Chapter 3

The Evil Darkness

The sun was glaring down on Tokyo as if the nothing wrong had happened. Yet, something was about to decend upon the inner senshi of the galaxy. A special kind of evil, that hasn't existed for centuries. The morning was beautiful. The twittering of birds and traffic filled the vast city. Usagi and Minako were out on a picnic of fun and laughs, or at least they thought that was where they were headed. Usagi let the basket she packed of her mother's delicious food dangle from her hand.

"Usagi-chan, you're so lucky! Got a boyfriend already. . I wish I had your luck!" Minako said modestly.

"Oh boy.." whispered Luna, as she trailed along behind. We came here to talk about the new senshi business, she murmured.

"Pipe down Luna!" Usagi snapped. As soon as they reached the clear sunny park, they sat down and relaxed. They munched on their rice balls, and drank juice.

"So, as I last recall it-" Luna began.

"YEAH! Did you here about that guy at school who tried to jump off it because he couldn't get Ami to do his homework?" Minako interrupted.

"Sure, gossip!" Luna mumbled rather loudly.

"Come here Luna," Artimis said from up a tree they were sitting under. Luna graecefully sprang up to greet him. "Well, I wasn't there yesterday when you had the meeting. What happened?" he asked.

"Rai said she was having a bad vision. It was about an eclipse, this one however was unscheduled. So, its likely she might have had a bad dream. But better to be safe then sorry, right?" Luna asked.

"Huh, ok." Artimis replied. But it wasn't a dream, as they would soon find out. Luna, and Artimis talked in deep conversation. Usagi and Minako, stayed busy with their food. Then, a man with a small, potable radio, walked past.

"Today, astronomers have discovered that the new star known as Cheiron, has burned out. And as a result, many believe we will encounter some minor difficulties," the radio croaked.

"Huh?" Usagi said, eyeing the radio.

"What was that all about?" Minako said, stuffing her face with a donut.

"It's got to be something or rather, a clue perhaps?" Luna said to Artimis.

"Could be," he exclaimed modestly. Just then, it got darker. It was about the color of dusk. Careless, and not noticing the change until it was too late, the world was pitch black. People knew what it was, and thankfully closed their eyes.

"Oh no! Its happened! A sudden-" Luna was cut short. For someone had ran into the tree she and Artimis were sitting in, and she well to the ground, and had a blackout of her own.

"Luna! Luna!" called Ami. Luna's head danced around. It was over, the thing they had been dreading. But, it seemed nothing strange was going on. The park was nearly deserted. Rai, Ami, Makoto, Momaru, Usagi, and Minako looked down on the cats.

"I fell out," she said, pointing her paw at the large oak tree. "Hey, where'chibi-usa?" she asked. Usagi glanced around.

"Oh no! I'v lost her," she murmered.

"WHAT?!" they all screamed.

"It's not like I took her here anyway! She doesn't have a communicator. Remember?" Usagi scowled. Just then, Chibi-Usa came around the trunk of the tree. "Oh there you are! Thank goodness… I think,"

"Usagi?! You promised you'd take me on this trip. Are you going to lie to me all the time, because I'm going to start telling on you!" she remarked. Growing inside Luna, was an annoyance. A very large annoyance, just then it was unleeshed, Upon Usagi's face.

"WOULD YOU TWO GROW UP ALREADY?" she shouted. "Now," she said while there as a moment of silence. "Rai's horrible vision has.. err.. come true.. and we must," Luna seemed to be at a loss for words.

"Act quickly. We must find our enemy and destroy them." Artimis said.

"But how? Usually our enemy comes to us," Usagi said.

"Good point," said Makoto, a cocky grin on her face.

"I'm tired. Lets talk tomorrow.. at my place.. ok?" Rai asked suddenly.

"Ok! Its settled then," Luna said.