"Rei! Minako! Come on!" Usagi yelled, excited. "It's lunchtime!"
"We're coming, Odango," Rei said, smiling. Rei and Minako werisiting Crossroads Jr. High for the day. Minako got her lunch out of
Mako's locker, and the two held hands as they walked outside.
"It's so pretty today," Minako said, smiling. "These cherry blossomook perfect!" Rei reached up and plucked a cluster of blossoms, and stuchem in Minako's hair, behind her ear. Minako smiled and did the same.
They grinned and walked over to where Usagi, Mako and Ami were sitting.
Mako was munching on something delicious she had made the night before, and
Usagi was stealing bites as often as she could. Ami was half-heartedlating as she scribbled in her notebook.
"Listen, guys," Mako began. "I have this really weird feeling, likomething important is happening, and we can't do anything. It's realltrange."
"I don't feel anything wrong here," Rei said, sitting cross-legged ohe stone bench. Minako lay down on the bench and put her head in Rei'ap. Ami and Mako took note of this, but Usagi was too busy stuffinerself.
"Mako-chan, you're just being paranoid," Usagi said between mouthfulf sushi. "I mean, if there was anything wrong, something woulda happeney now to let us know-" Usagi never got to finish her sentence. There wa huge explosion in the middle of the yard, and the five went flying. Thell ended up behind some bushes.
"What was that?" yelled Minako. She needed to yell because there wa continuous roaring sound that kept getting louder. "Rei? Are you alight!?"
Rei had turned white as a sheet. Her eyes were wide, and her handere clenched.
"There's something very wrong here! It's.it's so evil!" Her eyeolled back in her head, and she collapsed.
"Rei! Oh no, Rei!" Minako grabbed Rei's hand and supported her ahe fell. "Transform!"
"Mercury Crystal Power, Make Up!"
"Jupiter Crystal Power, Make Up!"
"Venus Crystal Power, Make Up!"
"Silver Moon Crystal Power, Make Up!"
"Okay! Now let's find out what that thing is! Come on, Venus!"
Sailor Venus was kneeling by Rei. She took her hand.
"You'll be okay, Rei," she whispered. "I'm coming!"
In the middle of the yard, there was a single black space with night. It was roaring loudly. The space then separated into five spaces,
and they twisted outwards. Soon arms, legs, bodies and heads were createut of the blackness. Then there was a pop, and the features of the fivomen were filled in.
The first had long, flowing green hair with black streaks. She wor tight black dress that was very short, and had high boots that flared out the top. Her skin was paler than snow, and her eyes were pure black.
The second woman had black hair that was cropped short, just at hehin. There were two long silver streaks in the front. Her eyes were purreen, and she wore a long flowing dress that was tight on her body, buhe skirt flowed freely.
The third had pure silver hair, and pure silver eyes. She wore heair swept up into a bun, and wore long robes of silver, with black symbolnd designs.
The fourth had silver hair with two green streaks in the front. Shore a black skintight bodysuit and had long black nails. Her eyes werark blue.
The last woman black hair. She wore tight pants and a loose shirt.
Her eyes were a replica of the night sky. Her boots came up to the thignd flared out.
"We are the five sisters of Tragedy!" the first one called out. "I
am Oblivion!"
"I am Xenon!" cried the second one.
"I am Summoner!" yelled the third one.
"I am Cruelty!" called the fourth
"I.am.Nuit!" called the fifth. "Prepare to meet your doom, Sailor
Senshi!"
"How did she know we were here?" whispered Venus.
"No time for that!" yelled Jupiter. She lept at Oblivion, her fisthirling. Oblivion cracked her hand down, hitting Jupiter on the shoulder.
"Ughh!" Jupiter went down, her eyes closed, knocked unconscious.
"Jupiter!" cried Sailor Moon.
"Mercury! Aqua Rhapsody!" cried Sailor Mercury. She strummed heater harp, and the power hit Oblivion. Oblivion simply smiled, anwirled around. The water surrounded her, and then blasted back at
Mercury. Mercury went down.
