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( I wanted, )
( To be like you, )
( I wanted everything. )
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"What was your life like before you met me?"

"Mmm...dull, definitely dull."

"Even with your ability to transform? The life of a senshi sounds exciting."

"It was exciting, but after the Negaverse stopped trying to take the gizinshou, there was no one to fight. Transforming became sort of a like an old toy...it just stayed there, was never used and got rusty."

"Rusty?"

"Yep. I was definitely rusty that day."

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Rei, Minako and Ami were hanging out at Rei's shrine. Rei should've been doing some cleaning, but she had been cleaning all day and she rather enjoyed talking to two of her best friends. Ami and Minako had stopped by because they were bored out of their heads, too.

"How long has it been since we've transformed?" Ami asked, taking a nostalgic look onto her face. "It feels like it's been forever."

Rei sighed, "It has."

Minako nodded in agreement and sighed aloud. She missed transforming, as did all of the senshi.

"Hey, why didn't you guys bring Usagi and Makoto?" Rei quizzed abruptly, as if she just now realized they weren't present.

Minako giggled, "Makoto found another guy who looks like her ex-"

"And Usagi is grounded for grades," Ami finished.

"I should've guessed," Rei snickered. "Hey, let's get out of here. The shrine is so peaceful, I feel like we're intruding by talking."

"Yeah, you're right," Ami shuddered. "I'm hungry, anyone else?"

"I am."

"Me too," Minako said, "Let's go to the new resturaunt that opened up on Main Street."

"Ok," Rei replied, "but let me get changed first. I can't possibly leave this place dressed like this."

Minako and Ami waited silently outside of the shrine for Rei. When she returned, they set off to Noh's, the new resturaunt Minako spoke of. They walked slowly down the stone steps, unrushed.

"How did you guys do on your Japanese history test?" Ami asked.

"Not great," Minako replied, "but there was stuff on the test he didn't even go over!"

Rei agreed, "I know. At least two of the questions were on the Meiji era, and that's not until Unit 24. We're barely on Unit 17. How does Mr. Osaka expect us to know that stuff?"

"I knew it," Ami put in.

"But that's because you've read the history book cover-to-cover," Minako reasoned. "Is anyone hot? I'm feeling really hot all of a sudden..."

"Have not! I just like to do a little extra reading every now and then. The Meiji era was a very interesting time period- Minako?"

Minako began furiously fanning herself. Rei arched an eyebrow and asked, "Are you ok, Mina-chan?"

"Yeah, just a little hot," Minako reassured. Rei studied her more closely, and found beads of sweat forming on her brow.

"I think you have a fever," Ami declared. She put a hand to Minako's forehead. "You're burning up! We need to take you to see a doctor, quick! If it goes any higher, you'll be delirious-"

Suddenly the ground began to shake, and the girls lost their balance on the stone steps.

"An earthquake?!" Minako shouted.

Ami stood up and doubled back in horror. While Rei and Minako were recovering from their fall, she had seen it. A large, spider-like monster was coming up from behind the shrine. It was huge, and it had several eyes and legs. Lava seemed to be trapped inside its body. It stomped over in her direction, crushing everything beneath it. The air around them grew hotter and more humid as it got nearer. It was a long while that Ami stood staring at it, but she finally managed to shout, "Mercury..." Of course, nothing happened. In utter terror, Ami stood. Her brain clouded over and she found it hard to think. She knew what she was supposed to say in order to transform, but it wouldn't come to her lips.

Rei and Minako finally saw the giant spider, and they, too, tried to transform. It was amazing, really. They hadn't transformed in so long, they had nearly forgotten how to do it. They stood looking at each other, dumbfounded. Rei closed her eyes and cleared her mind as if she were going to meditate. It was like playing a game of Guess...Her mind shot possibilities at her and each one was wrong, wrong, wrong...ah! There it was!

"Mars Crisis Make Up!" she cried. The other girls jerked as if slapped, and then they transformed. When the process was over and the blinding lights had faded, Sailor Mars, Sailor Venus, and Sailor Mercury stood ready to fight.

"Mercury...Aqua....Rhapsody!" Mercury shouted, making the first attack. A large spiral of water shot at the spider, and the thing gave a great loud roar. It fell to the ground, as if dead, but it picked itself back up and lunged at the three girls with fury. Now it was standing above them, and the three senshi stared at it in awe. They had never fought anything like it.

"Foolish girls..." it said.

Sailor Mars started and exclaimed, "Ack! It talks!" A sound rose from the main body of the spider, and Mercury guessed it was laughter of some sort. Mars and Venus began backing away slowly. Mercury flipped on her visor and studied it as she backed slowly away. Unfortunately, she was going backwards down steps.

"It has a weakness to water. Mars, don't use any of your attacks, because you'll only heal it. It's amazingly strong..." Sailor Mercury informed the other two girls. "It's going to take more than the three of us to defeat it! Someone contact the others-"

A great black wave emitted from the spider. It hit all of them, and suddenly they felt very weak. Mercury fell to her knees, and Mar collapsed next to her. Sailor Venus managed to stay on her feet for a few minutes, but she slouched on one of the stone steps.

"What...what was that?" Mars cried. She began to crawl. She willed herself onto her legs, but she couldn't do it. She was too weak at the moment. Sailor Mercury stood up.

"Mercury...Aqua...Rhapsody!" Mercury cried once more. She poured her whole being into it, and she kept a tunnel of water flowing at the great spider for a long time. When her attack was through, she collapsed onto her knees, and nearly fell back. Mars caught her to save her from tumbling down the steps to her death.

The spider's legs apparently gave out, because the main body fell to the floor. It roared.

"You leave me no choice," it said.

Mars and Venus pulled Sailor Mercury to her feet.

"It's going to attack again!" Venus cried, "Run!"

Ami shook her head. She couldn't possibly run, she couldn't even walk! Despite her friend's urgings, Ami's knees gave out again and she fell the floor.

"She's too weak," Venus said. "We'll have to-"

A great explosion sounded. Though each of the girls braced themselves for intense fire, it didn't come. Instead, a warm liquid like feeling spread over their bodies. Their surroundings faded and faded until they were alone in a never ending blackness.

"What's going..." Ami tried to say. A feeling had come over her that was hard to describe. She felt like a water balloon that had just been popped, and all the water was flowing out of it. Her hands rose in front of her...and they seemed to be dissolving. Each tiny cell in her body was rising, floating up into the air like pixie dust. A sucking feeling consumed her, and the last thing she heard was Rei shouting her name.

Minako watched in horror as Ami dissolved. She ran to Rei, who was thankfully still whole. Rei was waving her arms furiously in the spot where Ami had previously been. Suddenly, raven strands of Rei's hair began to rise, like there was no gravity. Then it dissolved into dust and rose into the air like Ami had. Minako backed away. Rei turned around just as her whole body seemed to explode into tiny particles, and they floated up into the sky. She rose her hand to her mouth in disgust, but she found that it was disolving also. Minako slumped to the ground. She was feeling so very lightheaded, and then...

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