Ch. 2
Through Good times,
And bad times,
That's what friends are for.
-So I skipped a couple of lines, it still fits!
Venus, Mars, Mercury and Moon stood up. This creep had just hurt their best friend and he was going to pay, and Sailormoon said so. She started up again.
"YOU HURT MY FRIEND, DYNASTY SLEEZE, AND YOU'RE GOING TO PAY FOR IT!! I AM SAILORMOON, CHAMPION OF JUSTICE, PRINCESS OF THE MOON KINGDOM, AND YOUR WORST NIGHTMARE. ON BEHALF OF THE MOON I FIGHT FOR MY FALLEN COMRADES!" Rajura laughed.
"And what makes you think you can beat us?" he jeered. Venus stepped forward and faced Naaza.
"Hey! Warlord!" She called out. Naaza looked curiously in her direction.
"VENUS LOVE CHAIN.... ENCIRCLE!!" she yelled and Naaza had to retreat a little ways to avoid being hit. He recoiled, surprised at the strength of her attack. Mars turned to Rajura.
"Burning Mandala!!!" Rajura didn't have enough time to retreat, and fell to the ground, seriously burnt. Sh'ten started cracking up. This was, of course, where he made his fatal mistake. His laughter reminded everyone he was there. Tuxedo Kamen produced a rose and hurled it at Sh'ten. In one of those red lightning thingies, it actually cut into his armor, leaving Sh'ten staring in shock at the spot. Then, as he looked up, he saw two massive fireballs hurtling at him, and he, too, fell to the ground, singed at the very least. Ryo and Mars gave each other a high five. Then they heard a very faint voice.
"Sailormoon..." Sailormoon looked up to see who it could possibly be.
"SAILORJUPITER!!" And indeed it was. There was Sailorjupiter, trying to struggle to her feet and not having much success. Seiji ran to support her. Naaza and Anubis looked at each other, nodded and all four warlords disappeared.
Rei walked back out of the room, looking grave. Shou looked up.
"Will they make it?" he asked. Rei sighed.
"I can definitely say yes for Makoto. You didn't hit her so very hard, Shou." Shou flushed. He had been feeling guilty enough about hitting Makoto. Rei continued.
"But Shin is another matter altogether. When Rajura hit him, he did some damage. I'm not sure about him." Seiji was holding a crying Minako in his arms. He stroked her hair gently and looked up.
"Rei..is there any way we can help?" Rei sighed again.
"Not unless you can heal them." Usagi suddenly stood up.
"GREAT IDEA, REI!!" she called out, making everyone in the room look at her like she was crazy.
"What do you mean, Usagi?" Luna asked. Usagi produced her locket.
"Ta-da!" She said. Artemis seemed to perk up.
"Of course. Usagi can heal them..if the crystal has that much power." Seiji looked up from Minako again.
"If it doesn't, I can always help." Minako looked up. "W-what do you mean, Seiji?" He looked down at her.
"My armor can heal injuries too..but it really weakens me and doesn't always do much good." Minako hugged him.
"But you'll do it..right?" Seiji sighed.
"C'mon, Usagi. Let's see if we can help." Usagi nodded and headed into the room, followed up by Seiji. They heard Seiji (quietly) transform into his armor and Usagi transform into Sailormoon. Then, they heard the two try everything they could to heal the two injured friends. Shou sighed. Seiji said once that his enthusiasm could backfire in battle. Now he knew what he had meant. Suddenly, Sailormoon poked her head out. She was smiling. Ami and Touma stood.
"Are they all right?" they asked in unison. Sailormoon nodded.
"They're weak, but they're going to make it." she told them. Everyone smiled. Seiji stumbled to the door.
"Speaking of weak.." Sailormoon said, and helped Seiji to the couch where he transformed out of his armor. Minako sat down next to him.
"Are you all right?" Minako asked. Seiji smiled and threw her a flirtatious look and a smile.
"Now that you're here." he said, making Minako flush. He took her hand, and Minako seemed to turn as red as humanly possible. Rei smiled. Artemis laughed.
"Now Minako matches her bow." That made everyone, even Minako laugh, though Minako's blush didn't fade in the least. Touma and Ami went in first to see their two friends. Makoto smiled when she saw them. Shin would have if he had had the strength.
