Juunikyuu Senshi Chapter 2- Hinata Shishi/ Sailor Leo
Tsukiakari Kani/Sailor Cancer
Chibi-Usa sighed, cheek in elbow, as the flickering on the TV screen became fuzzier and fuzzier. She was sick of the TV going out every time it stormed. There were no storms in Crystal Tokyo.
"Oh, Chibi-Usa!" Usagi ran into the living room and grabbed Chibi- Usa's small hand. "Rei and Mina-P have called a Senshi related meeting over at the Hikawa Shrine. It's about that fight they had a few days ago!" She pulled Chibi-Usa to her feet and began to drag her out the door. "Let's go before.."
"Usagi, is that you?"
Usagi groaned. "Before Mama calls me.."
Ikkuko looked into the living room from her place in the kitchen and frowned in the way only a mother could. "Usagi, just were are you going? That living room is a mess, and your father will be home soon. After a hard day's work, especially in this terrible weather, don't you think your father deserves to come home to a clean house?"
Usagi put her hands on both hips. "Mama, tell Shingo to do it! I, uh.." She thought as quickly as possible, "Uh, Mamo-chan wants to take me and Chibi-Usa out for dinner." She threw herself upon her mother's breast, letting Chibi-Usa free. "Please, Mama, it's unfair to destroy a young girls heart! Right, Chibi-Usa?"
Chibi-Usa snapped her head up. "What? Oh. Right!" She threw herself onto Ikkuko's leg. "Please, Ikkuko-mama? I only want to see Mamo-chan!"
Ikkuko rolled her eyes. "Fine."
A woman stood quietly amongst a plane of black. She was unhappily staring into a circular gold mirror. The frame surrounding the glass was split into an even 12 pieces, and upon each piece was a pair of symbols. She sneered. "Nakamura was a failure. He failed to retrieve the Sun Crystal, and was defeated by Sailors Mars and Venus. I knew nothing of these Senshi." She outstretched her hand and ran a finger over the rim, stopping when she had made a full circle and once again was touching the first piece. "Aries. The first sign of the zodiac. The corresponding planet of Aries is Mars." She ran her finger until it reached halfway around. "Libra. The seventh sign of the zodiac. The corresponding planet of Libra is Venus."
"Tell your friends that they are protected too," said Sailor Libra.
The woman stopped her fondling of the mirror and brought her now outstretched palm slightly above her head. "Come to me, imprisoned stars!" 2 balls appeared from somewhere in the black room, each glowing with a hot white light. They lay in her palm, and then she threw them to the ground. Each star expanded and became what appeared to be a glass coffin. Inside each were the black figures of two girls. The woman smiled. "Rest now, sweet juunikyuu*, and soon our time will come. But for now I must create a plan.."
"Sailor who?" Usagi rubbed her forehead. "No, no, I thought you said they were named Aries and Libra, not Taurus and Gemini and.."
Rei frowned. "Will you shut up?! It's only a theory."
Ami nodded to the others. "When Minako and Rei came to me with this theory, and asked for my help, I found it very possible."
Chibi-Usa nodded vigorously to Hotaru, whom sat next to her. "Uh-huh, uh-huh, I do too!"
Makoto turned to Usagi. "Don't you understand? Aries, in astrology, is the symbol of the golden ram. Aries is ruled by the planet Mars, and is an actual star cluster. Libra is the polar opposite of Aries, and is the symbol of the goddess Themis. It is ruled by Venus, and it is also an actual star cluster."
Ami nodded and opened a thick brown book, which was lying upon the table in front of her. "Yes, as are the rest of the zodiac signs. And each sign is ruled by their own planet."
Haruka, Michiru and Setsuna looked at each other. Haruka frowned. "It's strange. The air is still, as if the world is in suspense." She looked into Michiru's eyes. "As if it's waiting for Omega." Michiru said nothing, only nodded.
Hotaru tried to lighten the intensity in the room. "Uh, Ami-chan, tell us more about this theory." Haruka and Michiru broke their stare and soon everyone was looking at Ami, expecting answers to their many questions.
