Jupiter.
"Let me try," Mars lept up, "Mars... Celestial... Fire... Surround!" The enormous fireball was engulfed by an even stronger black one spat out by her advisary. It hurtled straight towards her with hard impact. Mars crumpled to the ground.
"Let's double-team it, Mercury!" Venus told her. "Love... Shade..." began Venus. "Shine... Aqua..." also began Mercury. "Encircle!"
"Illusion!" they both shouted their final words to their attacks at the same time.
"Child's play." snorted the youma and shot his sharp, knife-like nails right through their energy and slashed their energy field, they fell back, too weak to fight any longer. "Is this the legendary team of Sailor Scouts that protects the galaxy?" smirked the youma facing against Sailor Moon, who had been running from one of her fallen comrades to another until Venus and Mercury fell. She turned, stood up and glared coldly at the youma. "Moon... Spiral... Heart... Attack!" she channeled her energy at the youma, but it was too strong, it deflected it back, and it turned black in the process. One stray beam of the powerful energy slammed into her broach and... the Imperial Crystal within it... shattered.
Time stopped suddenly, she and her fallen comrades were transported into a shimmery, cloudy floor. Usagi, had de-transformed without her broach. She instantly knew where she was, at the gates between dimensions, where Sailor Pluto guarded the Gates of Time.
Sailor Pluto, was part of the outer senshi, (along with Sailor Uranus, Sailor Neptune, and Sailor Saturn)and she had a loose bun at the top of her green-tinted hair and the rest cascade down upon her back, she wore a dark green sailor outfit and was holding a lavender, key-shaped staff.
Usagi looked towards Sailor Pluto dazedly and asked, "What happened?" Pluto smiled calmly and replied. "The youma you were fighting was too strong for you at this power level. The Crystal shattered with the energy you were exerting combined with the youma's dark energy, you had no chance against it."
"B-but what can I do? I can't fight it now! I don't have a clue of what to do Setsuna_chan!" Usagi whimpered. Pluto smiled at her and said, "In that dimension and time-frame you can't, but I can transport you to a time where you can and also where you can gain the Imperial Silver Crystal back in your own dimension. When you do get there, you will have to train hard as well to raise the power level you have. But you must go alone, the others will follow soon enough when they are stronger. Are you brave enough to attempt this?"
Usagi had calmed down a little and now returned the Guardian of Time with a look as calm as her own. "I am, and I will." Pluto nodded swung her staff over the Gates of Time and opened it. Sailor Moon walked into the glowing light, and stepped into oblivion.