Disclaimer in prologue....
Death and Renewal
Part 1
by Sarah lynne
The setting sun reflected off the pool like a mirror.
The sheer blueness of the pool
reminded the onlookers of each other's eyes. Mamoru looked down
at his beautiful Usako and
smiled a smile of pure joy. Holding Usako in his arms was like
bliss to him.
* * *
Being held by Mamo-chan was wonderful. His warmth and
soothing presence made
Usagi feel drowsy with love. Her blue eyes captured his and saw
the absolute devotion he had
for her. Her sigh was content. Usagi remembered back to the
earlier parts of her day. Ms.
Haruna had decided to pick on Usagi because she was late (as usual).
Usagi had started crying
and Naru had tried calming her down. Usagi had found herself
standing out in the hall, holding
two buckets full of water on her shoulders and a sign around her
neck proclaiming her guilt. She
hated when this happened!
Then the meeting at Rei's had been a disaster. She got
there late because of her
detention. Rei started all out on her and called her bad names.
Usagi had cried, and all her
other friends had hung their heads with *huge* sweatdrops on
their heads!
When she had gotten home from the meeting, she had to
show her mom her latest test
score. It was safe to say that it wasn't her highest score.
Her mom had yelled at her like there
was no tomorrow. Then her younger brother, Shingo, had started
picking on how bad she did in
school. She could still remember the conversation.
*Flashback*
"Usagi, I want you to go straight to your room and
start your homework! No more
manga's for you until it's done!" Tsukino Ikuko shouted at
her young daughter.
"But Mo-" Usagi tried to protest.
"No buts young lady! No get a move on!"
As Usagi started up the stairs, her brother ran into
her running down the hall. "Watch
where you are going, dummy! You need glasses or something?"
That was the last Usagi could take. She picked up her
feet and started to charge Shingo
with all the pain and embarrassment of that day. Screams of
fear and squeals of frustration
echoed throughout the street.
*Present*
Usagi tried to forget the past day. Here in her
Mamo-chan's arms, she felt all the
problems slip away like ice in spring. She had managed to
sneak out of the house to go on this
outing with Mamo-chan. Now she was glad she had taken the
risk.
* * *
Usagi jerked awake at the tugging of Luna at
her nightgown sleeve. She quickly looked
at the clock and shrieked. "OOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHHH
NNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!! I'M LAAAAAAAAATE!!!!
WHY DIDN"T SOMEONE WAKE
ME?" The usual blur that was Usagi in the morning
rampaged her family's kitchen and out the
door. Her family wondered how she got the energy in the
morning.
Usagi couldn't believe she was going to be late
again. She really had to get over this
habit. She got into the door of her room and into her
seat just before Ms. Haruna came in the
door. Ms. Haruna stopped suddenly and looked at Usagi with
surprise written all over her face.
"Oh my goodness! We're actually on time, Ms. Tsukino. Is
the world ending?! Do I see the sky
falling or pigs flying?!"
Usagi's face grew red and a large sweatdrop appeared
on her head as the entire class
started laughing.
* * *
At lunch, Usagi looked for either Makoto or Ami to
share lunch with (actually share *their*
lunch). She finally found them when she thought she was going
to faint from lack of food. When
she saw Makoto open her lunchpail, Usagi thought she had died
and gone to heaven. Food!
Wonderful, magnificent food! Before Makoto knew what had
happened, her lunch was half gone
and Ami was trying to calculate Usagi's eating speed. She
stopped trying after 200 mph.
"Uh..um...Konnichi wa, Usagi. You okay?" Makoto
said uncertainly. She hoped Usagi
wouldn't choke. But, with Usagi and food, choking rarely
happened. She ate it too fast.
"Hai, Mako-chan. I just didn't eat breakfast this
morning and I'm nearly starving! I
barely made it through Ms. Haruna's English class."
Before Makoto could answer, a huge explosion wrest
the peace of the afternoon. All
three girls jumped, startled. They all saw Luna run up to
them and start yanking on Usagi's skirt.
None of the three girls needed to guess what that meant.
All three jumped to their feet and ran
in the direction of the explosion, Ami calling on her
communicator to Rei and Minako.
* * *
When the girls got to the site, an unpleasant scene
greeted them. Five different
youma's were attacking random people and draining them of
their energy. They weren't careful
about where they threw things and they started cars exploding.
Ami, Makoto, and Usagi
hurriedly transformed.