"Hi, guys." Makoto said weakly. Touma sat on Shin's bed and Ami on Makoto's.
"Hello, you two." Ami said. She was glad they were going to be all right after all. Makoto smiled.
"Hi, guys." Shin managed a wave. Touma smiled. Shin always did try to cheer everyone up.
"Shin's been trying to tell me what happened back there, but he hasn't the strength. How about I hear it from you two instead?" Makoto said. Ami and Touma told them, with Touma putting in a good deal more than needed about how Shin got knocked out. That was his way of getting back at Shin for the restaurant. Makoto smiled.
"Thank you, Shin, even though it got you knocked out." Makoto struggled to stand as Shin smiled. With Touma supporting him, he managed to swing his legs over the edge. Then he saw Makoto was already standing. That girl has nerves of steel..she's so strong, Shin thought. Minako poked her now only slightly flushed face into the room.
"Hiya, Guys!" she said, flashing them one of her big smiles. Shin smiled again. Minako always could brighten up any room. Not that he liked her or anything...not her...
Ryo looked up when he saw Makoto supporting a struggling Shin..a struggling Shin with this huge silly grin on his face. Ryo did all he could to keep from laughing. Then he saw the look on Touma's face when he looked at Ami, and he couldn't believe it. It was no secret that Seiji liked Minako, and Shou liked Usagi. That left him with Rei...not that she was ugly or anything..
Makoto saw that huge silly grin on Shin's face. Right from the start when she saw him her mind had been going
"Oh, wow! He's such a hunk! And those sideburns, so much like Freddy's. No, they're a whole lot nicer than Freddy's because Freddy dumped me. And he knows how to cook!!" and now that she saw that grin, her mind went totally into overdrive and had she been talking, she would have sounded alot like Usagi. Usagi (now having transformed out of her Sailor Scout uniform) sat down and Luna sat on her lap, staring up at her. Usagi sighed.
"What now, Luna?" Luna sighed.
"I thought you might want to train now that Makoto and Shin are better." Usagi stood up so fast, Luna had no time to jump off, so instead, she had to settle for tumbling off.
"TRAIN? WHY WOULD I WANT TO TRAIN?" Usagi wailed. Touma could see why the girls suddenly developed these gigantic tear drops on their heads, and was obliged to get one for himself.
"Because now you have the Warlords to deal with?" he suggested. Usagi thought about this a few seconds, blinked twice, and sat down.
"Oh, yeah. You're right." she thought about it some more.
"But if I don't cram for Miss H's test tomorrow, Mom will fry me again."
"Why study, Usagi?" Rei asked. Usagi turned to her.
"What's that supposed to mean, Rei?" Usagi asked, peevishly at the very least. Ryo noticed Luna and Artemis had left, and the girls -even Makoto- were following suit. Rei snorted.
"You never pass anyway." Usagi started doing a slow burn. The guys suddenly found themselves all alone in the room with an agitated Rei and an angry Usagi. Then they found themselves all alone in a room frightened with an arguing Rei and an arguing Usagi. They quickly made themselves scarce outside the room. They weren't surprised to find everyone else there. Ryo grimaced.
"All the time?" he asked. Minako handed him a bottle of aspirin.
"You get used to it after a while."
Rajura woke up to a bright light shining in his eye, and he knew himself to be in his room, with Naaza trying to wake him up. He couldn't see him, but it couldn't be Sh'ten, because Sh'ten was too short to hold the light that high, and it couldn't be Anubis because Anubis hated light. All this he noted in a moment and sat up, groaning from his patched-up injuries, which included his head and his side.
"Damn senshi.." he muttered. Naaza smiled. He knew Rajura was going to be all right. Anubis was in the darkest corner that he could find.
"Yeah. They really did a number on you. But don't worry. They have Sailorjupiter and Shin to tend to as well." That did make Rajura smile a little. Suddenly, a female voice rang out with
"Need anything, Rajura? Chicken soup, maybe?" Rajura groaned. He didn't feel like anyone from the Negaverse, but he had mind enough not to say so.
So he said "Whichever of the sisters you are, know I don't take kindly to human remedies." Bertie appeared, holding a big bowl of chicken soup.
"Really?" she said, disappointed. "That's too bad." With a gesture, the bowl disappeared. She went over to Rajura's bed.
