Episode 2: Chaos unleashed! Pandora's box.
Luna found herself being knocked onto the floor for the fifth night in a row. she pulled the blanket away from her face and looked up at a whimpering Usagi who was tossing and turning in her sleep. Luna jumped back on the bed and climbed on top of Usagi and proceeded to stand right in front of her face. A concerned looking Luna looked down at Usagi's oddly distorted face and sighed. "Must be that dream again." The first time Usagi had that dream was over a month ago. For a while it came only about once a week, but lately it's been every night. "Perhaps I should tell her." Luna sighed and shook her head. The she returned to the foot of the bed and curled up in a ball. As Luna drifted back to sleep she prayed that Usagi would sleep peacefully...and that she wouldn't get knocked off the bed again.
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Haruka sat gazing out her open window. All of a sudden there is a violent gust of wind. Haruka gasps and her eyes grow wide. Moments later there is a knock at the door.
"Uh, come in."
the door flew open and Michiru rushed in wearing her bathing suit, she was dripping wet. Obviousley she had just come from the pool. She had a look of panic on her face. Haruka already knew why.
"Did you feel it?" Michiru said the sentence all in one breathe and her voice was unusually high.
Haruka shifted her gaze back out the window and solemnly replied, "hai."
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Meanwhile on a dark and dusty planet, evil creatures were planning to attack Earth.
"Pandora!" Called a human like figure that was sitting in the shadows.
"Yes Commander Triton?" Replied a dark skinned woman with long brown hair. She was wearing a short one strap green dress that resembled leaves and she carried a small wooden box etched in gold and studded with jewels. She looked almost human except she lacked toes, her ears were pointed, and her eyes where shaped like diamonds.
"I want you to go to Earth recruit some new soldiers for the Master's army."
Pandora cackled, "it would be an honor to serve the master...and to serve you."
Triton stepped out of the shadows and smiled at Pandora. His hair was shoulder length and slicked back. It was navy colored. His skin was a light green. His eyes were the shape of sideways hearts and instead of walking on feet; he hovered with a mermaid tail. Other than that he looked human. "My love, come back to me safely."
"I will." They looked at each other and kissed. Then Pandora walked over to a mirror. "Show me a place on Earth, where spirits are strong, and souls earn their worth." An image of Tokyo appeared in the mirror. "Ah this is the place where we will start our takeover." She said taking Triton's hand.
"Good luck my sweet."
They shared another kiss ands Pandora stepped through the mirror.
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"Haruka-san! Michiru-san!" The two girls turned their heads to see Usagi tearing down the halls of Juuban High School.
"Hello odango atama." Haruka replied.
"Daijobu?" Michiru inquired.
Usagi bent over gasping for air. Finally she lifted her head up and smiled. "Daijobu....Just wanted...say ohayo...and I've...strange dreams...need...talk.... Oh no! I'm late! Jaa!" Usagi ran off towards her classroom hoping to make it before her teacher noticed her tardiness.
Haruka and Michiru stared at each other. Finally Haruka spoke, "we'll deal with it later, we better get to class."
"Right."
Haruka and Michiru filed into the classroom with their peers and took their side by side seats in the third row. Their strict (both in appearance and manner) sensei Genkuno Ita entered followed by a young girl wearing their school fuku. The girl was short, very thin, and tan skinned. Her hair was light brown with golden highlights. It just grazed her shoulders and the top layers were pulled back into two half ponytails. On her feet she wore black oxfords with chunky heels. She turned and faced the class and you could see from the front view that her bangs were parted neatly in the middle and the strands curved in. She opened her eyes revealing a sky blue that stood out in contrast with her prodominently neutral toned features.
"Class, we have a new student joining us today." The teacher motioned to the girl on her left.
"Ohayo gozaimasu minna-san. My name is Jinnikuo Nichirin. I am from Los Angelos, California in the United States of America. I am pleased to be here with all of you, and hope we will all be friends." Nichirin smiled sweetly, first at the teacher, then at her classmates. However the mischeivous look in her eyes was unmistakeable.
"Welcome Nichirin-kun, You can take a seat right over there." The teacher pointed to the seat diagonally behind Haruka. The girl nodded and walked to her seat sauntily, hands folded behind her back, with her hair swaying from side to side. She lightly slid into her seats and murmurs could be heard from other students."
"She's kawaii," said one boy.
"Yeah, wow I'd like to get me some of that," added another.