"Venus! Love and Beauty Shock!" Oblivion blasted Venus' power back aer, and she went down as well.
"Venus!" Rei got up, clutching her head. "Ugh.Mars.Crystal Power!"
She transformed and tackled Oblivion. "Mars Flame Sniper!" She fell, anhen passed out, not able to handle her own power while she was so weak.
Oblivion blasted Mar's power at Sailor Moon, who dodged it.
"This was easy," said Oblivion, yawning. "Are you trying to tell mhat these Senshi are the reason no one has taken this galaxy yet? They'ro weak!"
"We're not as weak as you think!" yelled Sailor Moon. "Starlight
Honeymoon Therapy Kiss!" Oblivion put out a hand, and the attack's poweathered around it.
"This power is interesting," she said, grinning insanely. "It's nooteworthy, though." She closed her hand, and the attack rebounded on
Sailor Moon. She screamed, and went down.
"Well. I didn't even get to play!" complained Cruelty. "And I waoping these famous Sailor Senshi would play with us.but no. They're nun, so weak."
"Jupiter Oak Evolution!" Jupiter was up, and she blasted her attacn Oblivion.
"Oooh!" Oblivion cried, clutching her chest. "This power! Thitrong, protective power!"
"Is she worth it?" asked Xenon, looking at Jupiter. Sailor Jupiteas standing over the bodies of her fellow Senshi, breathing hard. Theay, scattered and bleeding, on the ground. Her shoulder bled freely, aner legs were scraped up. Her face was scraped as well, but she stood in efensive position, ready to defend the ones she loved.
"I won't let you hurt them!" cried Jupiter. "I won't let you hurhe ones I love! Sparkling Wide Pressure!" Oblivion clutched her chest,
then smiled.
"No, she's not worth it. Her power is strong, but so are hemotions. She'd never give them up, and her puny power isn't worth it.
Sparkling Wide Pressure, did you say?" she asked Jupiter. "Let's see hoou like the power of both attacks on yourself!" She spun around, and thightning danced around her in a circle.then blasted back onto Sailor
Jupiter. She screamed, and fell.
"This was a waste of time." Summoner sketched a rune in the air ovehe fallen Scouts, then stepped back. "We weren't even trying to win.
This is pathetic. We'll bring them to us, later. We need to compromisor Sailor Jupiter's power.why did no one tell us it was lightning? I hatlectricity."
"I didn't know either," whined Oblivion. "And I was the one who goit by it!"
"Enough," whispered Cruelty. "Let's go." They transformed into blacpheres, then collapsed back in on themselves and vanished.
Mercury was the first to wake up. She hurried over the Sailor Moon,
and felt her pulse. It was there. She felt the pulse of all of her fellow
Senshi, and discovered that Jupiter. Jupiter was dying. With every beat oer heart, her pulse was weakening.
"M.Mer.cury?" Venus was awake. She reached out and took Mars' hand,
feeling for a pulse.
"Venus.quickly.get a policeman, or something.Jupiter is dying!"
Venus' eyes went wide.
"V.Ven.us?" Mars was awake.
"Oh, Mars!" Mercury grabbed her hand. "Quickly, you two, call thospital! And return to your normal forms!" Venus and Mars quicklnmorphed, and struggled to find a telephone. Mercury unmorphed, and wokp Sailor Moon. While Jupiter was sleeping, her Sailor Jupiteransformation came undone, and she became Mako again.
"Ami, what's going on?" asked Usagi. "Where are Minako and Rei?"
"They went to find a telephone," answered Ami. "Mako's in seriourouble! Her pulse keeps getting weaker!" As she spoke, an ambulanculled up. Doctors came out, and loaded Mako onto a stretcher quickly.
They rushed her into the back of the van, and drove off at top speed.
Minako and Rei came stumbling back.
"They took Mako?"
"Uh-huh." Ami wiped her forehead, and struggled to stand up. Usagelped her, and they slumped onto a bench.
"Usagi!" Naru came running over. "Are you okay?" Melvin followeer.
"I'm fine. Naru, are you okay?" Usagi asked, making room for Naru ohe bench. She took it.