"Feeling better?" He grunted. She smiled.
"Where's Sh'ten?" she asked. Anubis laughed bitterly from his corner.
"After he heals, he'll be punished for not succeeding. My guess is the lava pits." Naaza set the light down, much to Rajura's relief.
"Yeah. Last time, he got just the beginning stages of the lava pits. Lord Talpa might go the whole way this time. Bertie looked confused.
"What are the lava pits?" she asked, curiously. Everyone laughed.
"You don't want to know." Rajura said, pushing himself off of his back into a sitting position. Bertie looked around for a chair to sit on. After finding none, she sat on the end of Rajura's bed.
"So. What are you going to do now?" She asked. Another female voice joined in.
"Yeah. Those senshi really whipped your asses that time." Bertie shook her head as Katzie appeared, followed by Prizma and Avery. It was Katzie who had spoken. Rajura growled.
"You guys didn't stick around for too long, I noticed." This was directed more towards Prizma than Katzie. Katzie smirked, while Prizma frowned and Bertie and Avery went on smiling.
"Well, we knew big strong warlord types like you could handle them better than we could." Bertie said in this totally syrupy voice. Anubis didn't move from his corner, but the corners of Rajura's mouth turned up slightly. Naaza sighed.
"Anyway, we need to figure out how to get those Senshi and Troopers out of our hair." Everyone nodded at this. Suddenly, Rajura fell back onto his bed, shuddering from a spasm of pain.
"Damn senshi." He said under his breath.
It was late, and the Troopers were still talking. They made the senshi go to bed early (actually, they didn't have to make Usagi go to bed), and the Troopers, along with Luna and Artemis, were up talking. Shin still wasn't 100%, but he refused to rest.
"Just as well." Seiji had said. Now, Luna was doing one of those famous sighs of hers.
"I just don't know if we can win this one. I mean, they obviously are a pretty big challenge." Touma nodded.
"Yeah. We're not used to dealing with those sisters any more than you guys are in dealing with the Warlords. Let's say we swap information?" Luna nodded.
"Hold on." Luna did one of those back flips and Ami's computer appeared. The Troopers gaped in surprise.
"How-?" Touma started to ask but Luna held up a paw.
"Never mind." Then, Luna started working the keyboard, and turned the small computer towards the Troopers. Touma studied it, stood, and walked out of the room. He returned a few minutes later with a small laptop and sat it facing Luna and Artemis. Each studied the other's information. Then Luna sat up.
"It looks like these warlord's armors are based off of animals." Seiji nodded.
"Yeah. We figured that out, like Rajura's is based off of a spider." Shou nodded.
"Yeah. He pops up, hanging upside down like a giant bat or something." Just then, his stomach rumbled.
"Shin.." Shou started, but Shin had already gotten up, and was heading to the kitchen, shaking his head. Ryo let out a little chuckle.
"Does Usagi ever do that to Makoto?" Before Luna could answer, they heard something heavy bumping down the stairs. A few seconds later, they saw what it was.
"Usagi?" Luna said, with a little start. Usagi looked tired...and hungry.
"I want something to eat." She mumbled, not quite awake yet. Seiji stood up and went into the kitchen to tell Shin to cook for two. Usagi plopped into Seiji's empty seat. She let out this huge yawn and looked around at the assembled group.
"Hey. That's Ami's computer." She said.
"Like duh, Usagi!" Luna replied. Artemis stepped in before they got in a fight.
"We're swapping info with the Troopers." Then, Usagi let out a high pitched wail.
"INFO!!! I FORGOT TO STUDY FOR MISS H'S TEST!!!" Seiji poked his head out to see which smoke detector had gone off. When he saw it was Usagi, he quickly poked his head back into the kitchen. Luna smiled.
"Well, Usagi. You could do it now." she suggested. Usagi waved her hand.
"No way. I'm too hungry now. Eat first. Study later." Touma could now see why Usagi got 30s on her tests.
"AAAAAAAAAIIIIIIIIIIII!! I'm SOOOOOO LATE!!" Need I tell you who that was? Luna winced. Then Minako chimed in.