"Wow, she's from another country?! I wonder what that's like!" commented one of the girls.
"Yeah, she seems cool," another girl agreed.
"Well I don't think she seems cool at all," said one of the more snobby girls.
"Okay class, take out your textbooks," said Genkun Ita. The students proceeded to take out their books. "Nichirin-kun!" the now open mouthed teacher nearly screamed the name. The students looked from the shocked teacher to the seat which Nichirin occupied. Nichirin was leaning back in her chair with her hands behind her head and her feet on her desk, looking rather bored. Many students were suppressing giggles, most were laughing right out, and a few were rolling in the aisles with laughter.
"Well this should be interesting," commented Michiru, supressing laughter herself.
"Yeah," Haruka agreed, also trying to suppress laughter but not being very successful.
The teacher was now shouting, trying to regain control of her class. Nichirin just sat there, shrugged her shoulders, and smirked.
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Mamoru jogged down the street, deep in thought. He knew that there was some anniversary coming up, but he just couldn't remember what. He also knew if he didn't figure out soon and plan something he'd have to answer to hurricane Usagi. Mamoru continued to contemplate his dilemma, and was so lost in though that he didn't notice the young shopping bag juggling woman that was exiting the store just ahead. The two collided and fell to ground with shopping bags lying everywhere.
"Why don't you watch where you're going!" The girl sat up rubbing her head.
"Gomen nasai, Miss." Mamoru looked up and found himself staring into a pair of twinkling, midnight blue eyes.
"Miss? There's no need for that! I'm probably younger than you are Sir," the girl replied half laughing. She turned away and began to gather her things.
"Oh here let me help you," Mamoru helped her with her bags. She stood up and dusted herself off. She was thin and looked about 5'7". She was wearing a white v neck t shirt, black heeled loafers //okay maybe she's actually only 5'4"//, a dark denim jean jacket with matching jean pants that slightly flared at the bottom. Her long, platnum blond hair was pulled back into a ponytail that was topped off with a small round bun She had bangs which were parted in the middle that framed her face and she was wearing light pink lipstick. "Here you go," Mamoru handed over her bags, "do you need any help getting all that stuff home?"
"Iie, I'll manage, arigato. By the way my name is Jinnikuo Ittenshikai."
"I'm Chiba Mamoru, nice to meet you."
"Nice to meet you too. I'd shake your hand, but my arms are just a tad full," the two began to laugh. Then Ittenshikai abruptly stopped laughing and eyed Mamoru strangeley. In an unusually seriouse tone she spoke, "Daijobu desu ka."
Mamoru also stopped laughing and looked at her startled. He could tell from how she said it that it was a statement, not a question, and the statement was about him. It was an odd thing for someone you just met to pick up on. However he shrugged that off and replied in a laughing tone, "is it that obviouse?"
"Sort of. So what's wrong?"
"Well you see, I know I have some sort of anniversary with my girlfriend coming up. Friday I think. The problem is that I don't remember what it is, and I don't have anywhere to take her."
// Damn he has a girlfriend! Should've known, he's to good looking to be single. Oh well, if he can't remember anniversaries than he can't be to great a catch.// "Well I don't think I can tell you what type of anniversary it is, but I could get you on the VIP list at The Moonlight Escape."
"Really? Oh Usagi's been wanting to go there, but how?"
"Well I'm one of the performers there. I don't perform until eight, but the entertainment starts at ten. I'll make the reservations. Speaking of which," Ittenshikai manages to steal a glance at her watch and her eyes go wide, "oh no! I am SOOOO late! Sayonara Mamoru-SAN!" Celeste bounced off her long ponytail bonuncing along behind her.
"Sayonara! Arigato!" Mamoru called after her. She waved a hand back in response. She was a good distance away. //Man that girl's got good hearing. Hmmmm// Mamoru's eyes furrowed his eyebrows and you could tell from his expression that he was trying to figure something out. //That girl seems so familiar. There's something different about her.// Mamoru shrugged the thought off. With a sigh he turned and jogged off in the other direction.
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Pandora found herself flying high above Tokyo. She sank down until she landed on the roof of one of the city's buildings. "Now go my pets, and capture soul's for the master's army." Pandora opened the box and out popped several creatures each resembling different type of plants. There were five and all. They all eyed each other evilly and took off into the city.
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There was a giant crash of metal. A moment later a calico cat with a crescent moon on its forehead came scurrying out of the seafood restaurant carrying a fish in its mouth. You could hear cursing, as people stared at the scene before them. A man (the cook at the restauraunt was just outside the shop, soaked and shaking his hand after the cat.