"For love and justice, I am the pretty sailor-suited
soldier, Sailor Moon! In the name of
the moon, I will punish you!!"
"In the name of Mercury...."
"In the name of Jupiter...."
"We will punish you!"
The youmas just looked at these females in
miniskirts and laughed. Their superiors had
briefed them on these menaces. They had defeated Beryl
and the Negamoon family, sure, but
their master would defeat them. Their master was all powerful.
The youmas charged the three Senshi, counting
on overpowering them. Cries of "
SHINE AQUA ILLUSION!" and "SPARKLING WIDE PRESSURE!"
and "MOON PRINCESS
HALATION!" rang throughout the clearing. For all the
three Senshi's powers, they were soon
surrounded, wondering what had happened to the two other
members of their group.
Just when it seemed that the youma were going to
spring, a pure red rose streaked
through the air to land in front of the youma. Everyone
looked up to see a tall, black haired man
in a tuxedo and mask standing on top of a lamppost with
his red-lined cape swirling in the wind.
"Don't give up hope, Sailor Senshi. Your companions are
on their way. Fight back and don't let
them corner them. You can do it!"
Without another comment, Tuxedo Kamen jumped from
the lamppost and struck one of
the youma's with the heel of his shoe. The fight was one
with roses, ice, lightening, and
moonbeams flying everywhere. Yet the numbers of youmas
seemed to be growing. When one
youma was defeated, two more appeared in its place from
out of nowhere. Soon the three
Senshi and Tuxedo Kamen were surrounded again with no
less than twenty youmas surrounding
them.
The shouts of "BURNING MANDALA!" and "LOVE ME
CHAIN!" seemed god sent. Soon
the battle was joined again. Yet the youma kept coming.
After a half hour of fighting, the Senshi
and Tuxedo Kamen retreated to a safe place to recuperate.
Mercury and Venus each sported a
badly slashed leg which were oozing blood at an alarming
rate. Mars had a slight cute on her
forehead which oozed a trickle of blood into her raven
black bangs. Tuxedo Kamen was limping
on his right leg. Moon didn't have enough energy left
to heal everyone. This battle was draining
all their strength.
As they tried to regain a little strength, a
black portal opened above the battlefield. More
youma sped out of the portal to replace the fallen.
The Senshi turned battered and bleeding
bodies to face this new enemy.
* * *
The swirling fog seemed to envelope the
solitary figure of Sailor Pluto. Her red eyes
watched the battle in modern Tokyo with concern.
Something was wrong with the time
continium. This battle was not supposed to be
happening. The shockwaves were huge! This
could have repercussions as far as Crystal Tokyo.
Sailor Pluto knew that her getting involved
was forbidden except in emergencies. Yet, she thought
this qualified as an emergency. She set
the Time Gate to Tokyo in the 1990's and went through.
* * *
The uneven battle joined with the youma having
the advantage. It didn't take long for
Mercury and Venus to be defeated and sent spinning
into oblivion against a brick wall. A huge,
hairy youma jumped in front of Moon, intent on killing
the leader of the Senshi once and for all.
Before the swipe could make contact, though, a black
clad body jumped in front of Sailor Moon,
shielding her from danger. Yet, before the clawed hand
made contact with Tuxedo Kamen's
chest, a shout not often heard rang out. "DEAD
SCREAM!" The youma was swept away by
Sailor Pluto's attack. The youmas stopped attacking
when they noticed this new Senshi. They
had not been briefed on her! They decided this was a
great place for a retreat. Black portals
sprang up for the youma's escapes. Soon the battlefield
was empty except for the weary and
battered Sailor Senshi and Tuxedo Kamen.
Sailor Moon soon remembered Mercury and Venus.
They were laying in pools of blood
that were too large. Tears started to well up in her
eyes. She didn't have enough strength for
her healing power, and they would be dead before they
were able to reach a hospital. She felt
strong arms come around her waist. She turned her head
to see the white mask and scratched
face of Tuxedo Kamen right above her shoulder. Then she
felt the most unusual sensation. She
felt an inflowing of strength. Sailor Moon soon realized
that it was Tuxedo Kamen who was
lending her his strength by some unknown method. She
soon had enough to heal Mercury and
Venus. "MOON HEALING ESCALATION!" rang from her lips.
Soon Mercury and Venus were
being helped up by Sailor Mars and Sailor Jupiter.