"I'm okay. I was knocked out by that first blast, but did you see?
Sailor Moon was here! And Sailor V! I mean, I think it was V, she didn'ave the red goggles." Naru trailed off as she looked at Minako. "Yonow, you look kinda like Sailor V."
"Thanks!" said Minako, trying to hide her nervousness.
"And Sailor Moon's got your odango, Usagi!" added Melvin.
"Yeah, well.you know." Bunny stumbled for words, nervous. "Umm, yonow Mako-chan? They took her to the hospital! She was hit pretty hard."
"Mako? Your friend Mako, who likes fighting?" Naru asked, rubbiner neck. "Wow! She probably tried to fight the attackers!"
"Yeah, probably." muttered Rei. "Excuse me, I need to get somspirin."
"Yeah, I'll go with you," said Ami, getting up. "I have a headache."
They headed off.
"May I have your attention, please!" Ms. Haruna called out, using icrophone. "Everyone, please go immediately home! Because of the attack,
everyone must go home! Repeat, head home, now!" Rei and Ami camtumbling back.
"Let's get outta here," they muttered.
"Okay, sure. I'll see you, Naru!" called Usagi, as she helped Minako stand up.
"Okay, Usagi," said Naru, hurt. "I'll see you tomorrow, if there'chool."
The four headed home, limping.
"You know what's strange," said Ami, typing on her mini computer. "I
got the visual data on those Sisters, but there's no other data! On theiowers, or anything. It's just blank."
"I'm gonna give Mamo-chan a call when I get home," said Usagi.
"Maybe he'll know what to do."
"I'll call Asunama, he'll want to know if Mako's hurt," said Minako,
wincing and grabbing her arm. "Meet at the hospital later, around three?"
"Okay. Later, then!" Rei headed off to the Hikawa shrine.
"Later."
"Bye." Ami and Minako headed off, leaving Usagi to walk a few blocklone.
Once home, Usagi went straight to the phone in her room. She dialed
Haruka's number, and sat down on the bed. She let the phone ring fowenty-two times before she gave up. She called Setsuna's number, then heumber at the physics lab. There was an answer at the physics lab, but therson on the other end of line simply said that Setsuna Meioh didn't worhere anymore. Then Usagi called Mamoru.
"Hello?"
"Mamo-chan?"
"Hey, Usako. What's wrong? You sound upset."
"There was an attack at school today. By some kind of monsters."
"Oh, no! Is everyone all right?"
"Yes. I, I mean, no. Mako-chan was hurt pretty bad, she's at thospital. We're going to meet there later."
"That's horrible! How did you defeat the monsters?"
"We, um.didn't. We were all knocked unconscious, then they left."
"They left?"
"Uh-huh." There was a long pause. "Mamo-chan?"
"Yeah. I was just thinking, why did they leave? They had you aheir mercy."
"Yeah.I was wondering that, too."
"Look, when are you going over to see Mako? I'll meet you alhere."
"Okay. We're meeting there around three. See you then."
"Yeah. Okay, bye."
"Bye." Usagi hung up the phone, tears gathering in her eyes.
Jupiter! She thought, pain squeezing her heart. You were probablurt trying to protect us.please, please, don't die! What will we dithout you? You're so strong, and couagous! Please.don't die!
"Oh, good, Usagi, you came straight home! We were so worried aftehe report on the news about that boiler blowing up!" Usagi's mother anather came into her room and noticed the tears in her eyes. "Honey,
what's wrong?"
"Mako.my friend Makoto.she was hurt really bad. She's at thospital."
"Oh, no! That's horrible!" Usagi's mother cried, hugging heaughter. "Are you going to go see her?"
"Yeah.in fact, I better be going now," Usagi said, glancing at thlock.
"Okay, just be home for dinner!"
"I'll try." Usagi put on her coat and hurried out the door. She rao the hospital, where Ami, Rei and Minako were waiting.
"Late as usual, baka," said Rei half-heartedly. Mamoru's car pullep into a parking space and he jumped out. Usagi took his arm, and thive walked into the hospital.
