Title: Sailor Moon: SZ (Sailors of the Zodiac)
Revised from Sailor Moon: The Constellations Beyond the Planets
Rated: PG-13
By: Ducky
Disclaimer: I hold no claim to Sailor Moon, that honor goes to Naoko-sensei. (She's my idol!) I do however own the Zodiac senshi as well as Sailor Proxima and Tuxedo Mirage. I also own the plot and the new evil forces that will challenge our heroes.
A/N: Thank you to those who reviewed. I really appreciate it.…Now , I got a review asking who Autumn was…Well she, likes so many others, is a new character that I came up with to add on to the Sailor Moon seasons. She is a character who has had a kind of lonely life…I can't really explain it cause it would completely ruin the story.
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The phone rang at the Seino house hold. Autumn was right in thinking that her brother was already home. Cole was beginning to get worried. He had called his father to confirm that Autumn had called him earlier and his father had told him that, yes she had called him saying that she was at home.
"Where are you Autumn…it's almost nine o'clock." He said as he watched the TV It was very unusual for Autumn to be home past seven o'clock. "That's it." He said as he got up and proceeded to the door. Once there he began to put on his shoes when the doorbell rang. He opened it to reveal the young man that Autumn had met earlier at the university.
"Oh hey Noah." Cole said rather angrily as he began to put on his shoes.
"Uh, did I come at a bad time?" Noah asked as he tried to handle the pile of books and paper that were in his hands. "What are you so worked up about anyway?"
"My sister hasn't come home yet."
"And that's unusual?" Noah asked with a weird look on his face.
"Yes, she's always home by seven." He said as he took Noah's books and placed them on the table beside him. "Can you help me find her?"
"Sure…" He said as they walked out of the house and out onto the driveway where they spotted Autumn. She was walking up the drive way rather stiffly and her brother looked like he was about to blow a gasket.
"Autumn! Where the heck have you been!" Cole almost yelled as she walked up towards them.
"Out…I went for a walk." She said and then looked up from the pavement, that's when she noticed Noah standing there with her brother.
"You know dad is gonna blow a fuse because you didn't tell him you were going out!"
"Wait a minute!" Noah said loudly so both of the siblings would stop their argument. "She's your sister?" He asked more calmly, as if he was surprised.
Both Autumn and Cole looked at him with a surprised look on their face.
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In a dark and dreary room sat a lone figure. She sat in a very tall throne that looked as if it was carved from stone. It had beautiful patterns on it, but yet it was evil looking and so was the figure that sat impatiently on it.
"Levana come forth!" The woman in the chair yelled aloud. The many demons around her in the great room cowered back in fear.
"Yes your Majesty." Levana said as she appeared in the dark room bowing slightly, a look of fear on her face. She had several scratches and bruises on her from the battle with Sailor Proxima and the planet senshi.
"Did you complete your task?" The woman in the chair questioned thoroughly as the light in the room finally hit her features. She was beautiful. Her skin was as pale as snow and her eyes, which were a dark shade of purple, held no emotion whatsoever. Her lengthy black and red hair was pulled back in a most awkward manner and a black crown adorned her odd hair style. The crown, almost similar to that of Neo Queen Serenity, was black and was more pointy with rubies on it. She wore a long revealing black gown that left her arms and shoulders bare of any material.
"No your Majesty, but with good reason." Levana said cowardly.
"Explain!" The Queen yelled with a young but harsh voice.
"The Sailor Scouts came as you predicted your Majesty but there was also another that you did not warn me about." She said as she looked to her Queen who had a very displeased look on her face, then she continued. "She is powerful and managed to wound me."
"I see. Tell me, what is this Sailor Scout's name?" The Queen questioned.
"Sailor Proxima, sailor senshi of the heavens." She said angrily. The Queen gasped and her eyes went wide. "Your Majesty is there something wrong?"
"No nothing. I want you to do everything in your power to destroy Sailor Proxima!"
"But your Majesty, what of the others?"
"Nevermind them for now! I want her destroyed! Do not fail me Levana!" The Queen said as she stood up in her chair, anger present in her purple eyes.
