Chapter Three: Two New Senshi
Usagi nervously paced back and forth in front of her and Demando's bed. She hadn't heard from Minako in two hours, since she had left the palace to go try and stop Mamoru. Demando came in and quietly closed the door behind him.
"Any word yet?" he asked.
"No," said Usagi, continuing to pace.
"Usako, she'll be fine. She's a Sailor Senshi and we all know what Mamoru's capable of, so he can't throw any surprises at us," he said, trying to comfort her.
"But that's just it, Demando. We were at the height of our powers ten years ago, when he was at his. He has almost no power, as do we. We can barely transform, let alone use our powers. I'm just afraid for her family. What if she does manage to get herself killed? Then we have to find a place for her children, who are Sailor Senshi, but don't know it yet."
"When do you plan on telling them?" asked Demando.
"I don't know. Tomorrow, maybe. But the one thing we all agreed on is that we'll tell them at the same time." She sank down onto the bed.
"The kids are asleep," he said, sitting down beside her.
"Thanks. Do they want me to come in?" she asked.
"You know it," he said, giving her the mischievous grin that had won her heart so many years ago.
"Okay," she said, kissing him lightly. "I'll be right back."
She left the room and went into Lindsay's room first.
"Mommy?" her daughter asked.
"Yes, sweetie?"
"Are Kino and Kalika sleeping over?"
"Yes. Their mom had something to do tonight with their dad, so they are staying over here."
"Why can't Kalika sleep in my room?"
"Because, I don't want you girls talking all night. Tomorrow's a big day."
"Huh?" asked Lindsay, not getting it.
"Never mind. Goodnight," said Usagi, kissing her on the forehead.
She went into Luke's room next.
"Mom, why can't Kino sleep over?"
"He is, just not in your room. You both need your sleep," she said, before kissing him and leaving the room.
She visited Chibiusa's room last.
"Mom?"
"Yes?"
"Am I adopted?"
"What gave you that idea?"
"I don't look anything like you or Dad, and Luke and Lindsay do. I've got pink hair, and they've got blonde."
"So? Who cares what color hair you have? The point is, you have two parents who love you. You don't have to look like them in order to be their daughter. Plus, how could you be able to use the power of my crystal if you were adopted. It runs in the blood." Usagi winked, and left the room, leaving Chibiusa to her very confused thoughts.
Usagi returned to her room and climbed into her nightgown. She pulled out "A Mother's Guide to Raising Children" and began to read.
"Problems again?" asked Demando, snuggling into the covers next to her and closing his eyes.
"Yeah. Chibiusa thinks she's adopted."
"All kids go through that. Wasn't there a time when you thought that you were adopted?"
"Of course. I thought I was adopted because of my horrible grades. Of course, I didn't try very hard, so that might be the cause for it."
"I agree," he said, burying his face in her hair, taking in the scent of her newly washed hair.
Usagi closed the book and laid it on the nightstand next to her. She turned the lamp down and lay down in her bed, next to Demando.
"What are we going to tell them tomorrow?" he asked.
"We both know that Chibiusa is Sailor Chibi Moon, so that won't be hard. We've known that for ages. It's explaining it to Lindsay that will be hard."
"Why? Because she hasn't shown signs of power yet?"
"Actually, she has. When you aren't home, she has the ability to flame broil anything she wants. That's why she never wants to use the microwave for food. She can do it herself."
"Hmm, that's strange. A girl who can charbroil her house if she wanted to."
"I never got around to telling you this, but my father was the Sun Kingdom's crown prince. When he and my mother married, they were given the choice of which kingdom to rule. They chose the Moon Kingdom, and so the Sun Kingdom sort of faded out. I showed signs of both Moon and Sun, but more of the Moon's power. My brother on the other hand, had the same powers as my father, but couldn't use them to become a guardian of the sun. That's why there never was a Sailor Sun. Lindsay has the power to reawaken that line of Senshi, except when used in the wrong way, her powers are deadly. If Mamoru realizes her power, and figures out how to harness it, then he could flame broil our kingdom, and us."
"Fun. Let's watch the Moon Kingdom go up in smoke for the second time in a thousand years," Demando said sarcastically.
"Not funny, Demando. If he figures her out, everything that we've worked for vanishes, including us."
The phone began to ring and Usagi quickly snatched it up. "Hello?" she asked.
"Usagi, it's Minako," the voice on the other end said, sounding like she had been crying.
"What's wrong?" asked Usagi.
"It's Mamoru—" she choked out. "He got here before me. Stephan…he's…dead," she finally said.
"That filthy stinking son of a-"
"Usagi, just calm down," said Demando. "What happened?"
