A/N - Sorry for the long wait, I was doing research on Sailor V. If you've
read the Sailor V manga please understand that I haven't, and I also missed
the episode of Sailor Moon with Mina's past, so there are probably quite a
few discrepancies.
Any attacks that V had that relate to Sailor Venus (there were quite a few of them) will either be changed or not used at all. All her attacks will be ambiguously described, because I haven't a clue what they actually look like (but at least now I know what they are, I used to only know one of them!).
If you have any information on Sailor V please, please e-mail me! Accuracy is good, accuracy is my friend (unless it interferes with my story ^_^;).
Thanks to pooka and Kitty for reviewing me!
Third Time Around
Chapter 3
8/26/2030
7:00 PM
Tsukino Residence
"Oh, thank heavens!" Mika Tsukino said, when Sarah came in. "When that big light flashed I was so worried that you'd be hurt or—! Who are you?"
"Alexander Black." Alex introduced himself. "Sarah and I sort of ran into each other when that flash happened, and I walked her home since she passed out earlier." Sarah gave him a withering look, as her mother grabbed her in a viselike embrace.
"Passed out!?! Oh my poor baby!" She gushed, much to Sarah's embarrassment. "You must have been so frightened!" Krista, Sarah and Amanda's older sister, rolled her eyes and gave Sarah the "better you than me" look.
"Mom!" Sarah shouted to get her mother's attention. "I'm fine, I just passed out from all the heat."
"Well, Alexander, why don't you come in?" Mika invited him, letting go of Sarah, who immediately began to give Alex every universal sign for no that had ever been used in the history of the world, and a few that hadn't. He took the hint.
"Thanks, no." He said. "I have to go check up on my little sister."
"Well, you go on then." Carrie said. "Thank you."
"You're welcome." He said, and he left.
"Isn't he Jenny's brother?" Krista asked "The one who always called y—"
"Don't you dare say it, Mary-Christine." Sarah said, calling her sister by her full first name; which she knew Krista hated.
"What ever you say, Meatball Head." Krista grinned at her sister wickedly. "Well I'd better go tell him that Jenny's at the mall." She said, a predatory gleam in her eye. Krista had once had an enormous crush on Alex, and still did, apparently.
Sarah suddenly felt very sorry for her Arch-Nemesis.
7:30 PM
"So what do you think it means?" Sarah asked, as she typed on her computer.
"Trouble." Luna answered.
"I already figured that out, Luna." Sarah growled in annoyance. "There's nothing in your scenarios that's even remotely like that."
"Well how was I supposed to know something like that was going to happen?" Luna protested. "The scenarios are supposed to train you to be able to think on your feet."
"Well sorry to disappoint you!" Sarah said.
"You're not disappointing me," Luna said. "In fact, you're much better than Serena was."
"Did Serena like being Sailor Moon?" Sarah asked, quietly. "Tell me the truth."
"Sometimes she liked it." Luna said. "She really liked having fans, even if none of them knew who she really was. But most of the time…"
"She didn't like it." Sarah said.
"She just wanted to be a normal girl." Luna said. "She actually got her wish once. The first time they died, Serena wished to have a normal life, so everything about her being Sailor Moon was erased. But it's not something that you can walk away from, eventually she was forced to become Sailor Moon again. I doubt that you and the others would have been reborn now, if there wasn't a new threat."
"So what's my mission?" Sarah asked, suddenly very businesslike.
"Well right now you keep training, and after that you try to find the other Sailor Soldiers, the Silver Imperium Crystal, and the Moon Princess, while fighting whatever evil rears its ugly head."
"Big job." Sarah said. Luna nodded in agreement.
8:00 PM
Ater materialized in an alleyway. He altered his clothing to civilian garb. His hair was red, and his eyes were dark gray. He left the alley and joined in with the crowd of pedestrians. He quickly summoned a Chaos Seed, chose a pedestrian, and threw it at her. The Chaos Seed merged into her body. Ater smiled and continued on his way. The young woman walked on, not knowing that she was now a servant of the Dark Mother.
"Kala!"
"Yes, Dark Mother?" The gray clad woman bowed.
"You need to be more careful of the composition of your hordes, Kala." The old woman said. "I am a patient woman, but I will not tolerate continued failures. Your past failure has put you in a very precarious position."
"I apologize, Dark Mother." Kala said, bowing deeply. "It will not happen again."
9/1/2030
3:30 PM
Amanda was walking back from school with Artemis perched on her shoulder. Sarah had gotten detention for being late, again. It was getting harder and harder to wake her up in the morning; not that Amanda couldn't relate. Ever since Artemis told her that she was this generation's Sailor V, much to her enthusiasm, he had been training her relentlessly. At the end of the day she would fall into bed, completely wiped out, and her mom practically had to drag her out of bed the next morning.