"ARTEMIS!!! WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME WHAT TIME IT WAS? NOW I'M LATE TOO!!" That woke up Ami, Makoto, and Rei. all of them screaming at the top of their lungs. The Troopers were already up. Seiji's hand gripped the coffee mug so hard when Usagi screamed Shou thought he was going to break it. Then, they saw five brown, blue, black, gray, white and blonde blurs with a hint of red rush out the door. Touma laughed. "I never thought I'd see them run so fast." Shou laughed too.
"Yes you did. Remember when Rajura first attacked them!" That made everyone laugh.
"So you bonked on your test?" Makoto asked Usagi. Usagi nodded.
"It was hard." she said. Ami smiled.
"Don't worry. I'll help you study for your next one." Usagi perked up a little at this. Then, she saw that they were right in front of the Video Arcade.
"Hey, wanna go in and play a few?" She asked Makoto and Ami. They both nodded and went inside. Usagi immediately sat down at the Sailor V. game and Makoto sat down at the Sailormoon game next to her. Usagi started playing.
"Ha! Ha ha! Yes! I am SO good at this!" Usagi yelled..just before she died.
"Oh Dammit!!" she yelled even louder. Makoto, on the other hand, was doing much better. She had already gotten to the top level. Ami was looking on with some amusement. If the Sailormoon game was any indicator, maybe Makoto would fare better as Sailormoon and Usagi as Sailorjupiter. But she didn't dare say that to them. Then, Ami looked at her watch.
"Hey, Usagi, Makoto, shouldn't we be going to meet Rei and Minako at the temple now?"
Makoto nodded and stood up, but Usagi kept on playing saying "I'll catch up with you, Ami. Go ahead." Makoto and Ami shrugged and walked out of the Arcade. Makoto shook her head.
"She's going to be late." she said, and Ami nodded.
"Yes. I know. But she's always late, and besides. If she didn't want to listen to Rei again, she should have left with us." Makoto, however, wasn't paying too close attention. As a matter of fact, she had spaced out. Ami waved a hand in front of Makoto's face.
"Earth to Makoto!" Makoto snapped out of it, and smiled, slightly embarrassed.
"Oh, hi!" she said, blushing.
"Where were you?" Ami asked Makoto. Makoto shrugged in an offhand way.
"Oh, nowhere in particular. Just thinking about something." Ami looked up at her.
"About what?" Makoto shrugged again, but this time looked kinda embarrassed.
"I was wondering if the Troopers would be meeting us at the temple." At this, Ami burst out into laughter.
"You mean you were wondering if Shin would be at the temple." At this, Makoto burst into laughter too.
"Yep! I guess that's about it!" They laughed together as they walked up the hill. When They got to the temple, Makoto and Ami were both happy to note that the Troopers were indeed there. Rei, who until now had been flirting with Ryo, looked up, saw there were only two of them, and sighed angrily.
"Where's Usagi?" she asked. Ami shrugged.
"She wanted to continue playing Sailor V." Makoto nodded.
"Really, Minako. You've got her hooked!" Minako shrugged, while Seiji (who had been flirting wildly with her) looked at her in surprise.
"What does she mean, Minako?" Minako smiled up at him.
"I used to be Sailor V. until I joined the other Senshi." The Troopers gaped at her in surprise. Seiji suddenly snapped out of it.
"YOU?" he said, still obviously astonished. Minako nodded and flushed. Shou bounded over to them.
"I LOVE your video game!!" Minako flushed harder and murmured her thanks. Seiji returned to flirting with her to make her feel better. Luna sighed.
"It might be a little while until Usagi comes." Ami shrugged.
"In that case, I'll be off near the lake." Ami walked off, book in hand. Touma managed to slip away while the others weren't looking and he followed after Ami. He found her reading on the bench. He approached her soundlessly and read with her for a while, then he spoke.
"I've finished the page two times, Ami. When are you going to turn the page?" Ami jumped, startled.
"Oh, I'm sorry! I didn't hear you come up." Touma laughed and sat down next to her.
"I know he said, and plucked the book out of her hands, examining it. He smiled.
"I hear this is a good book." he said to her. She smiled, looking up at him, and she did something she had been afraid to do. She looked into his eyes...and she faltered.
"Y-yes, so I've heard. I've been meaning to read it for a r-really long t-time..." He smiled, and she smiled wider. Next thing she knew, they were leaning towards each other. When their lips met, Ami felt a deep tingle go down her spine. Touma pulled away, smiling more broadly than she would have thought possible.