Everyone turned to Sailor Pluto with questioning
looks on their faces. None of them had
seen Sailor Pluto since they had traveled back in time to
help the rulers of Crystal Tokyo.
Seeing her now was passing strange. They had also never
seen her Dead Scream attack. Their
looks prompted Sailor Pluto for answers. She did the best
she could in explanation. "I have
come to right a great wrong in the time stream. Some great
event is going to happen in the
future and even I can't see what it is. Some mysterious
force is blocking my powers when it
comes to seeing into any future beyond this point in time.
This mysterious event will effect the
future all the way to Crystal Tokyo. An evil foreboding
came over me when I sensed this great
event. So I have come personally to protect and give
aid to you through whatever is about to
happen. In everyday life, I am known as Meiou Setsuna."
This response seemed to stun the Senshi as they
stared at Sailor Pluto. All this talk
about the time stream and great mysterious events
happening was a little beyond them at this
moment. Yet, after a few moments, it sunk in. They had a
new ally.
* * *
The dark man cursed at this unexpected event.
His mind had never foreseen the event
of the Guardian of the Time Gate getting personally
involved. His spell to cloud her judgment
and vision must not have worked. Oh, well. These
kinks in plans were to be expected.
The heavy click of his bootheels sounded down
the cavernous room as he headed
towards the door leading to his war room. He was
already planning his next plot to achieve his
ultimate goal.
* * *
The wind whipped through the cherry blossom trees,
making the soft petals fall around
the couple as they walked hand in hand down the park lane.
Birds seemed to sing just for them.
Mamoru was in heaven in his mind. The most beautiful
girl in the world was waking hand in
hand with *him*, of all people. His life seemed like a
dismal memory before Usagi. It seemed
no one had love him and no one had cared. Then the bright
light of Usagi's love made his life
worth living.
He squeezed Usagi's hand tighter just to make sure
she was real. She turned her golden
head and gave him a smile that brightened his life. Her
blue eyes danced in the sunlight
streaming through the trees. An air of grace and pose
seemed to surround her.
That was until she didn't watch where she was
going and she slammed into a tree and
tumbled into a heap of arms and legs before Mamoru could
warn her there was a tree in her way.
He rushed to help her up and soothe her crying. He smiled
at his Usako. Her clumsiness just
made her more enduring in his heart. He gave her a smile
which caught her attention. How
Usako, how much I love you, ran through his head as he gazed
into her eyes.
* * *
Usagi hadn't even seen the tree as she crashed into
it. She had been captivated by her
Mamo-chan's eyes. They were the blue of the sky and sea.
She loved him so much. Then she
felt the sharp sting of the tree bark and had fell on her tush
in a very embarrassing situation. As
usual, she couldn't control her tears and they fell in literal
waterfalls. She hated falling and being
clumsy in front of Mamo-chan.
She felt soft, warm hands on her shoulders, helping her
up. She gazed into
Mamo-chan's soft blue eyes and were captivated all over again.
She could see his deep and
uncontrollable love for her in their depths. Mamo-chan's entir
e soul seemed to be spilling into
his eyes. His whole soul was concerned about how bad she was
hurt and his love for her.
Before Usagi knew what she was doing, her lips met
Mamo-chan's in a kiss that was
tender and sweet. She never wanted it to end. Unfortunately,
that was not to be. It just
happened that Usagi's parents were walking in the same park, getting
away together from their
hectic lives. They were strolling peacefully, hand in hand, until
Tsukino Kenji saw his daughter
kissing that guy Mamoru. Smoke tumbled from his ears and a deep
fire started to build up in his
eyes.
Usagi and Mamoru looked up startled when they heard the
howl of rage, both thinking
that the Negaverse had found them again. Mamoru nearly had a
heart attack when he saw
Usako's father charging him with a knife in his hand.
Why Kenji would be walking in the park
with a knife was beyond him. His mind was too crazed to think
clearly. All he did was start
running like the hounds of hell were after.
Usagi was startled at her father's charge. She
had never seen him this steamed. Then
it dawned on her. He had seen Mamo-chan kiss her. She
saw Mamo-chan bolt out of the park
with her father close on his heels. All she could do was
stare, stare, stare, and get a HUGE
sweatdrop on her head.