But as bad as Amanda was, Sarah was worse. She had once literally dragged Sarah out of bed, but all Sarah did was mutter something about punishing her in the name of the Moon, and then resumed her snoring on the floor. Amanda knew that it was only a combination of determination and sheer luck that kept her sister's grades from slipping.
Another thing that Amanda had noticed was that she and Sarah had lost a good deal of body fat, and their appetites had increased dramatically, Artemis had told them that this was because using their powers burned off calories at an amazing rate. He and Luna encouraged them to eat often and a lot, especially once they started fighting for real.
"Mandy! Hey, Mandy!" Jenny and a blue skinned girl came up behind Amanda. The blue girl had spoken.
"Hey, Kassni, Jenny." Amanda greeted them. "What's up?"
"We were going to go catch a movie." Kassni said, running a three fingered hand over the grayish spikes that served as her hair. "Wanna come?" Amanda looked over at Artemis, hopefully. He shook his head, Amanda sighed.
"Sorry, can't." Amanda said. "I'm a bit behind on my studies, maybe next time."
"I see." Jenny said. Raising an eyebrow. "You haven't been hanging out with us much anymore, Amanda; is something wrong?"
"It's kind of personal."
"We understand." Kassni said. Shooting Jenny a disapproving look. Kassni's people strongly believed in privacy. "Maybe we can hang out in the mall later today."
"We'll see." Amanda said. They reached the road that Amanda took to get home. "Well, I'll see you later." She smiled.
"Bye." Jenny said, and Kassni waved. They parted company.
"Come on," Artemis said, as soon as Jenny and Kassni were out of sight. "We'd better go if we're going to get to the training ground in time."
"Right." Amanda agreed.
Amanda turned down the road which lead to the nearest bus stop, and waited for her bus. She stuffed Artemis in her backpack when she saw it coming.
Amanda had been on the bus for about fifteen minutes, when she heard a loud crash and the bus driver slammed on his breaks, pitching Amanda forward so that she slammed into the back of the seat in front of her.
"Owww." She moaned. She ran to the front of the bus to see what was going on. A huge black creature was making an enormous mess, throwing cars around, breaking windows, and knocking holes in walls.
"What on earth!?!" Artemis said, looking at the creature. "Well, looks like the time has come for me to put all that training to good use." She pushed the lever to open the bus door, and jumped out.
"Are you insane!?!" The bus driver shouted after her.
"Maybe," Amanda muttered to herself. She ran to a place where she couldn't be seen and pulled out her transformation pen. "Well, here goes nothing!
"Moon Power, TRANSFORM!" Light enveloped Amanda as she transformed into Sailor V.
"Hey, you Creepoid!" Sailor V shouted, getting the monster's attention. "It's not nice to disturb the peace and tranquility of this town! And in—" The monster threw a car at her. She dodged. "Right, point taken, the speech stinks." She dodged a piece of sidewalk. "Crescent Beam!!!" She yelled, striking the creature with an energy beam right between the eyes. The creature fell and crumbled into dust.
"Yes, Dark Mother?" Kala asked, nervously.
"There is nothing to fear for now, child." The crone said. "I intended for your underling to be killed. I was testing the Earth's defenses. It seems that at least one of the Sailor Soldiers managed to escape death, or return from it at least; and, like rabbits, they have a rather annoying tendency to multiply." The old woman looked at Kala thoughtfully. "I want her destroyed, but I won't ask that of you, because I know that you'll inevitably fail." She turned and looked into the shadows to her left. "Ater, how many Chaos Seeds have you planted?"
"Seven, Dark Mother." Ater said, appearing from the shadows. "Two of them are already usable, first stage only though."
"Activate one of them." The old woman said. "Take the necessary time to train it, study it, and document it's potential. Kala, you will send another of your underlings to draw out the Sailor Soldier when Ater is ready to send out the Chaos Fiend." Ater and Kala bowed and took their leave.
"Melani!" The crone called. The third cloaked woman appeared.
"Yes, Dark Mother." She said, bowing.
"Go to the edge of the solar system. You know what to look for." Melani bowed and left. 'I know it's him.' The crone thought. 'I can't let him get the Moon Princess before I do.'
The golden haired man walked down a busy street, seemingly untouched by the chaos surrounding him. He looked briefly at what one would think to be a watch, but was, in reality, a gold wristband with a sunstone set in it.
'Soon,' He thought. 'Soon I will find her.'