Ami placed a finger upon the pages in her book, fingering a chart. "According to this book, after Aries is Taurus, which is also ruled by Venus, then Gemini, Cancer, Leo.hey, this is odd."
"What is it?" Minako asked.
Ami double-checked her chart. "Well, Cancer and Leo aren't ruled by common planets. Cancer is ruled by the moon and Leo.well, Leo's ruled by the sun."
Setsuna narrowed her eyes. "The sun? But there is no Sailor Sun."
Usagi turned to the three cats by her feet. "Artemis? Luna? You know more about the Silver Millennium than anyone. Was there ever a Sailor Sun?"
Both cats shook their head. "Not that we know of," Artemis replied.
Usagi and Chibi-Usa walked sullenly down the sidewalk. The rain had suddenly stopped, and the sun was now brightly shining in the sky. Usagi found herself staring into it, wondering about this possible Sailor Senshi of the Sun. Locked in a gaze, it took Luna to snap her out of it. "Oh, so that's why you're such a dunce. You stare into the sun."
Usagi growled. "Quiet, Luna! If there is a Sailor Sun, I hope her guardian is a dog and he eats you up!"
"What an awful thing to say!" Luna retorted. Before they could argue any more, a voice broke out from the park nearby into the crowded sidewalk.
"Come one, come all! Enter the All Girls Koudoutai* Talent Show!"
Usagi frowned. "Koudoutai?"
Chibi-Usa looked up at Diana, who was rested on her pink head. "Does that seem suspicious to you, Diana-chan?" Diana nodded.
The four ran to the edge of the park. The woman yelling out loud was a tall, slender woman of around 20, with long brown hair that reached past her butt and no bangs at all. She had small, brown eyes and incredibly white skin. She clicked her megaphone on once more. "Please, entry is free and the first prize winner gets 50000 yen! And remember, all this is brought to you by me, Hinata Shishi."
The crowd began whispering amongst itself. Soon the younger members began to walk towards the sign up booth, Usagi and Chibi-Usa included. Chibi-Usa attempted to pick up one of the pens standing before her, but a chubby girl around 13 grabbed it. "Hey," Chibi-Usa yelled, "That's my pen!"
The girl laughed. "I don't see your name on it."
Chibi-Usa began to grab for the fat girl's blue pigtails, but a hand tapped her from behind. A girl who appeared a little younger than the fat one, maybe 11 or 12, stood there in a pretty pink dress. She had pale skin and soft blue eyes. Her hair was black, and pulled into four dumplings, two on either side. Soft, wispy black curls came from the dumplings and to her ears. She held out a pen to Chibi-Usa. "Here."
Hinata Shishi stood in front of the crowd earnestly. "Okay, kiddies, time to call out the entrees. Gather around!" The many children and teens circled her, waiting for their name or the name of their friends. "Abatazura Miyako!"
Usagi waited patiently for her name, Chibi-Usa beside her. When they heard Tsuki, they began to walk forward until Shishi yelled out, "Tsukiakari Kani!" The two watched the girl whom had given Chibi-Usa her pen walk into the contestants' tent. Shishi then yelled out, "Tsukino Usagi and Tsukino Chibi-Usa! Huh?" Shishi scratched her head. "That's strange."
The tent was strangely accommodating for so many people. There were approximately 150 people already in, and Hinata Shishi had only read through the T names. Usagi looked at Luna, who was busy avoiding the footfall of a tall teen. "Luna-chan? This tent didn't seem so big from the outside."
Luna nodded. "I think it's an optical illusion."
Usagi was about to respond when she noticed Chibi-Usa was nowhere to be seen. "Chibi-Usa? Where did you go?" She began to paw through the crowd, however, she abruptly looked up when she heard the harsh voice of Hinata Shishi.