* * *
The next morning saw Usagi running to school like
she was in the Olympics . Same
routine everyday. The bell rang just as she walked into
Ms. Haruna's class. What surprised
Usagi was that the teacher wasn't there. Usually Ms. H.
would have nailed Usagi for being so
late. Well, since she wasn't there, no harm done. Usagi
went to her seat next to Naru and sat
down. She felt a tapping as soon as she sat down. Before
she could turn around, a face with
huge glasses jumped right into her face. Usagi jumped back
and fell over in her chair. Shouts of
"UMINO, I'M GOING TO RIP YOUR HEAD OFF!" could be heard
throughout the halls. When
Ms. Haruna finally walked around, a ripped apart classroom
met her eyes. Usagi was chasing
Umino around the classroom with papers and pencils flying.
Ms. Haruna hung her head with a
huge sweatdrop appearing. When would Usagi ever stop?
* * *
The shadows seemed to be crawling with
his evil minions. He just stared into
space, remembering. Now was the time to finally finish
is work of revenge. No Guardian of
Time was going to get in his way. He tried to think of
a plan better than his last one. Then he
had it. He would find out the Sailor Senshi's and
Tuxedo Kamen's secret identities. When they
weren't the Sailor Senshi, they were bound to be less
powerful. That was when he would strike.
* * *
The sun shown down as the evil agent Zoomite
stepped out of the dark portal. She
couldn't believe her master was making her be human.
She hated humans and their shifting
emotions. They were never stable. Oh, well. The master
wished the identities of the Sailor
Senshi, so he would have them. At least she wouldn't be
human forever. Her master had given
her the ability to detect planet power in individuals.
All she had to do was look at a person and
she would sense if they had planet power.
Zoomite figured the best place to start was a
school. The Sailor Senshi looked about
school age, so that was where she would start. She started
walking to Juubans Middle School as
the sun shown down.
* * *
Meiou Setsuna was walking to her new job when
she noticed a student walking to school.
Something about this student made her shiver with apprehension.
The purple hair and brown
eyes didn't seem to belong to this world. The air
around this teenage girl writhed with malice and
harm. Setsuna resolved to watch this girl. She could be
dangerous.
* * *
Zoomite walked into her new classroom. She
could immediately feel an immense planet
power bombard her senses. Her brown eyes jumped to a
blond haired girl with a funny hairdo.
She seemed to be talking a mile a minute with a girl
with short red hair. Zoomite couldn't take
her eyes off this girl. She seemed to literally glow
with planet power.
Her observance was cut short by the teacher
touching her shoulder. She flinched
because a human had actually touched her. The teacher,
Ms. Haruna, just thought she was
startled so she introduced the new student Zelda, a
foreign exchange student from America, to
the class. Without taking her eyes off the blond
haired girl, Zelda went to her seat by a guy with
huge glasses. Time to start digging in and she didn't
mean schoolwork.
* * *
Usagi felt a cold wind on her face. She turned
her blue eyes to look upon the new
foreign exchange student. Those brown eyes were cold and
lifeless. Usagi shivered. Yet she
couldn't take her eyes off the new student. The girl
obviously couldn't take her eyes of Usagi
either. Somehow, Usagi felt like a trapped rabbit.
Something inside her warned her to stay away
from this girl. She was dangerous.
* * *
After school was over and Zoomite could finally
get away from all those humans, she
was following the blond home. So far the blond had hooked
up with a blue haired girl carrying
three books and a brunette who was really tall. These
two other girls also gleamed with planet
power, though not as much as the blond. Zoomite crawled
closer so she could hear their
conversation. Much to her surprise, she was the topic of
conversation.
* * *
"This purple-haired girl is so scary. She just
seems to bring hatred wherever she goes. I
don't like her at all." Usagi was commenting to Ami and Makoto.
Ami nodded sagely and thought on Usagi's words.
This girl that Usagi described
sounded evil. All of a sudden, Ami felt a prickling on
the back of her neck. She turned to find no
one behind her. Odd, she thought, I could have sworn I
felt someone watching us.
"We'll just have to keep an eye on her. Be careful,
Usagi." Makoto commented.
* * *
Scary, am I?, thought Zoomite, We'll just have to see
how scary I can get. Her planet
power detection suddenly kicked in. A clear image of the
moon and the planets of Mercury and
Jupiter appeared in her mind's eye. So, these twits were Sailors
Moon, Mercury and Jupiter. At
least I now know half of their looks. Sailor Moon's name was
Usagi. A place to start.
TO BE CONTINUED....