"Yes your Majesty. It will be done."
*
Three figures stood patiently on a bridge that overlooked the ocean. They quietly scanned the area of anything that seemed to be out of place. But nothing was. It was a quiet night in Tokyo and yet here these three figures stood waiting.
"She said she would be here. I wonder what's taking her." One of the three said to the other two. The other tall figure nodded.
"She probably has good reason for being late." The shortest one said.
"Yes. We must consider the type…" The tallest said and then whipped her head around.
"I'm sorry for taking so long but I had to make sure everything was secure." A figure with long hair said as she appeared behind them.
"What did you want to see us about Trista?" Amara asked.
"I came here to inform all of you that there is a new enemy that is plaguing Tokyo." Trista stated a she flipped her hair back over her shoulder.
"What!" All three said with disbelieving looks on their faces.
"That's funny. I didn't sense anything." Michelle said while deep in thought.
"Are they powerful Trista?" Hotaru questioned, her purple eyes filled with concern.
Trista nodded. "Yes they are quite powerful. I didn't even see this coming, it's like something was blocking my view of what was to come in the future." She said as she rested her chin on the back of her hand.
"I think Trista's losing her touch." Amara said jokingly. Trista looked a her fellow senshi and friend with anger and hurt in her eyes.
"You may as well know Amara…" Trista said as she opened the palm of her hand and her Time staff appeared. "That every time I come to this dimension I am weakened…there's some food for thought." She said and then in the blink of an eye, was gone.
"I think you made her really angry Amara." Michelle said in a sympathetic tone of voice. "We all know how lonely she is guarding the Gate of Time."
"What time is it?" Hotaru asked, completely changing the subject.
"Almost 9:30. I think we better get you home before your father finds out you're gone." Amara said. Hotaru nodded. All three quickly jumped into Amara's yellow sports car and sped of towards the Tomoe mansion.
*
The weeks after quickly went by and soon the girls were on holidays. There were no attacks and they all thought that it was over. The outer senshi kept Trista's ultimatum in mind, ready and willing to defend the planet. They had not told the others of their little rendezvous with the Guardian of Time.
Serena continued to try and persuay Autumn to go and do something with them but she would always decline. The girls could see the loneliness in her eyes when she walked by them after school or when she was picked up by her brother that one time.
"Autumn…Autumn wait!" Serena yelled as Autumn continued to walk towards the gates that would free her from the school grounds. Serena and the other girls continued to persue her as she continued on her way. Serena now had enough and ran to catch up with girl.
"Autumn." Serena said as she stepped in front of the girl. Amy, Lita and Mina had now rejoined her and were waiting patiently to hear something. "Why don't you come with us to the arcade or something?"
"Yeah! It would be major fun and you could meet Raye." Mina piped up.
Just as Autumn was about to reply a blue SUV pulled up along the side of the road. The window rolled down and a young man around the age of nineteen stuck his head of the rolled down window. "Hey, thought I'd pick you up today." He said as he waited for a response.
Autumn nodded and turned back to the group of girls before her. "I'm sorry I can't. Thank you anyway." She replied with her usual answer as she turned and began to make her way to the blue SUV.
"Hey Autumn," Lita said. "Who's that in the jeep?"
"Oh, um, that's my bother. Bye." She said and then quickly made her way to the blue vehicle where her brother was patiently waiting.
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The phone rang annoyingly in Noah's apartment. He tossed and turned in his bed not even noticing the wailing of the phone. He was deep asleep and having a dream.
Noah stood under a bright starlit sky dressed in weird clothing that looked as it if came from the days of King Arthur. Even though the sky was clear the Moon was nowhere to be seen. In front of him there were pillars that were made completely out of white marble from which water gently flowed. When he turned around he saw a palace. A white marble palace with engravings of stars all over it.
He quickly turned when he heard footsteps coming from the opposite direction. When he turned back to where he was previously looking he saw a girl. Her hair was quite long and was put up in the most unusual style. She wore a flowing white gown and the only thing he couldn't make out about her was her face. She was close enough to see but the image of her face never reached him.