"Hello, children!" The woman stood atop a platform in the back of the tent. Her face was beautiful when first viewed by Usagi, but now it was twisted into an ugly snarl. "Welcome to the Koudoutai Talent Show! Let's see if you have the talent I'm searching for!" She brought a hand to her chest, firmly grasping a round, hard item which was hidden beneath her jacket. The flaps to the entrance of the tent closed, blocking one girl from getting in. The children began to murmur excitedly, unsure of what was going on.
Usagi wasted no time. As dense as she was, she knew when there was an enemy. Quickly she grabbed her chest, preparing to transform. But Hinata raised her hand first, and Usagi gasped at the site she beheld. It was a round, bronze-colored brooch, with a strange symbol brandished upon the front. Usagi turned to Luna, who was being pushed back by a few young girls who had decided it was time to run. "Luna! It's a Senshi!"
Hinata grinned at the site of the children. "Leo Star Power, Makeup!" A golden light swept through the tent, causing Usagi to shield her eyes. When the glimmer cleared faded, there stood a woman in a purely gold fuku. Rather than a skirt, she wore tight shorts and what appeared to be a halter- top. (Okay, breaking from the story for a sec, imagine it as a gold Starlights fuku without the wings on the front.)
Usagi gasped. "Sailor Leo! Sailor Aries! Sailor Libra! How many are there?" She ignored her questions and lifted her brooch high into the air. "No time. Moon Crisis Power, Makeup!"
Sailor Leo turned at the flash of silver in surprise. "That must be one of the Senshi I have found so much about." Wasting no time, she hopped to the floor and grabbed the nearest victim she could find, a small kindergarten aged girl. She grasped her hands around the screaming child's neck and brought her mouth-to-mouth. She began to suck, searching for any sort of sign to determine whether she had a crystal or not.
"Put that girl down, you pedophile!" Sailor Leo turned to see a tall Sailor with golden hair stand up from the crowd. "Stop playing cruel games with these children. I am the pretty soldier, Super Sailor Moon! And on behalf of the moon.." Sailor Moon stopped speaking as Sailor Leo decked her in the face.
"You shouldn't waste time when it comes to fighting, Sailor!" Sailor Leo pulled back. "If you were a true Senshi, you'd understand!"
Sailor Moon brought her hand away from her tingling face. "Sailor Leo! Coward! Don't fight me here, with all these people around!"
Sailor Leo laughed. "Ha, you want me to give up these children?"
"She doesn't have to!" A small girl, in a pink fuku, yelled from the podium where Hinata Shishi had transformed to Sailor Leo. "Super Sailor Moon! Duck!" Super Sailor Chibi Moon took hold of her tiara. "Here's a trick I learned in the future! Moon Frisbee!"
The disc circulated the room, slicing through the flaps of the tent. One of the children yelled out, the girl whom had given Chibi-Usa her pen. "Okay, all those not fighting a Juunikyuu War, get the hell outta here!" She avoided the ensuing stampede, then turned to Sailor Leo. "Cowardly Sailor Leo, your pride has gotten in the way again. We were never meant to awaken but in the most drastic of measures. You stole two of our fellow Juunikyuu Senshi and now are fighting the royalty we are meant to protect!"
Leo glared. "Why do you hide behind the guise of a little girl? Show yourself, Sailor Cancer!" She lunged foreword, hand outstretched. The girl narrowed her eyes and struck out, smacking Leo away without effort.
"Sailor Leo, you are a fool. I am the leader of the Juunikyuu Senshi. You can never defeat me. Once under the guise of Tsukiakari Kani, I am Sailor Cancer!" Kani removed a pen from her shirt, and Chibi-Usa recognized it as the one Kani had previously lent her. Kani raised her hand straight up. "Cancer Star Power, Makeup!"
Sailor Cancer took the place of Tsukiakari Kani, a young girl in a fuku with a black skirt and soft blue bows. Upon her four dumplings were four light blue shields rimmed in gold. She had black thigh high boots. Super Sailor Moon stepped toward her. "Sailor Cancer?! Are you my guardian?"