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Death and Renewal
Part 1
by Sarah lynne
The setting sun reflected off the pool like a mirror.
The sheer blueness of the pool
reminded the onlookers of each other's eyes. Mamoru looked down
at his beautiful Usako and
smiled a smile of pure joy. Holding Usako in his arms was like
bliss to him.
* * *
Being held by Mamo-chan was wonderful. His warmth and
soothing presence made
Usagi feel drowsy with love. Her blue eyes captured his and saw
the absolute devotion he had
for her. Her sigh was content. Usagi remembered back to the
earlier parts of her day. Ms.
Haruna had decided to pick on Usagi because she was late (as usual).
Usagi had started crying
and Naru had tried calming her down. Usagi had found herself
standing out in the hall, holding
two buckets full of water on her shoulders and a sign around her
neck proclaiming her guilt. She
hated when this happened!
Then the meeting at Rei's had been a disaster. She got
there late because of her
detention. Rei started all out on her and called her bad names.
Usagi had cried, and all her
other friends had hung their heads with *huge* sweatdrops on
their heads!
When she had gotten home from the meeting, she had to
show her mom her latest test
score. It was safe to say that it wasn't her highest score.
Her mom had yelled at her like there
was no tomorrow. Then her younger brother, Shingo, had started
picking on how bad she did in
school. She could still remember the conversation.
*Flashback*
"Usagi, I want you to go straight to your room and
start your homework! No more
manga's for you until it's done!" Tsukino Ikuko shouted at
her young daughter.
"But Mo-" Usagi tried to protest.
"No buts young lady! No get a move on!"
As Usagi started up the stairs, her brother ran into
her running down the hall. "Watch
where you are going, dummy! You need glasses or something?"
That was the last Usagi could take. She picked up her
feet and started to charge Shingo
with all the pain and embarrassment of that day. Screams of
fear and squeals of frustration
echoed throughout the street.
*Present*
Usagi tried to forget the past day. Here in her
Mamo-chan's arms, she felt all the
problems slip away like ice in spring. She had managed to
sneak out of the house to go on this
outing with Mamo-chan. Now she was glad she had taken the
risk.
* * *
Usagi jerked awake at the tugging of Luna at
her nightgown sleeve. She quickly looked
at the clock and shrieked. "OOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHHH
NNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!! I'M LAAAAAAAAATE!!!!
WHY DIDN"T SOMEONE WAKE
ME?" The usual blur that was Usagi in the morning
rampaged her family's kitchen and out the
door. Her family wondered how she got the energy in the
morning.
Usagi couldn't believe she was going to be late
again. She really had to get over this
habit. She got into the door of her room and into her
seat just before Ms. Haruna came in the
door. Ms. Haruna stopped suddenly and looked at Usagi with
surprise written all over her face.
"Oh my goodness! We're actually on time, Ms. Tsukino. Is
the world ending?! Do I see the sky
falling or pigs flying?!"
Usagi's face grew red and a large sweatdrop appeared
on her head as the entire class
started laughing.
* * *
At lunch, Usagi looked for either Makoto or Ami to
share lunch with (actually share *their*
lunch). She finally found them when she thought she was going
to faint from lack of food. When
she saw Makoto open her lunchpail, Usagi thought she had died
and gone to heaven. Food!
Wonderful, magnificent food! Before Makoto knew what had
happened, her lunch was half gone
and Ami was trying to calculate Usagi's eating speed. She
stopped trying after 200 mph.
"Uh..um...Konnichi wa, Usagi. You okay?" Makoto
said uncertainly. She hoped Usagi
wouldn't choke. But, with Usagi and food, choking rarely
happened. She ate it too fast.
"Hai, Mako-chan. I just didn't eat breakfast this
morning and I'm nearly starving! I
barely made it through Ms. Haruna's English class."
Before Makoto could answer, a huge explosion wrest
the peace of the afternoon. All
three girls jumped, startled. They all saw Luna run up to
them and start yanking on Usagi's skirt.
None of the three girls needed to guess what that meant.
All three jumped to their feet and ran
in the direction of the explosion, Ami calling on her
communicator to Rei and Minako.
* * *
When the girls got to the site, an unpleasant scene
greeted them. Five different
youma's were attacking random people and draining them of
their energy. They weren't careful
about where they threw things and they started cars exploding.
Ami, Makoto, and Usagi
hurriedly transformed.