As he looked closer he could see that she was walking on water! The water that was flowing from the white marble pillars. She looked so graceful and beautiful as she continued her way towards him.
When she finally did reach him she automatically fell into his arms and sighed. He looked down at the beauty in his arms and wished he could see her face…the image, though, of her beautiful face would never reach him in this dream world. "Ganymedes…" She said as she snuggled into his embrace. She was about to look up when…The phone rang maddly again and again and finally with a grunt, Noah turned over and picked up the phone. "Hello?" He said groggily.
"Oh Noah. How is my baby boy!" A very cheery female voice screamed. It was too much for Noah to bear, so he removed the phone from his ear.
"Hello mother." He said rather annoyed as he put the phone back to his ear. "Why did she have to call now! I was just about to figure out who that girl was!!" He thought to himself, rather irritated. "Mother you do know it's…" He said as he turned his alarm clock around to look at the time. "Two in the morning…Mother!" He said in a whiney tone of voice.
"I'm sorry, you know how much I miss you when you're away." She stated matter of factly.
"Yes mother…what do I owe the pleasure of receiveing this call at two AM." He said sarcastically.
"Thank you very much Noah Alexander! I'll have you know I have better things to do with my time than sit here and be made a fool!"
"That's definitely the sleep talking, too many hours at work." He thought to himself as he tried to think of something to say to his mother.
Noah was the son of Keith and Maria Michiyo, one of Tokyo's richest families. When Noah was just out of high school Keith and Maria had decided to move to America, where Maria would expand the family business and Keith would teach at a universtiy. Noah had decided to stay in Japan so he could continue his studies.
"Anyway dear I was calling you to tell you that I might have a potential roomate for you, since you told me that you were looking for one." His mother paused and then continued. "He and your father have become friends and he told him that he will be travelling back to Tokyo for a while."
"So how did you find out he needed a place to stay?" Noah asked as he rubbed the sleep from his eyes and yawned.
"Well your father asked him if he had a place to stay while he was in town. He is very nice Noah and I think you two have a lot in common. Why don't you give it a shot?" His mother asked, almost pleading.
"Fine, fine. When will he be here?" He asked as he propped himself up on his elbow.
"In about three days. You're father will call you with the details. Well I should let you go now dear." His mother said. "Good night."
"Good night mother." He said and then hung up the phone. "I should have told her to let dad know not to call me so late." He said as he turned over in his bed and pulled the covers up over his head. "Now it's time to go back to dream land."
*
Autumn walked down the stairs of her home. She had just woken up and her hair was a mess. She continued on her way smelling fresh bacon and eggs being made. That's just what she needed, a nice warm breakfast. Besides she had a craving for something salty.
She entered the kitchen and sat down, only noticing one thing. Cole in an apron cooking. He looked at her with a glare as she started to giggle. He looked so funny.
"What are you laughing at spaghetti head?" He said annoyingly.
"Nothing." She said as he walked over and placed a plate of food in front of her along with a glass of orange juice. "Since when do you cook anyway?"
"Hello! Where have you been for the past five years!" He said as he removed the apron and sat down beside her with his own plate of breakfast.
Autumn looked down at her food. "It looks good." She said and then looked at him suspiciously. "You didn't poison it did you?"
"No, but it was the first thought I had when I started cooking. Anyway a girl with blonde hair dropped by this morning asking if you wanted to do something." He said as he casually took a drink of his juice.
Autumn nearly spit out her drink. "What!" She said surprised.
"Yeah. When I told her you were still asleep she asked me to tell you to meet her and her friends up at the temple on Cherry Hill before one." He said as he put his glass down and continued to eat. He noticed Autumn's worried and terrified facial expression. "Alright. What is it?" He said starting to get fed up.
"I…I don't want to go." She said flatly.
"You know you're really starting to annoy me. You know that you're going to miss out on life if you don't get out of the house and make friends! Would it be that bad for that girl to be your friend?" He said as he looked at Autumn for a response. He didn't get one. "Why can't you just be a normal girl and have fun Autumn?" He asked quietly.