Cancer shook her head. "No. Originally the guardian of Queen Selenity, I am now the guardian of Sailor Chibi-Moon and her Asteroid Senshi. Your Planet Senshi protect you. My Senshi, the Juunikyuu Senshi, protect your Planet Senshi. Sailor Aries also protects Sailors Phobos and Deimos." She smiled. "Complicated I know. We were never meant to awaken, but Sailor Leo stole two of my soldiers while they slept and came to earth in search of the one she was meant to protect."
Sailor Leo pushed herself from the floor. "Sailor Cancer, you're stronger than last time we fought. You have been conserving yourself while I have expended much energy while following through with my plan." She jumped high into the air. "But I do not work alone. Koudoutai Akumo, my master, will help me overthrow you. So I leave you with a going away present!"
Sailor Cancer tensed and turned to Sailor Moon. "Run, Sailor Moon! Her power is strong, and it will kill you! Take my princess and leave!"
Sailor Moon nodded. She grabbed Luna in her arms and ran with Chibi- Usa out of the tent. Sailor Cancer then turned to Sailor Leo. "Do your worst, you evil lapdog!"
"Roaring Shishiza Courage!" The blast froze above Sailor Cancer and Sailor Leo ripped open a dark portal within the air. "Once I am gone, the energy in my attack will destroy you. Farewell, my fearless leader."
Sailor Cancer brought her arms above her in a cross. "Heavenly Kaniza Shield." The attack was barely a whisper, but the power was great. Cancer's arms glew with the silver of her princess, and she directed the blast high into the sky, where it exploded without sound.
Usagi stared into the sky solemnly, once again amongst the crowd of girls from the supposed Talent Show, as the golden energy spread across the sky. She turned to Chibi-Usa, who was pulling on her skirt. "What is it?"
"Usagi, I.." Chibi-Usa turned her face away. "Sailor Cancer is okay, right?"
Usagi nodded. "Sure, kid." She turned back towards the sky as gold dust began to rain upon the many girls. "At least, I hope so."
* Koudoutai means zodiac.
Tsukiakari Kani/Sailor Cancer
Chibi-Usa sighed, cheek in elbow, as the flickering on the TV screen became fuzzier and fuzzier. She was sick of the TV going out every time it stormed. There were no storms in Crystal Tokyo.
"Oh, Chibi-Usa!" Usagi ran into the living room and grabbed Chibi- Usa's small hand. "Rei and Mina-P have called a Senshi related meeting over at the Hikawa Shrine. It's about that fight they had a few days ago!" She pulled Chibi-Usa to her feet and began to drag her out the door. "Let's go before.."
"Usagi, is that you?"
Usagi groaned. "Before Mama calls me.."
Ikkuko looked into the living room from her place in the kitchen and frowned in the way only a mother could. "Usagi, just were are you going? That living room is a mess, and your father will be home soon. After a hard day's work, especially in this terrible weather, don't you think your father deserves to come home to a clean house?"
Usagi put her hands on both hips. "Mama, tell Shingo to do it! I, uh.." She thought as quickly as possible, "Uh, Mamo-chan wants to take me and Chibi-Usa out for dinner." She threw herself upon her mother's breast, letting Chibi-Usa free. "Please, Mama, it's unfair to destroy a young girls heart! Right, Chibi-Usa?"
Chibi-Usa snapped her head up. "What? Oh. Right!" She threw herself onto Ikkuko's leg. "Please, Ikkuko-mama? I only want to see Mamo-chan!"
Ikkuko rolled her eyes. "Fine."
A woman stood quietly amongst a plane of black. She was unhappily staring into a circular gold mirror. The frame surrounding the glass was split into an even 12 pieces, and upon each piece was a pair of symbols. She sneered. "Nakamura was a failure. He failed to retrieve the Sun Crystal, and was defeated by Sailors Mars and Venus. I knew nothing of these Senshi." She outstretched her hand and ran a finger over the rim, stopping when she had made a full circle and once again was touching the first piece. "Aries. The first sign of the zodiac. The corresponding planet of Aries is Mars." She ran her finger until it reached halfway around. "Libra. The seventh sign of the zodiac. The corresponding planet of Libra is Venus."