Next Chapter - After Sailor V's first fight, things remain peaceful while the various sides plan their next move. Brace yourself! Everything's about to go to hell in a hand-basket!
Any attacks that V had that relate to Sailor Venus (there were quite a few of them) will either be changed or not used at all. All her attacks will be ambiguously described, because I haven't a clue what they actually look like (but at least now I know what they are, I used to only know one of them!).
If you have any information on Sailor V please, please e-mail me! Accuracy is good, accuracy is my friend (unless it interferes with my story ^_^;).
Thanks to pooka and Kitty for reviewing me!
Third Time Around
Chapter 3
8/26/2030
7:00 PM
Tsukino Residence
"Oh, thank heavens!" Mika Tsukino said, when Sarah came in. "When that big light flashed I was so worried that you'd be hurt or—! Who are you?"
"Alexander Black." Alex introduced himself. "Sarah and I sort of ran into each other when that flash happened, and I walked her home since she passed out earlier." Sarah gave him a withering look, as her mother grabbed her in a viselike embrace.
"Passed out!?! Oh my poor baby!" She gushed, much to Sarah's embarrassment. "You must have been so frightened!" Krista, Sarah and Amanda's older sister, rolled her eyes and gave Sarah the "better you than me" look.
"Mom!" Sarah shouted to get her mother's attention. "I'm fine, I just passed out from all the heat."
"Well, Alexander, why don't you come in?" Mika invited him, letting go of Sarah, who immediately began to give Alex every universal sign for no that had ever been used in the history of the world, and a few that hadn't. He took the hint.
"Thanks, no." He said. "I have to go check up on my little sister."
"Well, you go on then." Carrie said. "Thank you."
"You're welcome." He said, and he left.
"Isn't he Jenny's brother?" Krista asked "The one who always called y—"
"Don't you dare say it, Mary-Christine." Sarah said, calling her sister by her full first name; which she knew Krista hated.
"What ever you say, Meatball Head." Krista grinned at her sister wickedly. "Well I'd better go tell him that Jenny's at the mall." She said, a predatory gleam in her eye. Krista had once had an enormous crush on Alex, and still did, apparently.
Sarah suddenly felt very sorry for her Arch-Nemesis.
7:30 PM
"So what do you think it means?" Sarah asked, as she typed on her computer.
"Trouble." Luna answered.
"I already figured that out, Luna." Sarah growled in annoyance. "There's nothing in your scenarios that's even remotely like that."
"Well how was I supposed to know something like that was going to happen?" Luna protested. "The scenarios are supposed to train you to be able to think on your feet."
"Well sorry to disappoint you!" Sarah said.
"You're not disappointing me," Luna said. "In fact, you're much better than Serena was."
"Did Serena like being Sailor Moon?" Sarah asked, quietly. "Tell me the truth."
"Sometimes she liked it." Luna said. "She really liked having fans, even if none of them knew who she really was. But most of the time…"
"She didn't like it." Sarah said.
"She just wanted to be a normal girl." Luna said. "She actually got her wish once. The first time they died, Serena wished to have a normal life, so everything about her being Sailor Moon was erased. But it's not something that you can walk away from, eventually she was forced to become Sailor Moon again. I doubt that you and the others would have been reborn now, if there wasn't a new threat."
"So what's my mission?" Sarah asked, suddenly very businesslike.
"Well right now you keep training, and after that you try to find the other Sailor Soldiers, the Silver Imperium Crystal, and the Moon Princess, while fighting whatever evil rears its ugly head."
"Big job." Sarah said. Luna nodded in agreement.
8:00 PM
Ater materialized in an alleyway. He altered his clothing to civilian garb. His hair was red, and his eyes were dark gray. He left the alley and joined in with the crowd of pedestrians. He quickly summoned a Chaos Seed, chose a pedestrian, and threw it at her. The Chaos Seed merged into her body. Ater smiled and continued on his way. The young woman walked on, not knowing that she was now a servant of the Dark Mother.
"Kala!"
"Yes, Dark Mother?" The gray clad woman bowed.
"You need to be more careful of the composition of your hordes, Kala." The old woman said. "I am a patient woman, but I will not tolerate continued failures. Your past failure has put you in a very precarious position."
"I apologize, Dark Mother." Kala said, bowing deeply. "It will not happen again."
9/1/2030
3:30 PM
Amanda was walking back from school with Artemis perched on her shoulder. Sarah had gotten detention for being late, again. It was getting harder and harder to wake her up in the morning; not that Amanda couldn't relate. Ever since Artemis told her that she was this generation's Sailor V, much to her enthusiasm, he had been training her relentlessly. At the end of the day she would fall into bed, completely wiped out, and her mom practically had to drag her out of bed the next morning.