"That was cool." Ami nodded and smiled, unable to say anything. Touma took her hand and they kissed again, this time making it longer. Ami pulled away, red in the face. It was a good contrast with her blue hair. She gently took the book from Touma's hands.
"Usagi must be here by now...they're probably wondering where we are." Touma stood up.
"You're right. We'd better get back." Ami stood, and they walked back towards the temple, arm and arm.
Shin looked up from Makoto's eyes (astonishing green eyes as he put it to himself) when Touma and Ami returned..together? When had they snuck off? No matter. He'd grill Touma about the details later. Just then, Usagi bounded up the steps, trying to apologize for being late.
But she didn't have the breath for it, so instead, it came out as "Sorry...late.....Sailor V..." Rei held out her hand.
"Quit explaining, Usagi. We know why you're late. Let's get down to business." She turned to the Troopers.
"You even been to a fire reading before?" They faltered.
" A..Fire..Reading?" Seiji asked. Rei sighed.
"I'll take that as a no. Follow me." She said, and herded them all into the temple.
"I am not pleased." Talpa said to the three kneeling warlords. They all nodded in acknowledgement. "What do you intend to do about it?" He said, sounding very much like Queen Beryl if you've ever heard her. Anubis dared to look up.
"We know who the senshi are, my lord. If we can just use that to our advantage.." Talpa cut him off.
"I already have. I have spoken to the Wiseman, and it was decided that our alliance shall be on a more solid basis. From now on, you are to work with Rubbeus and the four sisters."
"Wonderful." Rajura muttered, soft enough so he thought Talpa would not hear him. He and Rubbeus had never really gotten along. At any rate, if Talpa overheard him, he gave no signs of doing so. Talpa made the sign and they all exited. Rajura flopped back onto the couch.
"Aw.."
"....DAMN!!!" Katzie screamed. After Avery had taken her fingers out of her ears, Rubbeus smiled slightly.
"No, I'm not happy about it either, Katzie, but if we are to learn those Scout's real names and ultimately learn where that little brat is, then we must work with the Dynasty for the time being." Katzie started to object when Rubbeus put in "Wiseman's orders." Katzie still looked mad when she sat down at her mirror. Bertie, however, was smiling broadly.
"I wouldn't mind working with the Dynasty." she said in a dreamy sort of way. Prizma and Avery laughed.
"You mean working with Rajura, don't you?" they asked her in unison, turning Bertie crimson. Even Rubbeus had to laugh.
"Just remember Bertie, we're on serious business." Just then, Prizma gave a start as a figure clad in purple armor appeared hanging upside down in the middle of the chamber. Bertie's flush, which had been fading, flared up again. Rajura noticed it, though he gave no signs of doing so, and he chuckled inwardly. Prizma put her hands on her hips and huffed.
"Well, Rajura, you didn't have to scare the pants off of me to make your entrance." Rajura chuckled and turned himself right side up.
"You never had any pants on." He pointed out, making Katzie giggle a very little bit. Rajura turned to Rubbeus, and you could feel the atmosphere between them.
"I have read up on Negaverse history," Rajura began. "and I have noted a situation similar to ours. The one of Kunzite and Prince Mamoru? In the words of your own hero, Kunzite, the only reason why I put up with you is because of Emperor Talpa's orders so I suggest you keep your mouth shut." Rubbeus gave a half-hearted chuckle.
"One mistake there. At that time, Kunzite was under the orders of Queen Beryl." Under his armor, Rajura grit his teeth. He hated smart asses like Rubbeus, though he was one himself. That was one of many reasons why they didn't get along. Bertie stepped in to keep them from getting too mad.
"So, how often will we be working, together, Rajura?" she asked, breathlessly, causing her sisters to break out into smothered giggles. Rajura smiled to himself under his armor.
"Well, that depends on how often we tangle with the senshi and those pathetic Troopers." Everyone could hear the amusement in his voice. Rubbeus snorted.
"Well, since we have yet to take over the last Crystal point I located, maybe you two can work together since you are familiar with it, Bertie." Bertie nodded emphatically. Rajura nodded once.
"Contact me when you are ready, Bertie." he told her, then he disappeared. Bertie was as flushed as if she had just run the 100 meter dash, five times. Her sisters, meanwhile, erupted into gales of laughter.