"Tell your friends that they are protected too," said Sailor Libra.
The woman stopped her fondling of the mirror and brought her now outstretched palm slightly above her head. "Come to me, imprisoned stars!" 2 balls appeared from somewhere in the black room, each glowing with a hot white light. They lay in her palm, and then she threw them to the ground. Each star expanded and became what appeared to be a glass coffin. Inside each were the black figures of two girls. The woman smiled. "Rest now, sweet juunikyuu*, and soon our time will come. But for now I must create a plan.."
"Sailor who?" Usagi rubbed her forehead. "No, no, I thought you said they were named Aries and Libra, not Taurus and Gemini and.."
Rei frowned. "Will you shut up?! It's only a theory."
Ami nodded to the others. "When Minako and Rei came to me with this theory, and asked for my help, I found it very possible."
Chibi-Usa nodded vigorously to Hotaru, whom sat next to her. "Uh-huh, uh-huh, I do too!"
Makoto turned to Usagi. "Don't you understand? Aries, in astrology, is the symbol of the golden ram. Aries is ruled by the planet Mars, and is an actual star cluster. Libra is the polar opposite of Aries, and is the symbol of the goddess Themis. It is ruled by Venus, and it is also an actual star cluster."
Ami nodded and opened a thick brown book, which was lying upon the table in front of her. "Yes, as are the rest of the zodiac signs. And each sign is ruled by their own planet."
Haruka, Michiru and Setsuna looked at each other. Haruka frowned. "It's strange. The air is still, as if the world is in suspense." She looked into Michiru's eyes. "As if it's waiting for Omega." Michiru said nothing, only nodded.
Hotaru tried to lighten the intensity in the room. "Uh, Ami-chan, tell us more about this theory." Haruka and Michiru broke their stare and soon everyone was looking at Ami, expecting answers to their many questions.
Ami placed a finger upon the pages in her book, fingering a chart. "According to this book, after Aries is Taurus, which is also ruled by Venus, then Gemini, Cancer, Leo.hey, this is odd."
"What is it?" Minako asked.
Ami double-checked her chart. "Well, Cancer and Leo aren't ruled by common planets. Cancer is ruled by the moon and Leo.well, Leo's ruled by the sun."
Setsuna narrowed her eyes. "The sun? But there is no Sailor Sun."
Usagi turned to the three cats by her feet. "Artemis? Luna? You know more about the Silver Millennium than anyone. Was there ever a Sailor Sun?"
Both cats shook their head. "Not that we know of," Artemis replied.
Usagi and Chibi-Usa walked sullenly down the sidewalk. The rain had suddenly stopped, and the sun was now brightly shining in the sky. Usagi found herself staring into it, wondering about this possible Sailor Senshi of the Sun. Locked in a gaze, it took Luna to snap her out of it. "Oh, so that's why you're such a dunce. You stare into the sun."
Usagi growled. "Quiet, Luna! If there is a Sailor Sun, I hope her guardian is a dog and he eats you up!"
"What an awful thing to say!" Luna retorted. Before they could argue any more, a voice broke out from the park nearby into the crowded sidewalk.
"Come one, come all! Enter the All Girls Koudoutai* Talent Show!"
Usagi frowned. "Koudoutai?"
Chibi-Usa looked up at Diana, who was rested on her pink head. "Does that seem suspicious to you, Diana-chan?" Diana nodded.
The four ran to the edge of the park. The woman yelling out loud was a tall, slender woman of around 20, with long brown hair that reached past her butt and no bangs at all. She had small, brown eyes and incredibly white skin. She clicked her megaphone on once more. "Please, entry is free and the first prize winner gets 50000 yen! And remember, all this is brought to you by me, Hinata Shishi."