"For love and justice, I am the pretty sailor-suited
soldier, Sailor Moon! In the name of
the moon, I will punish you!!"
"In the name of Mercury...."
"In the name of Jupiter...."
"We will punish you!"
The youmas just looked at these females in
miniskirts and laughed. Their superiors had
briefed them on these menaces. They had defeated Beryl
and the Negamoon family, sure, but
their master would defeat them. Their master was all powerful.
The youmas charged the three Senshi, counting
on overpowering them. Cries of "
SHINE AQUA ILLUSION!" and "SPARKLING WIDE PRESSURE!"
and "MOON PRINCESS
HALATION!" rang throughout the clearing. For all the
three Senshi's powers, they were soon
surrounded, wondering what had happened to the two other
members of their group.
Just when it seemed that the youma were going to
spring, a pure red rose streaked
through the air to land in front of the youma. Everyone
looked up to see a tall, black haired man
in a tuxedo and mask standing on top of a lamppost with
his red-lined cape swirling in the wind.
"Don't give up hope, Sailor Senshi. Your companions are
on their way. Fight back and don't let
them corner them. You can do it!"
Without another comment, Tuxedo Kamen jumped from
the lamppost and struck one of
the youma's with the heel of his shoe. The fight was one
with roses, ice, lightening, and
moonbeams flying everywhere. Yet the numbers of youmas
seemed to be growing. When one
youma was defeated, two more appeared in its place from
out of nowhere. Soon the three
Senshi and Tuxedo Kamen were surrounded again with no
less than twenty youmas surrounding
them.
The shouts of "BURNING MANDALA!" and "LOVE ME
CHAIN!" seemed god sent. Soon
the battle was joined again. Yet the youma kept coming.
After a half hour of fighting, the Senshi
and Tuxedo Kamen retreated to a safe place to recuperate.
Mercury and Venus each sported a
badly slashed leg which were oozing blood at an alarming
rate. Mars had a slight cute on her
forehead which oozed a trickle of blood into her raven
black bangs. Tuxedo Kamen was limping
on his right leg. Moon didn't have enough energy left
to heal everyone. This battle was draining
all their strength.
As they tried to regain a little strength, a
black portal opened above the battlefield. More
youma sped out of the portal to replace the fallen.
The Senshi turned battered and bleeding
bodies to face this new enemy.
* * *
The swirling fog seemed to envelope the
solitary figure of Sailor Pluto. Her red eyes
watched the battle in modern Tokyo with concern.
Something was wrong with the time
continium. This battle was not supposed to be
happening. The shockwaves were huge! This
could have repercussions as far as Crystal Tokyo.
Sailor Pluto knew that her getting involved
was forbidden except in emergencies. Yet, she thought
this qualified as an emergency. She set
the Time Gate to Tokyo in the 1990's and went through.
* * *
The uneven battle joined with the youma having
the advantage. It didn't take long for
Mercury and Venus to be defeated and sent spinning
into oblivion against a brick wall. A huge,
hairy youma jumped in front of Moon, intent on killing
the leader of the Senshi once and for all.
Before the swipe could make contact, though, a black
clad body jumped in front of Sailor Moon,
shielding her from danger. Yet, before the clawed hand
made contact with Tuxedo Kamen's
chest, a shout not often heard rang out. "DEAD
SCREAM!" The youma was swept away by
Sailor Pluto's attack. The youmas stopped attacking
when they noticed this new Senshi. They
had not been briefed on her! They decided this was a
great place for a retreat. Black portals
sprang up for the youma's escapes. Soon the battlefield
was empty except for the weary and
battered Sailor Senshi and Tuxedo Kamen.
Sailor Moon soon remembered Mercury and Venus.
They were laying in pools of blood
that were too large. Tears started to well up in her
eyes. She didn't have enough strength for
her healing power, and they would be dead before they
were able to reach a hospital. She felt
strong arms come around her waist. She turned her head
to see the white mask and scratched
face of Tuxedo Kamen right above her shoulder. Then she
felt the most unusual sensation. She
felt an inflowing of strength. Sailor Moon soon realized
that it was Tuxedo Kamen who was
lending her his strength by some unknown method. She
soon had enough to heal Mercury and
Venus. "MOON HEALING ESCALATION!" rang from her lips.
Soon Mercury and Venus were
being helped up by Sailor Mars and Sailor Jupiter.