"Well, if he didn't know you liked him before, Bertie, he sure does now!!" Katzie laughed. Bertie turned hotly to her mirror and stepped through it.
Anubis was laughing his head off.
"Did you see the look on Bertie's face?" He asked Naaza, who was also laughing. Rajura turned somewhat amused to them.
"Yes, yes. I'm aware that Bertie has a crush on me." Naaza laughed harder.
"He's blushing!" Rajura scowled.
"I am not!" he told them. Naaza laughed again.
"I think he's actually turning red!" Rajura produced a dagger and hurled it at the sofa where Naaza was sitting. It struck the cushion on a slant just inches away from Naaza's leg. Naaza looked at it.
"Maybe not.." Anubis was still laughing.
"So what's it gonna be, Rajura? You gonna take Bertie?" Rajura snorted and turned away.
"YOU KISSED HER??" Shou asked in amazement. Touma nodded.
"Wow!" was all Seiji could manage. "I thought I was supposed to be the flirt in the group!" Ryo nodded.
"You tryin to take his job?" By now, Touma was crimson, and he was pretty sorry he had told them.
"It just happened, guys. What's all the fuss about?" Shou's eyes nearly bugged out of his head.
"What's all the fuss about??? You kissed Ami!!! That's what all the fuss is about!!!"
Touma shrugged.
"It wasn't like it was a french kiss or anything. It was just a regular ol' kiss. Nothing more." Seiji laughed at this.
"Man, I wish I could've been kissing Minako." Shin started cracking up.
"Yeah, we've noticed that Seiji." Shou smiled.
"Yeah. You haven't stopped flirting with Minako since we met the Senshi!" Seiji shrugged in an offhand way.
"Well, she's really cute.." Shou shook his head.
"Not cuter than Usagi." Touma stepped forward before Seiji and Shou got into a fight.
"Stop it, guys." He looked at his watch.
"Aren't we supposed to be picking up the girls from school about now?" Seiji nodded. Together, the guys walked to Crossroads jr. High. There, they found Ami and Makoto waiting outside but no Usagi. When Touma saw Ami, he smiled broadly, and she returned the favor. Shou looked all around for Usagi.
"Where's Usagi?" he asked aloud. This boy about Usagi's age popped up in front of him wearing these huge spiral glasses.
"Oh Usagi?" He asked in a nasal voice. "She had to stay after school! Miss Haruna's really mad at her this time."
"What'd she do? And, who are you?" The boy readjusted his huge spiral glasses.
"My names Umino, and Usagi was disrupting the class. She forgot her lunch…again!" Shou seemed surprised.
"Again?" Umino nodded. Ami stepped in.
''Third time this week." She told them.
"Meow!"
"Rowr!" Shou looked down to see Luna and Artemis rubbing against their legs. Just then, a girl with shoulder length wavy brown hair put up like Minako's walked up to Umino.
"Hey, Dweeb Mistier! You promised to take me to the arcade today!" All the Troopers winced from her heavy Brooklyn accent. Umino nodded.
"Okay Naru! Lets go!" Naru and Umino walked off to the arcade. Touma shook his head.
"They're.. together?" Makoto nodded.
"Amazing, isn't it?" Just then, a plainly downcast Usagi walked slowly out of the school.
"Hey, Usagi!" Shou called. Usagi looked up. Ami smiled.
"That's the third time this week. Silly." Luna walked up to her. At her side was Usagi's lunch. Usagi saw it, and started crying.
"Luna, please. That IS my lunch..tell me I'm not hallucinating." Makoto smiled.
"It's real Usagi." Usagi fell down to the floor, and hugged her lunch bag saying
"Food. Lovely food. Mmm. Mmm." Shou laughed.
"I don't suppose we could share?" For the first time, Usagi looked angry with him.
"NO!!" she shouted, and began eagerly devouring her food. Shou took a step back. After he did it, he saw it was the wisest thing to do as Usagi's food started escaping from her mouth going in all directions. Ami held up a wash cloth.
"Usagi, slow up!" Makoto shook her head. "
She's as obsessed with food as..I don't know. As Queen Beryl was with conquering the Moon Kingdom." The Troopers looked at her strangely, and she remembered that they didn't know about the Silver Millennium or even the Moon Kingdom. Makoto sighed. Where to begin? she asked herself. Luna stepped up.