The crowd began whispering amongst itself. Soon the younger members began to walk towards the sign up booth, Usagi and Chibi-Usa included. Chibi-Usa attempted to pick up one of the pens standing before her, but a chubby girl around 13 grabbed it. "Hey," Chibi-Usa yelled, "That's my pen!"
The girl laughed. "I don't see your name on it."
Chibi-Usa began to grab for the fat girl's blue pigtails, but a hand tapped her from behind. A girl who appeared a little younger than the fat one, maybe 11 or 12, stood there in a pretty pink dress. She had pale skin and soft blue eyes. Her hair was black, and pulled into four dumplings, two on either side. Soft, wispy black curls came from the dumplings and to her ears. She held out a pen to Chibi-Usa. "Here."
Hinata Shishi stood in front of the crowd earnestly. "Okay, kiddies, time to call out the entrees. Gather around!" The many children and teens circled her, waiting for their name or the name of their friends. "Abatazura Miyako!"
Usagi waited patiently for her name, Chibi-Usa beside her. When they heard Tsuki, they began to walk forward until Shishi yelled out, "Tsukiakari Kani!" The two watched the girl whom had given Chibi-Usa her pen walk into the contestants' tent. Shishi then yelled out, "Tsukino Usagi and Tsukino Chibi-Usa! Huh?" Shishi scratched her head. "That's strange."
The tent was strangely accommodating for so many people. There were approximately 150 people already in, and Hinata Shishi had only read through the T names. Usagi looked at Luna, who was busy avoiding the footfall of a tall teen. "Luna-chan? This tent didn't seem so big from the outside."
Luna nodded. "I think it's an optical illusion."
Usagi was about to respond when she noticed Chibi-Usa was nowhere to be seen. "Chibi-Usa? Where did you go?" She began to paw through the crowd, however, she abruptly looked up when she heard the harsh voice of Hinata Shishi.
"Hello, children!" The woman stood atop a platform in the back of the tent. Her face was beautiful when first viewed by Usagi, but now it was twisted into an ugly snarl. "Welcome to the Koudoutai Talent Show! Let's see if you have the talent I'm searching for!" She brought a hand to her chest, firmly grasping a round, hard item which was hidden beneath her jacket. The flaps to the entrance of the tent closed, blocking one girl from getting in. The children began to murmur excitedly, unsure of what was going on.
Usagi wasted no time. As dense as she was, she knew when there was an enemy. Quickly she grabbed her chest, preparing to transform. But Hinata raised her hand first, and Usagi gasped at the site she beheld. It was a round, bronze-colored brooch, with a strange symbol brandished upon the front. Usagi turned to Luna, who was being pushed back by a few young girls who had decided it was time to run. "Luna! It's a Senshi!"
Hinata grinned at the site of the children. "Leo Star Power, Makeup!" A golden light swept through the tent, causing Usagi to shield her eyes. When the glimmer cleared faded, there stood a woman in a purely gold fuku. Rather than a skirt, she wore tight shorts and what appeared to be a halter- top. (Okay, breaking from the story for a sec, imagine it as a gold Starlights fuku without the wings on the front.)
Usagi gasped. "Sailor Leo! Sailor Aries! Sailor Libra! How many are there?" She ignored her questions and lifted her brooch high into the air. "No time. Moon Crisis Power, Makeup!"
Sailor Leo turned at the flash of silver in surprise. "That must be one of the Senshi I have found so much about." Wasting no time, she hopped to the floor and grabbed the nearest victim she could find, a small kindergarten aged girl. She grasped her hands around the screaming child's neck and brought her mouth-to-mouth. She began to suck, searching for any sort of sign to determine whether she had a crystal or not.
"Put that girl down, you pedophile!" Sailor Leo turned to see a tall Sailor with golden hair stand up from the crowd. "Stop playing cruel games with these children. I am the pretty soldier, Super Sailor Moon! And on behalf of the moon.." Sailor Moon stopped speaking as Sailor Leo decked her in the face.