"AND STAY OUT YOU MANGY NEKO!" He screamed.
When Raa was sure he was a safe distance, he jumped on a park wall and proceeded to scarf down the fish he had "worked so hard" for. He was thoroughly enjoying his dinner when two figures whizzed by. His eyes widened in disbelief. A certain black cat was accompanying a short blond girl with a hair style that resembled a pair of meatballs. The odd thing about the cat was that on it's forehead was...a crescent moon! "Nani?! Luna?! I must be imagining things! But if it IS Luna then...I have to find Nichirin!" Raa discarded his leftovers and took off into the crowd.
Usagi tore through the crowd, Luna was right at her heels. Usagi glanced at her watch. "Oh no! The movie starts in 5 minutes! Rei-chan is gonna kill me!"
Luna rolled her eyes, "well it serves you right Usagi-chan..." Luna began
"Not now Luna! Not now." The pair rounded the corner and finally arrived at the movie theatre. All of the other girls were already there. Rei looked like she was going to throttle someone's neck...most likely Usagi's, the other girls didn't look too happy either. Artemis was napping on Minako's lap. He sat up, stretched, and yawned.
"Oh so you're here, darn I was hoping I wouldn't have to sit through another chick flick." Said Artemis. Minako slapped him on the head.
"He, he, gomen minna." Usagi had one arm behind her head and grinned hopefully. When no response came she knew she was in for it.
Rei gave Usagi a death glare, "oooooooo! Come on we've already missed the beginning of the movie. You know Usagi-chan..." Rei's lecture was cut off when they heard people screaming.
The girls looked down the street and saw people running from what appeared to be an overgrown rose. The rose grabbed a man and he dropped lifeless. The girls watched in horror as what appeared to be a faded version of him float up into the sky.
"Henshin yo!" cried Luna.
"Right!" They said in unison.
"Moon Eternal, Make-up!"
"Mercury Crystal Power, Make-up!"
"Mars Crystal Power, Make-up!"
"Jupiter Crystal Power, Make-up!"
"Venus Crystal Power, Make-up!"
The girls transformed and were going to start attacking when two more monsters appeared from behind them, one resembled a willow, the other a daisy. The willow jumped on EternalSailormoon and grabbed her head with its branch like hair. EternalSailormoon screamed.
"Dead Scream!" SuperSailorpluto's attack hit the monster and the monster cried out in pain. It got off Usagi and looked to see who had attacked. SuperSailorpluto stood there. Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune were busy fighting two other monsters' that resembled grass and a tulip.
"Jupiter OAK Evolution!" SuperSailorjupiter attacked the rose monster. Who cried in pain. As did the other monsters.
"Ne! They all feel the same pain! It's really only one monster!" Shouted Mercury.
"Easy for you to say," replied Mars who was struggling with the daisy monster
In the background the silloughette of a girl and a cat hopped from the roof of a building down into an alleyway. The soldiers kept attacking the monster, harming them, but unable to destroy them. They were fighting a losing battle. The rose monster had EternalSailormoon and was starting to do whatever it had done to that man to her. Then a giant ball of light and fire hit the monster, the monster turned to dust, and so did the other monsters.
"Nani?" Asked a very frightened Moon.
The other girls gave each other questioning looks, but none of them had killed the monster. Then they looked around them and saw about seven people lying dead in the street. Several of the senshi began to cry.
Pandora stood on the top of a building and looked on. "Damn Sailor brats! Which one of them killed my babies?" Then she smiled to herself. "Well I'll just have to send stronger ones next time. Besides, I did get a few soldiers for the master's army." She fingered the box and let out a cackle. The sailor soldiers looked around to see were the cackling was coming from, but saw no one.
Pandora wasn't the only one surveying the scene. In the shadows someone else was observing them.
"So they are alive," said SuperSailorsun back in her usual monotone voice.
"Hai, and it looks like we have a new enemy," added Raa, "should we tell Itten-chan and Zorya-ko?"
"Iie, Onechan is so happy now. There's no reason for us both to suffer. I'll look after the other senshi. I do have questions for them though; maybe I will talk to them...eventually."
"Questions? Like what?"
"Well for one thing, how did they survive the attack on the moon? And, who is the new Sailormoon, she's certainly not the one I now."
"Hmmm...I don't know, only time will tell."