Usagi covered the phone with her hand. "Mamoru beat Minako to Earth. He killed Stephan."
"Minako, what should I tell Kino and Kalika?"
"Nothing yet. We have to tell them first about the senshi. You'll have to do that. I have to prepare the funeral arrangements," she said sadly.
"Minako, what's that crackling sound?" asked Usagi, concerned.
"I'm on the cordless phone- OH MY GOD!" screamed Minako.
"What's wrong?" asked Usagi, clutching the phone.
"It's Stephan's body. It's gone!"
"Oh my God!" cried Usagi, jumping out of the bed. "Minako. I'm coming right now. I don't care what time it is or what you say," Usagi said into the phone and quickly hung it up.
"Where are you going?" asked Demando.
"To see Minako. Stephan's body just disappeared. Demando, she needs me. I have to go.
She rushed into her closet and pulled on one of her gowns, quickly redid her hair, and slipped into a pair of shoes. She grabbed her cloak and kissed Demando.
"Love you," she said, and rushed out the door. She grabbed her time and space key and went to the portal. She took the back way to the Earth palace and came out in an empty hallway. She found Minako, weeping over a puddle of blood.
"Is this where he was at?" she asked.
"Yes. He had blood all over his body. It looked like Mamoru had stabbed him," she choked out.
"I told Demando that I'm going to stay the night here with you. He's dealing with the kids. They're all asleep."
"That's good. I just don't know how I'm going to explain to them about their father."
***
Mamoru dragged a brown sack behind him. He reached the cave where he had been hiding and threw the sack into a corner, hearing a groan from it.
"Is it dead?" he asked himself. "Oh well, I don't care."
He sat down and thought about his latest plan. "I've gotten Stephan out of the way. Now I only have to convince Minako to marry me, that it's for her children's best interests, and then my plan will be complete," he cackled, evilly.
***
The next morning, Minako woke up with a tear-stained face and quickly tried to wash her face. Her children were here. She couldn't show them that she had been crying.
Usagi had borrowed one of Minako's gowns and gone down to meet Demando and her children. Minako came down shortly after.
"Kino, Kalika," she said to her children.
"Mommy!" they called and rushed to her.
"Where's Daddy?" asked Kalika, looking around.
"Dears, he's not coming home," said Minako sadly.
"What?" asked Kino.
Chibiusa looked up at her mother, asking silently if it was true. Her mother nodded. She leaned over and whispered the news to Lindsay and Luke. Lindsay began crying immediately and Luke gasped in horror.
"Kino, Kalika. Your father is…dead," said Minako quietly.
"No!" cried Kalika, and she began crying.
"Mom, tell me that this is a sick joke," said Kino.
"It's not."
Kalika ran crying to her room and Chibiusa ran after her, to comfort her. Luke and Kino slowly walked up the stairs, quietly talking.
"Lindsay, before I forget. Happy Birthday," said Minako with fake happiness.
"Yeah. Some birthday," she said dully.
"Lindsay," said Usagi.
"Yes, Mom?" she asked.
"Here," Usagi handed her a golden pen with an orange circle with a crescent moon in the center on it.
"What is it?" asked Lindsay.
"You are a Sailor Senshi. You are Sailor Crystal Sun, one of the eleven planetary senshi. Whenever there is evil nearby, hold up this wand and say "Crystal Sun Power!" and you'll transform into Sailor Crystal Sun. Try it."
"Um…Crystal Sun Power?" asked Lindsay uncertainly. After a laser light show, Lindsay stood with her long blonde hair pulled back into a ponytail in an orange, yellow, and white bodysuit with a golden jewel in her silver tiara. She wore red boots to match the bows on her outfit.
"Cool!" she exclaimed. "What's my power?" she asked.
"I think that it's "Sun Flaming Arrow Target,"" said Usagi.
"Can I try it?" asked Sailor Crystal Sun.
"Go ahead. It shouldn't hurt anything," said Minako.
"Okay. Sun Flaming Arrow…Target!" she yelled. A flaming red and orange arrow flew towards Usagi who calmly held up the Imperium Crystal and muttered a few words. The arrow disappeared.
"That was awesome!" said Luke, coming back down the stairs. The other children followed.
Minako handed Kalika a henshin pen and told her the same thing that Usagi had told Lindsay. Kalika transformed and joined Lindsay in an orange and blue bodysuit with orange knee-length boots and an orange jewel in her silver tiara.
"Venus Crescent Beam Smash!" she cried, knowing exactly how to harness her mother's old powers.
"You're a natural!" laughed Minako, hugging her daughter happily.
Little did the happy senshi know that an invisible force was watching them.
"So," said Mamoru to himself. "The new generation of senshi have come to 'try' and stop me. Well, good luck, Usagi."