"You shouldn't waste time when it comes to fighting, Sailor!" Sailor Leo pulled back. "If you were a true Senshi, you'd understand!"
Sailor Moon brought her hand away from her tingling face. "Sailor Leo! Coward! Don't fight me here, with all these people around!"
Sailor Leo laughed. "Ha, you want me to give up these children?"
"She doesn't have to!" A small girl, in a pink fuku, yelled from the podium where Hinata Shishi had transformed to Sailor Leo. "Super Sailor Moon! Duck!" Super Sailor Chibi Moon took hold of her tiara. "Here's a trick I learned in the future! Moon Frisbee!"
The disc circulated the room, slicing through the flaps of the tent. One of the children yelled out, the girl whom had given Chibi-Usa her pen. "Okay, all those not fighting a Juunikyuu War, get the hell outta here!" She avoided the ensuing stampede, then turned to Sailor Leo. "Cowardly Sailor Leo, your pride has gotten in the way again. We were never meant to awaken but in the most drastic of measures. You stole two of our fellow Juunikyuu Senshi and now are fighting the royalty we are meant to protect!"
Leo glared. "Why do you hide behind the guise of a little girl? Show yourself, Sailor Cancer!" She lunged foreword, hand outstretched. The girl narrowed her eyes and struck out, smacking Leo away without effort.
"Sailor Leo, you are a fool. I am the leader of the Juunikyuu Senshi. You can never defeat me. Once under the guise of Tsukiakari Kani, I am Sailor Cancer!" Kani removed a pen from her shirt, and Chibi-Usa recognized it as the one Kani had previously lent her. Kani raised her hand straight up. "Cancer Star Power, Makeup!"
Sailor Cancer took the place of Tsukiakari Kani, a young girl in a fuku with a black skirt and soft blue bows. Upon her four dumplings were four light blue shields rimmed in gold. She had black thigh high boots. Super Sailor Moon stepped toward her. "Sailor Cancer?! Are you my guardian?"
Cancer shook her head. "No. Originally the guardian of Queen Selenity, I am now the guardian of Sailor Chibi-Moon and her Asteroid Senshi. Your Planet Senshi protect you. My Senshi, the Juunikyuu Senshi, protect your Planet Senshi. Sailor Aries also protects Sailors Phobos and Deimos." She smiled. "Complicated I know. We were never meant to awaken, but Sailor Leo stole two of my soldiers while they slept and came to earth in search of the one she was meant to protect."
Sailor Leo pushed herself from the floor. "Sailor Cancer, you're stronger than last time we fought. You have been conserving yourself while I have expended much energy while following through with my plan." She jumped high into the air. "But I do not work alone. Koudoutai Akumo, my master, will help me overthrow you. So I leave you with a going away present!"
Sailor Cancer tensed and turned to Sailor Moon. "Run, Sailor Moon! Her power is strong, and it will kill you! Take my princess and leave!"
Sailor Moon nodded. She grabbed Luna in her arms and ran with Chibi- Usa out of the tent. Sailor Cancer then turned to Sailor Leo. "Do your worst, you evil lapdog!"
"Roaring Shishiza Courage!" The blast froze above Sailor Cancer and Sailor Leo ripped open a dark portal within the air. "Once I am gone, the energy in my attack will destroy you. Farewell, my fearless leader."
Sailor Cancer brought her arms above her in a cross. "Heavenly Kaniza Shield." The attack was barely a whisper, but the power was great. Cancer's arms glew with the silver of her princess, and she directed the blast high into the sky, where it exploded without sound.
Usagi stared into the sky solemnly, once again amongst the crowd of girls from the supposed Talent Show, as the golden energy spread across the sky. She turned to Chibi-Usa, who was pulling on her skirt. "What is it?"
"Usagi, I.." Chibi-Usa turned her face away. "Sailor Cancer is okay, right?"
Usagi nodded. "Sure, kid." She turned back towards the sky as gold dust began to rain upon the many girls. "At least, I hope so."
* Koudoutai means zodiac.