"We're coming, Odango," Rei said, smiling. Rei and Minako werisiting Crossroads Jr. High for the day. Minako got her lunch out of
Mako's locker, and the two held hands as they walked outside.
"It's so pretty today," Minako said, smiling. "These cherry blossomook perfect!" Rei reached up and plucked a cluster of blossoms, and stuchem in Minako's hair, behind her ear. Minako smiled and did the same.
They grinned and walked over to where Usagi, Mako and Ami were sitting.
Mako was munching on something delicious she had made the night before, and
Usagi was stealing bites as often as she could. Ami was half-heartedlating as she scribbled in her notebook.
"Listen, guys," Mako began. "I have this really weird feeling, likomething important is happening, and we can't do anything. It's realltrange."
"I don't feel anything wrong here," Rei said, sitting cross-legged ohe stone bench. Minako lay down on the bench and put her head in Rei'ap. Ami and Mako took note of this, but Usagi was too busy stuffinerself.
"Mako-chan, you're just being paranoid," Usagi said between mouthfulf sushi. "I mean, if there was anything wrong, something woulda happeney now to let us know-" Usagi never got to finish her sentence. There wa huge explosion in the middle of the yard, and the five went flying. Thell ended up behind some bushes.
"What was that?" yelled Minako. She needed to yell because there wa continuous roaring sound that kept getting louder. "Rei? Are you alight!?"
Rei had turned white as a sheet. Her eyes were wide, and her handere clenched.
"There's something very wrong here! It's.it's so evil!" Her eyeolled back in her head, and she collapsed.
"Rei! Oh no, Rei!" Minako grabbed Rei's hand and supported her ahe fell. "Transform!"
"Mercury Crystal Power, Make Up!"
"Jupiter Crystal Power, Make Up!"
"Venus Crystal Power, Make Up!"
"Silver Moon Crystal Power, Make Up!"
"Okay! Now let's find out what that thing is! Come on, Venus!"
Sailor Venus was kneeling by Rei. She took her hand.
"You'll be okay, Rei," she whispered. "I'm coming!"
In the middle of the yard, there was a single black space with night. It was roaring loudly. The space then separated into five spaces,
and they twisted outwards. Soon arms, legs, bodies and heads were createut of the blackness. Then there was a pop, and the features of the fivomen were filled in.
The first had long, flowing green hair with black streaks. She wor tight black dress that was very short, and had high boots that flared out the top. Her skin was paler than snow, and her eyes were pure black.
The second woman had black hair that was cropped short, just at hehin. There were two long silver streaks in the front. Her eyes were purreen, and she wore a long flowing dress that was tight on her body, buhe skirt flowed freely.
The third had pure silver hair, and pure silver eyes. She wore heair swept up into a bun, and wore long robes of silver, with black symbolnd designs.
The fourth had silver hair with two green streaks in the front. Shore a black skintight bodysuit and had long black nails. Her eyes werark blue.
The last woman black hair. She wore tight pants and a loose shirt.
Her eyes were a replica of the night sky. Her boots came up to the thignd flared out.
"We are the five sisters of Tragedy!" the first one called out. "I
am Oblivion!"
"I am Xenon!" cried the second one.
"I am Summoner!" yelled the third one.
"I am Cruelty!" called the fourth
"I.am.Nuit!" called the fifth. "Prepare to meet your doom, Sailor
Senshi!"
"How did she know we were here?" whispered Venus.
"No time for that!" yelled Jupiter. She lept at Oblivion, her fisthirling. Oblivion cracked her hand down, hitting Jupiter on the shoulder.
"Ughh!" Jupiter went down, her eyes closed, knocked unconscious.
"Jupiter!" cried Sailor Moon.
"Mercury! Aqua Rhapsody!" cried Sailor Mercury. She strummed heater harp, and the power hit Oblivion. Oblivion simply smiled, anwirled around. The water surrounded her, and then blasted back at
Mercury. Mercury went down.
"Venus! Love and Beauty Shock!" Oblivion blasted Venus' power back aer, and she went down as well.