Usagi nervously paced back and forth in front of her and Demando's bed. She hadn't heard from Minako in two hours, since she had left the palace to go try and stop Mamoru. Demando came in and quietly closed the door behind him.
"Any word yet?" he asked.
"No," said Usagi, continuing to pace.
"Usako, she'll be fine. She's a Sailor Senshi and we all know what Mamoru's capable of, so he can't throw any surprises at us," he said, trying to comfort her.
"But that's just it, Demando. We were at the height of our powers ten years ago, when he was at his. He has almost no power, as do we. We can barely transform, let alone use our powers. I'm just afraid for her family. What if she does manage to get herself killed? Then we have to find a place for her children, who are Sailor Senshi, but don't know it yet."
"When do you plan on telling them?" asked Demando.
"I don't know. Tomorrow, maybe. But the one thing we all agreed on is that we'll tell them at the same time." She sank down onto the bed.
"The kids are asleep," he said, sitting down beside her.
"Thanks. Do they want me to come in?" she asked.
"You know it," he said, giving her the mischievous grin that had won her heart so many years ago.
"Okay," she said, kissing him lightly. "I'll be right back."
She left the room and went into Lindsay's room first.
"Mommy?" her daughter asked.
"Yes, sweetie?"
"Are Kino and Kalika sleeping over?"
"Yes. Their mom had something to do tonight with their dad, so they are staying over here."
"Why can't Kalika sleep in my room?"
"Because, I don't want you girls talking all night. Tomorrow's a big day."
"Huh?" asked Lindsay, not getting it.
"Never mind. Goodnight," said Usagi, kissing her on the forehead.
She went into Luke's room next.
"Mom, why can't Kino sleep over?"
"He is, just not in your room. You both need your sleep," she said, before kissing him and leaving the room.
She visited Chibiusa's room last.
"Mom?"
"Yes?"
"Am I adopted?"
"What gave you that idea?"
"I don't look anything like you or Dad, and Luke and Lindsay do. I've got pink hair, and they've got blonde."
"So? Who cares what color hair you have? The point is, you have two parents who love you. You don't have to look like them in order to be their daughter. Plus, how could you be able to use the power of my crystal if you were adopted. It runs in the blood." Usagi winked, and left the room, leaving Chibiusa to her very confused thoughts.
Usagi returned to her room and climbed into her nightgown. She pulled out "A Mother's Guide to Raising Children" and began to read.
"Problems again?" asked Demando, snuggling into the covers next to her and closing his eyes.
"Yeah. Chibiusa thinks she's adopted."
"All kids go through that. Wasn't there a time when you thought that you were adopted?"
"Of course. I thought I was adopted because of my horrible grades. Of course, I didn't try very hard, so that might be the cause for it."
"I agree," he said, burying his face in her hair, taking in the scent of her newly washed hair.
Usagi closed the book and laid it on the nightstand next to her. She turned the lamp down and lay down in her bed, next to Demando.
"What are we going to tell them tomorrow?" he asked.
"We both know that Chibiusa is Sailor Chibi Moon, so that won't be hard. We've known that for ages. It's explaining it to Lindsay that will be hard."
"Why? Because she hasn't shown signs of power yet?"
"Actually, she has. When you aren't home, she has the ability to flame broil anything she wants. That's why she never wants to use the microwave for food. She can do it herself."
"Hmm, that's strange. A girl who can charbroil her house if she wanted to."
"I never got around to telling you this, but my father was the Sun Kingdom's crown prince. When he and my mother married, they were given the choice of which kingdom to rule. They chose the Moon Kingdom, and so the Sun Kingdom sort of faded out. I showed signs of both Moon and Sun, but more of the Moon's power. My brother on the other hand, had the same powers as my father, but couldn't use them to become a guardian of the sun. That's why there never was a Sailor Sun. Lindsay has the power to reawaken that line of Senshi, except when used in the wrong way, her powers are deadly. If Mamoru realizes her power, and figures out how to harness it, then he could flame broil our kingdom, and us."
"Fun. Let's watch the Moon Kingdom go up in smoke for the second time in a thousand years," Demando said sarcastically.
"Not funny, Demando. If he figures her out, everything that we've worked for vanishes, including us."
The phone began to ring and Usagi quickly snatched it up. "Hello?" she asked.
"Usagi, it's Minako," the voice on the other end said, sounding like she had been crying.
"What's wrong?" asked Usagi.
"It's Mamoru—" she choked out. "He got here before me. Stephan…he's…dead," she finally said.
"That filthy stinking son of a-"
"Usagi, just calm down," said Demando. "What happened?"
Usagi covered the phone with her hand. "Mamoru beat Minako to Earth. He killed Stephan."
