Chapter 5 – The Hunter Becomes The Hunted (In Sailor Moon's Case)
In Crystal Tokyo, some 1,000 years off....
"Would you mind if I went to the twenty first century?"
"No, not at all. Just stay clear of who I was talking about."
"I am not a baby. I'm 14 years old, for goodness' sakes! I'm as old as you were when Luna first gave you that henshin brooch," replied Chibi-Usa. "Come, Diana, we're heading back to Tokyo."
"Coming, your Highness," replied Diana.
"For goodness sakes, Usagi, be careful," wished Serenity, before her daughter left the throne room.
"I'll be okay," she replied, taking the Purity Chalice off her mother's table. "Moon Crisis Power, Make Up!"
Meanwhile, back in Tokyo....
It was a dark room, and the only thing lighting it was a fireplace. In front of it, was a throne-like chair. From what you could see what was being lit, the room was covered in kanji symbols. As you opened the door, you came straight to that fireplace.
Infront of the fireplace, on the throne-like chair, sat Sailor Moon, crying her heart out.
"I am so sick of this," she thought. "I wish that all of this would end, so I could go back to being a normal teenager."
"Usagi, are you all right?" asked the black haired girl standing in the doorway.
"Not really, Rei," Usagi replied. "I am so worried. I don't know what's going to happen next. But no matter what happens next, that anti-semite son of a bitch is going to pay. I'll make sure I avenge Naru's death, whatever the cost." She turned back towards the fire. "I need to be left alone for a while."
"Be careful, Usagi." With that, Rei left the room, and a Sailor Soldier still sobbing.
"Why did this have to happen? Why did Naru die? She had her whole life ahead of her," thought Usagi, as she continuously swirled a glass of wine in her palms. "I swear to Kami, when we meet again, Murchinov, you will not live to tell the tale. I've had enough of this. I've had enough of this Mafia bullshit."
"Cursed Russians," she muttered, before falling asleep in the chair.
The next morning.......
"Wake up, Mama," said a familiar voice. Upon hearing that, Usagi stirred.
"Ch... Chibi-Usa? What are you doing here?"
"Listen, I've had a word with Puu. She's told me everything that's happened here. From the bank robbery to the kidnapping. Plus she's let me in on a couple of things. Including what's going to happen if we don't call an emergency meeting."
"Yeah. That would be a good idea. Spread the word: Hikawa Jinja, sundown. Usa – bring Hotaru and Setsuna. Leave Haruka and Michiru, because we'll need them later."
"I'll be sure to do that, but right now, I'm going for a walk."
"Do you think you'll be okay?"
"Trust me, Mama," replied Chibi-Usa. "I'm not only trained as a princess; but also a protector. Everybody back home knows not to mess with me."
It was a cloudy morning, yet the sun shone through a small part of the clouds over Tokyo bay, which could be seen from Shibakoen Park, in the Minato-ku section of Tokyo. It would be a fair walk to cross it, to get to the Ginza district, which was where Chibi-Usa was heading. She decided to get some supplies to prepare the rest of the inners for what would happen later tonight.
As she walked past the district's banks, she had a eerie feeling about her. She was worried; could she be next? "No – that's stupid! There's no way in hell that I'm next," she thought.
However, as she walked past the same bank in which Naru Osaka was murdered, gunshots, once again, could be heard.
"Nobody move!" said someone, in an easily recognisable Russian accent.
"Not again...." muttered Chibi-Usa, as she headed into the bank, unarmed. "Diana, go back to the Hikawa Jinja, and tell Usagi and the rest of them to get to the JCB in Ginza, aka the Osaka memorial. I'm going to see what I can do for the meanwhile." "Now, what was Sakurada-san's number?"
"Moshi Moshi?"
"Is this the office of Natsuna Sakurada?"
Natsuna immediately recognised that voice. "Chiba-san? Is something wrong?"
"I think I saw Murchinov. Down at the JCB in Ginza. But don't go there yet; wait until V-chan and Mama are down there."
It's official – my first cliffhanger! Thanks to Celeste Jacobs, who suggested that I do this. In other words:
"I'M BAAAACK!" (evil laugh)
The Adelaide Fanfic Writer
January 16, 2002