"Because I'm not normal!" She yelled. She almost slapped herself when she realized what she had said. Cole stared with a look of surprise on his face and seemed taken aback at her sudden outburst. "I can't make friends like you Cole! All I have ever been to people was a pawn and have always been known as the poor little rich girl."
Cole felt sorry for yelling at her now. But he was right. All she really needed was a friend and he felt that the girl that came by this morning was a genuine person who could give Autumn that. "Look. It's almost noon and I have to go out." He said calmly and thought carefully about what he was going to do. "You're going to meet with those girls and you're going to have fun and I will take you there even if I have to drag you out of this house." He said and then got up and with his dishes in hand walked over to the sink.
Autumn watched as he washed the dishes and never said a word that would contradict her brother. Deep down inside she knew he was right but she didn't want to believe it.
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Serena, the girls and their feline companions sat on the front step of Raye's temple waiting. All were sitting, well except for Raye who was yelling at Chad again for singing. Serena began to laugh when Raye tripped over the broom that Chad had dropped.
"So Serena. You think she'll come?" Mina asked rather loudly to stop Serena's laughing.
"I don't know. When I went over this morning her brother answered the door and said she was sleeping." She said, as she immediately stopped laughing.
"You gave him the message didn't you?" Lita asked.
Serena nodded. "I told him to tell her to meet us here around one."
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"Chad you loud mouth! You could wake the dead with that yell!" Raye said as she continued to run after the wailing Chad. Now she was equipped with broom he had dropped, which she had unfortunately tripped on. This caused her to become really angry.
Raye continued to run, until she noticed someone walking up the stairs. She stopped immediatley and waited for the person. When the girl finally appeared clearly Raye went wide eyed. Her hair was in the exact same style as Serena's. She could even maybe pass as he twin! She wore a pair of khaki shorts and a light blue T-shirt. She also had what looked to be a brownish cat in her arms.
"Whoa, who's the Serena wannabe?" Chad said when he saw the girl.
Raye ignored him and walked up to the girl. "May I help you?" Raye asked politely.
"Yes. I was told to meet some people here. Would you know who Serena Tsukino is?" Autumn asked rather shyly.
"Oh you must be Autumn. Well my name is Raye and I don't believe we have met." She said as she bowed slightly. Autumn returned the gesture.
"Hey what about me Raye!" Chad said as he sulked up behind her.
"Oh. This is Chad." She said flatly.
"Nice to meet you." She said and then bowed.
"Come on. The others are waiting." Raye said as she led the way to the stairs where the other four girls were situated.
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"I can't believe you came!" Serena said practically bawling her eyes out. "Oh. We're going to have so much fun today!" She said as she sat with Autumn and the other girls on the steps. Autumn on the other hand seemed a little uncomfortable.
"Hey Autumn what's your cat's name?" Ami said noticing the small cat sitting on Autumn's lap. Luna and Artemis quickly took their places on Serena and Mina's laps as well.
"Oh this is Arion. She kinda tagged along when I left the house."
"Where did she get that star on her forehead?" Serena asked. Luna and Artemis looked at each other, then at the cat facing them. The cat didn't seem to notice as she payed close attention to the conversation.
"Oh she's had that since birth." She said as she patted Arion's head. "What about your cats?"
"Oh this is Luna…" Serena said holding her up.
"And this is Artemis my faithful companion!" Mina said as she hugged him a little too tight.
Autumn giggled a little as Artemis struggled for air. "So what did you guys have planned today?" Autumn asked.
"Well we could do all sorts of things…" Lita said and then continued. "Like go to the movies, go to the arcade, go shopping, go for a picnic or maybe even stay here at the temple."
"A picnic sounds good." Autumn said.
"YES!" Serena yelled. Everyone looked at her with weird looks on their faces. "What! Lita is the best cook and she said she made double the food just for me!"
"Oh Serena!" Everyone said.