Everyone turned to Sailor Pluto with questioning
looks on their faces. None of them had
seen Sailor Pluto since they had traveled back in time to
help the rulers of Crystal Tokyo.
Seeing her now was passing strange. They had also never
seen her Dead Scream attack. Their
looks prompted Sailor Pluto for answers. She did the best
she could in explanation. "I have
come to right a great wrong in the time stream. Some great
event is going to happen in the
future and even I can't see what it is. Some mysterious
force is blocking my powers when it
comes to seeing into any future beyond this point in time.
This mysterious event will effect the
future all the way to Crystal Tokyo. An evil foreboding
came over me when I sensed this great
event. So I have come personally to protect and give
aid to you through whatever is about to
happen. In everyday life, I am known as Meiou Setsuna."
This response seemed to stun the Senshi as they
stared at Sailor Pluto. All this talk
about the time stream and great mysterious events
happening was a little beyond them at this
moment. Yet, after a few moments, it sunk in. They had a
new ally.
* * *
The dark man cursed at this unexpected event.
His mind had never foreseen the event
of the Guardian of the Time Gate getting personally
involved. His spell to cloud her judgment
and vision must not have worked. Oh, well. These
kinks in plans were to be expected.
The heavy click of his bootheels sounded down
the cavernous room as he headed
towards the door leading to his war room. He was
already planning his next plot to achieve his
ultimate goal.
* * *
The wind whipped through the cherry blossom trees,
making the soft petals fall around
the couple as they walked hand in hand down the park lane.
Birds seemed to sing just for them.
Mamoru was in heaven in his mind. The most beautiful
girl in the world was waking hand in
hand with *him*, of all people. His life seemed like a
dismal memory before Usagi. It seemed
no one had love him and no one had cared. Then the bright
light of Usagi's love made his life
worth living.
He squeezed Usagi's hand tighter just to make sure
she was real. She turned her golden
head and gave him a smile that brightened his life. Her
blue eyes danced in the sunlight
streaming through the trees. An air of grace and pose
seemed to surround her.
That was until she didn't watch where she was
going and she slammed into a tree and
tumbled into a heap of arms and legs before Mamoru could
warn her there was a tree in her way.
He rushed to help her up and soothe her crying. He smiled
at his Usako. Her clumsiness just
made her more enduring in his heart. He gave her a smile
which caught her attention. How
Usako, how much I love you, ran through his head as he gazed
into her eyes.
* * *
Usagi hadn't even seen the tree as she crashed into
it. She had been captivated by her
Mamo-chan's eyes. They were the blue of the sky and sea.
She loved him so much. Then she
felt the sharp sting of the tree bark and had fell on her tush
in a very embarrassing situation. As
usual, she couldn't control her tears and they fell in literal
waterfalls. She hated falling and being
clumsy in front of Mamo-chan.
She felt soft, warm hands on her shoulders, helping her
up. She gazed into
Mamo-chan's soft blue eyes and were captivated all over again.
She could see his deep and
uncontrollable love for her in their depths. Mamo-chan's entir
e soul seemed to be spilling into
his eyes. His whole soul was concerned about how bad she was
hurt and his love for her.
Before Usagi knew what she was doing, her lips met
Mamo-chan's in a kiss that was
tender and sweet. She never wanted it to end. Unfortunately,
that was not to be. It just
happened that Usagi's parents were walking in the same park, getting
away together from their
hectic lives. They were strolling peacefully, hand in hand, until
Tsukino Kenji saw his daughter
kissing that guy Mamoru. Smoke tumbled from his ears and a deep
fire started to build up in his
eyes.
Usagi and Mamoru looked up startled when they heard the
howl of rage, both thinking
that the Negaverse had found them again. Mamoru nearly had a
heart attack when he saw
Usako's father charging him with a knife in his hand.
Why Kenji would be walking in the park
with a knife was beyond him. His mind was too crazed to think
clearly. All he did was start
running like the hounds of hell were after.
Usagi was startled at her father's charge. She
had never seen him this steamed. Then
it dawned on her. He had seen Mamo-chan kiss her. She
saw Mamo-chan bolt out of the park
with her father close on his heels. All she could do was
stare, stare, stare, and get a HUGE
sweatdrop on her head.