"Well," she started. "Lets begin with the fact that 1000 years ago, there was a time called the Silver Millennium when all the planets were at peace. On our moon, there was a mighty kingdom, called the Moon Kingdom, ruled by a kind a beautiful Queen, Queen Selene. Queen Selene had a daughter. Princess Serenity. And.."
"You mean the Usagi we see here?" Seiji asked, cutting Luna off. They all glanced down at Usagi, who was too busy eating to notice much. Luna nodded.
"The very same. Now, The other senshi are also princesses of their respective planets. One day, an evil Queen, by the name of Queen Beryl showed up with her Negaverse and the Negaforce and attacked the moon kingdom, killing everyone on the kingdom except Queen Serenity, Artemis and I. Queen Serenity used the Crescent Moon Wand to send all of the children of the moon to earth 1000 years into the future, but she used up all of her energy doing it, so she died." Touma and Seiji were the only two who looked like they understood any of that.
"Could ye paraphrase for us, Luna?" Shin asked her. Luna shook her head.
"I did paraphrase." Makoto shrugged.
"The actual story is a whole lot longer and a lot more complicated than that." She told them. By now, Usagi had finished her lunch. She stood up.
"Who's up for the Arcade?" She asked cheerfully. The Troopers all shook their heads.
"We have to practice for our next fight." Ryo told them. Suddenly, a blast knocked them off their feet. They heard laughter, and looked up to see Bertie and Rajura appear laughing. Rajura looked down at them.
"What better way to practice Ryo than to fight us?" He asked them. Makoto looked, and the next instant the Troopers were all in their pre-armors. They all transformed. Usagi held up her locket.
"Moon Crystal Power, Make UP!" Usagi waved her hand in front of it and the top disappeared revealing the Imperium Silver Crystal. A pink glare erupted from the crystal then Usagi put the locket in place, she twirled around twice and put up her arms as she grew wings and her body suit. Then she got her gloves, her boots, and her tiara grew from her moon birthmark with her barrettes and earrings following. Then she struck her pose. I won't describe Sailorjupiter's and Sailormercury's transformation because I have already.
Before Sailormoon could say a word, Rajura said "I know you're Sailormoon, you don't have to tell me." Bertie smiled and directed a blast at the senshi.
"YAAAAAAAAIIIIIIII!!!" was Sailormoon dodging the blast. Ryo turned to Rajura.
"FLARE UP NOW!!!!!!" Rajura easily dodged the attack.
"I won't be caught a second time, Ronin." He told them.
"We're going to get this crystal point!" she told them. Sailorjupiter shook her head.
"You're not getting anything, Nega-Sleaze! Sparkling Wide Pressure!!" Bertie wasn't able to retreat in time and she fell to the ground. Rajura stared down at her stunned. He turned angrily to Sailorjupiter. He struck with his scythes.
"YOU'LL PAY FOR THAT!!" he yelled. Sailorjupiter dodged Rajura..barely. She was left with a deep cut on her upper arm.
"Shabon Spray!!!" Rajura found himself enveloped in a thick fog. Mercury let out her breath. She ran over to the Troopers and the other two senshi, where Shin was anxiously examining Sailorjupiter's arm. "It's deep. How do ye feel?" He asked her. Sailorjupiter winced. "It hurts.." was all she could get out. Shin turned. He had been meaning to get Rajura back for hitting her. Now he had a motivation. By this time, the fog had dissipated.
Before Rajura could react Shin let loose with "SUPER...WAVE... SMASHER!!" Rajura was thrown against a wall in a column of water. Rajura slumped to the ground. Shou held up his staff.
"IRON ROCK CRUSHER!!!!" Rajura was sent flying again and when he landed his helmet had been blown off. Sailormoon stared down at him in awe. He's so cute! she thought. How could he be so evil? She thought about Nephrite, remembering that he too was evil and cute..for a time. Touma snorted.
"Well at least we know Rajura is a guy." he said. Good thing too, he thought. He couldn't have stood the thought of beating up on a girl like that. By this time, Bertie had awakened and had surveyed the damage. She screamed and appeared by Rajura's side. She looked into his face, and disappeared with him. The Troopers and Senshi had won this fight.