*
The girls walked down a beautiful stone path in the park. It was a beautiful summers day and everything was peaceful. "…why don't you slide!…" Except for that. Chad had decided to tag along and was beginning to get on Raye's nerves.
"Chad! How many times…." She hissed between her teeth.
"…Oh you wanna get married…" He continued to sing.
"CHAD!" Raye yelled.
*
Above them Levana smiled as she watched as they walked through the park to their destination by the beach. Her ice blue eyes flashed in anger as she watched. If she attacked these girls Sailor Proxima would surely come. She wanted to get her hands on that no good sailor scout as soon as possible. It was her plessure to rid the world of Sailor Proxima. She intended to fulfill the mission her Queen had asked of.
"Soon." She simply said as her ice blue eyes flashed again. "Viper come forth!" She called to the wind. A huge dark cloud soon formed not to far away from her in the skies above Tokyo.
When the cloud disapated a woman that looked to be part snake, part human appeared. She wore a clingy black dress and her skin was green scales. On her bare back were black diamond shapes, as well as on her bare arms. Her eyes were yellow and that of a snakes and her tongue was long and slithery. She had extremely long black hair that seemed to slither when it blew.
"Yessss Missstresss." She hissed.
"Go and stir up some fun in the park below us." Levana said and then continued. "When Sailor Proxima shows up, destroy her. Is that understood?" She said coldly.
"It will be done."
*
"Hey here's a good spot you guys!" Serena yelled joyfully as she montioned the girls to follow. The girls follwed their leader and soon found themselves, with their things unpacked, sitting under a nice shady tree. Serena immideately took to chowing down as much food as possible. The others looked quite disgusted at Serena's behavior.
Raye was about to dish out a rude but true comment when suddenly a blast of white light appeared. Before anyone could think or do anything they were blasted by what appeared to be a snake woman. This woman stood with a smile ofvictory on her face. "That Sailor Proxima should be here in no time." She said, barely above a whisper.
Autumn who was presummed unconscious, lay sprawled out beside a bush. The others weren't paying much attention so at that moment Autumn peeked to see if the others would notice her sudden disapearance. No, they wouldn't. They were being beaten with everything that monster could dish out, so without thinking twice Autumn ducked behind the bush and transformed.
Arion was nearby watching, hoping that someone would save them. That's when she noticed Autumn duck behind a bush and transform. "That's it Autumn." Arion thought to herself, proud of her charge.
"Hey ugly!" Sailor Proxima said. The woman turned with a smile on her face. There she was. The Sailor of Purity and Justice within her grasp. "Let them go!" She yelled as she observed the battered girls before them.
"Sailor Proxima!" Mina yelled.
Viper let out an evil giggle. "You're finally here. Shall we begin." She said and then smiled. Sailor Proxima didn't like the look that she being given.
"Let's get this overwith." She said readying herself.
Viper simply smiled and snaped her fingers. A bunch of goo errupted from the ground and quickly stuck itself to Sailor Proxima's flailing limbs. Now the sailor of Purity stood completely imobile and suspended in mid-air.
"You're absolutely pathetic!" Came a familiar voice. Levana soon appeared directly infront of Sailor Proxima with a wide smile on her face. "I see the little mouse had been captured. What a pity." She said and then took hold of her chin. "This is for me." She said as she whispered in her ear and without a second to grasp what was going on Levana's palm filled with a ball of energy and she hurled it at the defensless sailor at point blank range.
Sailor Proxima let a blood curdling scream escape from her lungs. The girls' eyes filled with immense anger. They watched as Levana left leaving the almost unconscious sailor to Viper. Viper in turn did the same thing over and over again to the poor sailor. Serena was at whits end and was about to transform when a white rose pierced Viper in the side. The girls were relieved when Tuxedo Mirage appeared.
"Snakes such as you should be kept in a box!" He yelled.
"Is that so! Poison!" She yelled as she sent a stream of yellow liquid at the masked man in the trees. He easily dodged it but the blasts kept coming and unfortunately he was hit. Tuxedo Mirage grasped his side as he kneeled on the ground. Viper smiled. "I shall now dispose of you!" She said as she lifted a hand to the sky. "Then she will be next. Poi…"
"WORLD SHAKING!"