* * *
The next morning saw Usagi running to school like
she was in the Olympics . Same
routine everyday. The bell rang just as she walked into
Ms. Haruna's class. What surprised
Usagi was that the teacher wasn't there. Usually Ms. H.
would have nailed Usagi for being so
late. Well, since she wasn't there, no harm done. Usagi
went to her seat next to Naru and sat
down. She felt a tapping as soon as she sat down. Before
she could turn around, a face with
huge glasses jumped right into her face. Usagi jumped back
and fell over in her chair. Shouts of
"UMINO, I'M GOING TO RIP YOUR HEAD OFF!" could be heard
throughout the halls. When
Ms. Haruna finally walked around, a ripped apart classroom
met her eyes. Usagi was chasing
Umino around the classroom with papers and pencils flying.
Ms. Haruna hung her head with a
huge sweatdrop appearing. When would Usagi ever stop?
* * *
The shadows seemed to be crawling with
his evil minions. He just stared into
space, remembering. Now was the time to finally finish
is work of revenge. No Guardian of
Time was going to get in his way. He tried to think of
a plan better than his last one. Then he
had it. He would find out the Sailor Senshi's and
Tuxedo Kamen's secret identities. When they
weren't the Sailor Senshi, they were bound to be less
powerful. That was when he would strike.
* * *
The sun shown down as the evil agent Zoomite
stepped out of the dark portal. She
couldn't believe her master was making her be human.
She hated humans and their shifting
emotions. They were never stable. Oh, well. The master
wished the identities of the Sailor
Senshi, so he would have them. At least she wouldn't be
human forever. Her master had given
her the ability to detect planet power in individuals.
All she had to do was look at a person and
she would sense if they had planet power.
Zoomite figured the best place to start was a
school. The Sailor Senshi looked about
school age, so that was where she would start. She started
walking to Juubans Middle School as
the sun shown down.
* * *
Meiou Setsuna was walking to her new job when
she noticed a student walking to school.
Something about this student made her shiver with apprehension.
The purple hair and brown
eyes didn't seem to belong to this world. The air
around this teenage girl writhed with malice and
harm. Setsuna resolved to watch this girl. She could be
dangerous.
* * *
Zoomite walked into her new classroom. She
could immediately feel an immense planet
power bombard her senses. Her brown eyes jumped to a
blond haired girl with a funny hairdo.
She seemed to be talking a mile a minute with a girl
with short red hair. Zoomite couldn't take
her eyes off this girl. She seemed to literally glow
with planet power.
Her observance was cut short by the teacher
touching her shoulder. She flinched
because a human had actually touched her. The teacher,
Ms. Haruna, just thought she was
startled so she introduced the new student Zelda, a
foreign exchange student from America, to
the class. Without taking her eyes off the blond
haired girl, Zelda went to her seat by a guy with
huge glasses. Time to start digging in and she didn't
mean schoolwork.
* * *
Usagi felt a cold wind on her face. She turned
her blue eyes to look upon the new
foreign exchange student. Those brown eyes were cold and
lifeless. Usagi shivered. Yet she
couldn't take her eyes off the new student. The girl
obviously couldn't take her eyes of Usagi
either. Somehow, Usagi felt like a trapped rabbit.
Something inside her warned her to stay away
from this girl. She was dangerous.
* * *
After school was over and Zoomite could finally
get away from all those humans, she
was following the blond home. So far the blond had hooked
up with a blue haired girl carrying
three books and a brunette who was really tall. These
two other girls also gleamed with planet
power, though not as much as the blond. Zoomite crawled
closer so she could hear their
conversation. Much to her surprise, she was the topic of
conversation.
* * *
"This purple-haired girl is so scary. She just
seems to bring hatred wherever she goes. I
don't like her at all." Usagi was commenting to Ami and Makoto.
Ami nodded sagely and thought on Usagi's words.
This girl that Usagi described
sounded evil. All of a sudden, Ami felt a prickling on
the back of her neck. She turned to find no
one behind her. Odd, she thought, I could have sworn I
felt someone watching us.
"We'll just have to keep an eye on her. Be careful,
Usagi." Makoto commented.
* * *
Scary, am I?, thought Zoomite, We'll just have to see
how scary I can get. Her planet
power detection suddenly kicked in. A clear image of the
moon and the planets of Mercury and
Jupiter appeared in her mind's eye. So, these twits were Sailors
Moon, Mercury and Jupiter. At
least I now know half of their looks. Sailor Moon's name was
Usagi. A place to start.
TO BE CONTINUED....
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