But as bad as Amanda was, Sarah was worse. She had once literally dragged Sarah out of bed, but all Sarah did was mutter something about punishing her in the name of the Moon, and then resumed her snoring on the floor. Amanda knew that it was only a combination of determination and sheer luck that kept her sister's grades from slipping.
Another thing that Amanda had noticed was that she and Sarah had lost a good deal of body fat, and their appetites had increased dramatically, Artemis had told them that this was because using their powers burned off calories at an amazing rate. He and Luna encouraged them to eat often and a lot, especially once they started fighting for real.
"Mandy! Hey, Mandy!" Jenny and a blue skinned girl came up behind Amanda. The blue girl had spoken.
"Hey, Kassni, Jenny." Amanda greeted them. "What's up?"
"We were going to go catch a movie." Kassni said, running a three fingered hand over the grayish spikes that served as her hair. "Wanna come?" Amanda looked over at Artemis, hopefully. He shook his head, Amanda sighed.
"Sorry, can't." Amanda said. "I'm a bit behind on my studies, maybe next time."
"I see." Jenny said. Raising an eyebrow. "You haven't been hanging out with us much anymore, Amanda; is something wrong?"
"It's kind of personal."
"We understand." Kassni said. Shooting Jenny a disapproving look. Kassni's people strongly believed in privacy. "Maybe we can hang out in the mall later today."
"We'll see." Amanda said. They reached the road that Amanda took to get home. "Well, I'll see you later." She smiled.
"Bye." Jenny said, and Kassni waved. They parted company.
"Come on," Artemis said, as soon as Jenny and Kassni were out of sight. "We'd better go if we're going to get to the training ground in time."
"Right." Amanda agreed.
Amanda turned down the road which lead to the nearest bus stop, and waited for her bus. She stuffed Artemis in her backpack when she saw it coming.
Amanda had been on the bus for about fifteen minutes, when she heard a loud crash and the bus driver slammed on his breaks, pitching Amanda forward so that she slammed into the back of the seat in front of her.
"Owww." She moaned. She ran to the front of the bus to see what was going on. A huge black creature was making an enormous mess, throwing cars around, breaking windows, and knocking holes in walls.
"What on earth!?!" Artemis said, looking at the creature. "Well, looks like the time has come for me to put all that training to good use." She pushed the lever to open the bus door, and jumped out.
"Are you insane!?!" The bus driver shouted after her.
"Maybe," Amanda muttered to herself. She ran to a place where she couldn't be seen and pulled out her transformation pen. "Well, here goes nothing!
"Moon Power, TRANSFORM!" Light enveloped Amanda as she transformed into Sailor V.
"Hey, you Creepoid!" Sailor V shouted, getting the monster's attention. "It's not nice to disturb the peace and tranquility of this town! And in—" The monster threw a car at her. She dodged. "Right, point taken, the speech stinks." She dodged a piece of sidewalk. "Crescent Beam!!!" She yelled, striking the creature with an energy beam right between the eyes. The creature fell and crumbled into dust.
"Yes, Dark Mother?" Kala asked, nervously.
"There is nothing to fear for now, child." The crone said. "I intended for your underling to be killed. I was testing the Earth's defenses. It seems that at least one of the Sailor Soldiers managed to escape death, or return from it at least; and, like rabbits, they have a rather annoying tendency to multiply." The old woman looked at Kala thoughtfully. "I want her destroyed, but I won't ask that of you, because I know that you'll inevitably fail." She turned and looked into the shadows to her left. "Ater, how many Chaos Seeds have you planted?"
"Seven, Dark Mother." Ater said, appearing from the shadows. "Two of them are already usable, first stage only though."
"Activate one of them." The old woman said. "Take the necessary time to train it, study it, and document it's potential. Kala, you will send another of your underlings to draw out the Sailor Soldier when Ater is ready to send out the Chaos Fiend." Ater and Kala bowed and took their leave.
"Melani!" The crone called. The third cloaked woman appeared.
"Yes, Dark Mother." She said, bowing.
"Go to the edge of the solar system. You know what to look for." Melani bowed and left. 'I know it's him.' The crone thought. 'I can't let him get the Moon Princess before I do.'
The golden haired man walked down a busy street, seemingly untouched by the chaos surrounding him. He looked briefly at what one would think to be a watch, but was, in reality, a gold wristband with a sunstone set in it.
'Soon,' He thought. 'Soon I will find her.'
Next Chapter - After Sailor V's first fight, things remain peaceful while the various sides plan their next move. Brace yourself! Everything's about to go to hell in a hand-basket!