"Minako, what should I tell Kino and Kalika?"
"Nothing yet. We have to tell them first about the senshi. You'll have to do that. I have to prepare the funeral arrangements," she said sadly.
"Minako, what's that crackling sound?" asked Usagi, concerned.
"I'm on the cordless phone- OH MY GOD!" screamed Minako.
"What's wrong?" asked Usagi, clutching the phone.
"It's Stephan's body. It's gone!"
"Oh my God!" cried Usagi, jumping out of the bed. "Minako. I'm coming right now. I don't care what time it is or what you say," Usagi said into the phone and quickly hung it up.
"Where are you going?" asked Demando.
"To see Minako. Stephan's body just disappeared. Demando, she needs me. I have to go.
She rushed into her closet and pulled on one of her gowns, quickly redid her hair, and slipped into a pair of shoes. She grabbed her cloak and kissed Demando.
"Love you," she said, and rushed out the door. She grabbed her time and space key and went to the portal. She took the back way to the Earth palace and came out in an empty hallway. She found Minako, weeping over a puddle of blood.
"Is this where he was at?" she asked.
"Yes. He had blood all over his body. It looked like Mamoru had stabbed him," she choked out.
"I told Demando that I'm going to stay the night here with you. He's dealing with the kids. They're all asleep."
"That's good. I just don't know how I'm going to explain to them about their father."
***
Mamoru dragged a brown sack behind him. He reached the cave where he had been hiding and threw the sack into a corner, hearing a groan from it.
"Is it dead?" he asked himself. "Oh well, I don't care."
He sat down and thought about his latest plan. "I've gotten Stephan out of the way. Now I only have to convince Minako to marry me, that it's for her children's best interests, and then my plan will be complete," he cackled, evilly.
***
The next morning, Minako woke up with a tear-stained face and quickly tried to wash her face. Her children were here. She couldn't show them that she had been crying.
Usagi had borrowed one of Minako's gowns and gone down to meet Demando and her children. Minako came down shortly after.
"Kino, Kalika," she said to her children.
"Mommy!" they called and rushed to her.
"Where's Daddy?" asked Kalika, looking around.
"Dears, he's not coming home," said Minako sadly.
"What?" asked Kino.
Chibiusa looked up at her mother, asking silently if it was true. Her mother nodded. She leaned over and whispered the news to Lindsay and Luke. Lindsay began crying immediately and Luke gasped in horror.
"Kino, Kalika. Your father is…dead," said Minako quietly.
"No!" cried Kalika, and she began crying.
"Mom, tell me that this is a sick joke," said Kino.
"It's not."
Kalika ran crying to her room and Chibiusa ran after her, to comfort her. Luke and Kino slowly walked up the stairs, quietly talking.
"Lindsay, before I forget. Happy Birthday," said Minako with fake happiness.
"Yeah. Some birthday," she said dully.
"Lindsay," said Usagi.
"Yes, Mom?" she asked.
"Here," Usagi handed her a golden pen with an orange circle with a crescent moon in the center on it.
"What is it?" asked Lindsay.
"You are a Sailor Senshi. You are Sailor Crystal Sun, one of the eleven planetary senshi. Whenever there is evil nearby, hold up this wand and say "Crystal Sun Power!" and you'll transform into Sailor Crystal Sun. Try it."
"Um…Crystal Sun Power?" asked Lindsay uncertainly. After a laser light show, Lindsay stood with her long blonde hair pulled back into a ponytail in an orange, yellow, and white bodysuit with a golden jewel in her silver tiara. She wore red boots to match the bows on her outfit.
"Cool!" she exclaimed. "What's my power?" she asked.
"I think that it's "Sun Flaming Arrow Target,"" said Usagi.
"Can I try it?" asked Sailor Crystal Sun.
"Go ahead. It shouldn't hurt anything," said Minako.
"Okay. Sun Flaming Arrow…Target!" she yelled. A flaming red and orange arrow flew towards Usagi who calmly held up the Imperium Crystal and muttered a few words. The arrow disappeared.
"That was awesome!" said Luke, coming back down the stairs. The other children followed.
Minako handed Kalika a henshin pen and told her the same thing that Usagi had told Lindsay. Kalika transformed and joined Lindsay in an orange and blue bodysuit with orange knee-length boots and an orange jewel in her silver tiara.
"Venus Crescent Beam Smash!" she cried, knowing exactly how to harness her mother's old powers.
"You're a natural!" laughed Minako, hugging her daughter happily.
Little did the happy senshi know that an invisible force was watching them.
"So," said Mamoru to himself. "The new generation of senshi have come to 'try' and stop me. Well, good luck, Usagi."