"DEEP SUMBERGE!"
The two outer shouted out their attacks as they blasted towards viper who had a looked of total horror on her face. Super Sailor Saturn jumped in front of Tuxedo Mirage just as the blast hit Viper. "SILENCE WALL!" She called as her magic shield enveloped the two of them.
"WE WILL BE VICTORIOUS!" Viper shouted as she seemed to melt away.
"Here let me see that." Saturn asked the masked man. He removed his hand and in turn she placed her on the wound. He grunted in pain but is soon stopped. When he looked down the sailor's hand was glowing with white light. Once she removed her hand he had been healed.
"Thank you." He said and then walked over to Sailor Proxima who he immideately cut down. She was unconscious and badly injured. He held the battered sailor in his arms and was about to go when Serena pipped up.
"Wait what are you doing?" Serena yelled as she tightly hung onto Lita's shoulder for support.
He simply looked at all of them. "I'll tend to her…" He said and then turned to Saturn. "You tend to them." He said and then quickly jumped off. Arion saw the masked man pick up her charge and quickly followed.
"Serena…" Neptune asked. "Do you know who she is?"
Serena nodded a 'no'.
"I can probably give you and idea though." Raye said.
"Hey you guys…" Amy asked. "Where's Autumn?"
*
Sailor Proxima woke to something wet being dabbed on her forehead. She opened her eyes only to see a man wearing a white mask. Her eyes widened and she quickly sat up, feeling the pain of the last battle. She grabbed her head.
"You shouldn't sit up you know." Tuxedo Mirage said as he helped her lay back down on what appeared to be a park bench in a secluded area of the park by a small fountain. She rested her head on his rolled up cape.
"What am I doing here?" She asked as he started pushing on her abdomen. "And what are you doing?" She asked with a look of question on her face as his hands moved along her rib cage. Suddenly she felt a twang of pain and almost sreamed. "That hurt!" She yelled.
"Well I should say so…your rib is broken." He said and the motioned for her to sit up. She did so and helped her so that she could lean against the back rest of the chair. He his cape and proceeded to rip it up into strips. He then walked over to the fountain and wet th pieces of his cape. She started in wonder as began to clean her wounds which had already started to heal because of the magic that now flowed through her veins. She bit down on her lip as he cleaned them. Tears had begun to form in her eyes.
"For someone who goes up against demons and evil generals I thought you would be a little more stronger." He said as he looked up at her with a smile. "All done."
"Well excuse me for being so weak and frail. I was doing just fine without you." She said as she stood up but the moment she did her feet gave way beneath her and she fell. Strong arms held her before she hit the freshly cut grass.
"You were saying." He said with a smile on his face.
She looked at him with wonder in his eyes. "What?" He asked. She raised a hand to his face. She wanted to know who he was. Her finger tips grasped his mask but at the same time he grasped her wrist. "There is nothing for you to see under this mask." He said rather coldly as he set her down on the bench and started off picking up his top hat on the way.
"Wait! Tell me who you are! You saved my life! At least let me thank you!" She yelled as he continued to walk away. "Thank you." She said quietly as he disapeared into the trees. She quickly turned her head when she heard yelling. Suddenly Arion popped out from the bushes.
"Autumn detransform and pretend to be unconscious…Serena and her friends are on their way." Arion said out of breath.
Autumn did as she said and within seconds she was back to her old self and she was laying peacefully on the bench.
*
On a nearby roof top Tuxedo Mirage stood looking down at the city his top hat in hand. He stared solemnly at the sity below him as he removed his mask. His short dirty blonde hair blew in the wind as he blinked his green eyes. "I'm sorry but this is the way it has to be." He said as if he was talking to someone. His gaze saddened as he turned to walk away. "By the way you're welcome and my name is Noah."
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YEEEEEEEESSSSSS! I finished it! I hope you guys will like it! Please read and review! I would love it! ~Ducky~