"Venus!" Rei got up, clutching her head. "Ugh.Mars.Crystal Power!"
She transformed and tackled Oblivion. "Mars Flame Sniper!" She fell, anhen passed out, not able to handle her own power while she was so weak.
Oblivion blasted Mar's power at Sailor Moon, who dodged it.
"This was easy," said Oblivion, yawning. "Are you trying to tell mhat these Senshi are the reason no one has taken this galaxy yet? They'ro weak!"
"We're not as weak as you think!" yelled Sailor Moon. "Starlight
Honeymoon Therapy Kiss!" Oblivion put out a hand, and the attack's poweathered around it.
"This power is interesting," she said, grinning insanely. "It's nooteworthy, though." She closed her hand, and the attack rebounded on
Sailor Moon. She screamed, and went down.
"Well. I didn't even get to play!" complained Cruelty. "And I waoping these famous Sailor Senshi would play with us.but no. They're nun, so weak."
"Jupiter Oak Evolution!" Jupiter was up, and she blasted her attacn Oblivion.
"Oooh!" Oblivion cried, clutching her chest. "This power! Thitrong, protective power!"
"Is she worth it?" asked Xenon, looking at Jupiter. Sailor Jupiteas standing over the bodies of her fellow Senshi, breathing hard. Theay, scattered and bleeding, on the ground. Her shoulder bled freely, aner legs were scraped up. Her face was scraped as well, but she stood in efensive position, ready to defend the ones she loved.
"I won't let you hurt them!" cried Jupiter. "I won't let you hurhe ones I love! Sparkling Wide Pressure!" Oblivion clutched her chest,
then smiled.
"No, she's not worth it. Her power is strong, but so are hemotions. She'd never give them up, and her puny power isn't worth it.
Sparkling Wide Pressure, did you say?" she asked Jupiter. "Let's see hoou like the power of both attacks on yourself!" She spun around, and thightning danced around her in a circle.then blasted back onto Sailor
Jupiter. She screamed, and fell.
"This was a waste of time." Summoner sketched a rune in the air ovehe fallen Scouts, then stepped back. "We weren't even trying to win.
This is pathetic. We'll bring them to us, later. We need to compromisor Sailor Jupiter's power.why did no one tell us it was lightning? I hatlectricity."
"I didn't know either," whined Oblivion. "And I was the one who goit by it!"
"Enough," whispered Cruelty. "Let's go." They transformed into blacpheres, then collapsed back in on themselves and vanished.
Mercury was the first to wake up. She hurried over the Sailor Moon,
and felt her pulse. It was there. She felt the pulse of all of her fellow
Senshi, and discovered that Jupiter. Jupiter was dying. With every beat oer heart, her pulse was weakening.
"M.Mer.cury?" Venus was awake. She reached out and took Mars' hand,
feeling for a pulse.
"Venus.quickly.get a policeman, or something.Jupiter is dying!"
Venus' eyes went wide.
"V.Ven.us?" Mars was awake.
"Oh, Mars!" Mercury grabbed her hand. "Quickly, you two, call thospital! And return to your normal forms!" Venus and Mars quicklnmorphed, and struggled to find a telephone. Mercury unmorphed, and wokp Sailor Moon. While Jupiter was sleeping, her Sailor Jupiteransformation came undone, and she became Mako again.
"Ami, what's going on?" asked Usagi. "Where are Minako and Rei?"
"They went to find a telephone," answered Ami. "Mako's in seriourouble! Her pulse keeps getting weaker!" As she spoke, an ambulanculled up. Doctors came out, and loaded Mako onto a stretcher quickly.
They rushed her into the back of the van, and drove off at top speed.
Minako and Rei came stumbling back.
"They took Mako?"
"Uh-huh." Ami wiped her forehead, and struggled to stand up. Usagelped her, and they slumped onto a bench.
"Usagi!" Naru came running over. "Are you okay?" Melvin followeer.
"I'm fine. Naru, are you okay?" Usagi asked, making room for Naru ohe bench. She took it.
"I'm okay. I was knocked out by that first blast, but did you see?
Sailor Moon was here! And Sailor V! I mean, I think it was V, she didn'ave the red goggles." Naru trailed off as she looked at Minako. "Yonow, you look kinda like Sailor V."
"Thanks!" said Minako, trying to hide her nervousness.
"And Sailor Moon's got your odango, Usagi!" added Melvin.
"Yeah, well.you know." Bunny stumbled for words, nervous. "Umm, yonow Mako-chan? They took her to the hospital! She was hit pretty hard."
"Mako? Your friend Mako, who likes fighting?" Naru asked, rubbiner neck. "Wow! She probably tried to fight the attackers!"
"Yeah, probably." muttered Rei. "Excuse me, I need to get somspirin."
"Yeah, I'll go with you," said Ami, getting up. "I have a headache."
They headed off.
"May I have your attention, please!" Ms. Haruna called out, using icrophone. "Everyone, please go immediately home! Because of the attack,
everyone must go home! Repeat, head home, now!" Rei and Ami camtumbling back.
"Let's get outta here," they muttered.
"Okay, sure. I'll see you, Naru!" called Usagi, as she helped Minako stand up.
"Okay, Usagi," said Naru, hurt. "I'll see you tomorrow, if there'chool."
The four headed home, limping.
"You know what's strange," said Ami, typing on her mini computer. "I
got the visual data on those Sisters, but there's no other data! On theiowers, or anything. It's just blank."
"I'm gonna give Mamo-chan a call when I get home," said Usagi.
"Maybe he'll know what to do."
"I'll call Asunama, he'll want to know if Mako's hurt," said Minako,
wincing and grabbing her arm. "Meet at the hospital later, around three?"
"Okay. Later, then!" Rei headed off to the Hikawa shrine.
"Later."
"Bye." Ami and Minako headed off, leaving Usagi to walk a few blocklone.
Once home, Usagi went straight to the phone in her room. She dialed
Haruka's number, and sat down on the bed. She let the phone ring fowenty-two times before she gave up. She called Setsuna's number, then heumber at the physics lab. There was an answer at the physics lab, but therson on the other end of line simply said that Setsuna Meioh didn't worhere anymore. Then Usagi called Mamoru.
"Hello?"
"Mamo-chan?"
"Hey, Usako. What's wrong? You sound upset."
"There was an attack at school today. By some kind of monsters."
"Oh, no! Is everyone all right?"
"Yes. I, I mean, no. Mako-chan was hurt pretty bad, she's at thospital. We're going to meet there later."
"That's horrible! How did you defeat the monsters?"
"We, um.didn't. We were all knocked unconscious, then they left."
"They left?"
"Uh-huh." There was a long pause. "Mamo-chan?"
"Yeah. I was just thinking, why did they leave? They had you aheir mercy."
"Yeah.I was wondering that, too."
"Look, when are you going over to see Mako? I'll meet you alhere."
"Okay. We're meeting there around three. See you then."
"Yeah. Okay, bye."
"Bye." Usagi hung up the phone, tears gathering in her eyes.
Jupiter! She thought, pain squeezing her heart. You were probablurt trying to protect us.please, please, don't die! What will we dithout you? You're so strong, and couagous! Please.don't die!
"Oh, good, Usagi, you came straight home! We were so worried aftehe report on the news about that boiler blowing up!" Usagi's mother anather came into her room and noticed the tears in her eyes. "Honey,
what's wrong?"
"Mako.my friend Makoto.she was hurt really bad. She's at thospital."
"Oh, no! That's horrible!" Usagi's mother cried, hugging heaughter. "Are you going to go see her?"
"Yeah.in fact, I better be going now," Usagi said, glancing at thlock.
"Okay, just be home for dinner!"
"I'll try." Usagi put on her coat and hurried out the door. She rao the hospital, where Ami, Rei and Minako were waiting.
"Late as usual, baka," said Rei half-heartedly. Mamoru's car pullep into a parking space and he jumped out. Usagi took his arm, and thive walked into the hospital.
