Chapter 5: Return of the Sailor Quartet
"Diana." said Chibi-usa as she walked down a long corridor.
"Yes?" peeped the gray kitten from atop the princess's head.
"What is it exactly that I'm supposed to do while Mom and Dad are away?" pondered Chibi-usa.
"Well, the Queen said that you were to take on full responsibility of ruling Crystal Tokyo while she and the King were gone. I suppose that they trust you enough to make the right decisions now. Or perhaps your parents are trying to teach you how to rule a kingdom so that you will make a good leader when you become Queen," said Diana.
"Yes, Diana, but what does a good Queen do?" restated Chibi-usa.
"Uh, well. perhaps you're meant to figure that out as well!" explained Diana. Chibi-usa sweat-dropped just as there was a quick flash of light that filled the hallway. She stopped and stared into space.
"Small Lady?" asked Diana.
Suddenly four large blurs, blue, green, pink and yellow, were shooting down the corridor at a tremendous speed. Chibi-usa was too shocked to react before the four blurs came to an abrupt stop in front of her. Chibi-usa stood gawking at the Sailor Quartet, Sailors Ceres, Pallas, Juno, and Vesta.
"Princess!" exclaimed Ceres; "A crisis has befallen the Universe once more! We have arrived to aid you in a holy quest, as we are meant to."
"You mean, you'd only aid me because you have to?" sobbed Chibi-usa.
"No princess," Ceres blushed, "we are always at your side because you are very dear to us."
"There are more important matters at hand, Princess!" interrupted Vesta, you must fight with us!"
"Yes," agreed Chibi-usa.
"Transform, Small Lady!" suggested Diana.
Chibi-usa lifted the brooch from her school uniform and held it in the air. "Moon Crisis Power, Make Up!" The brooch split in half and the Pink Sugar Crystal flashed, and then suddenly faded. "What?" Chibi-usa looked up at her crystal and couldn't figure out what went wrong.
"Try it again, Small Lady!" exclaimed Diana
Chibi-usa lifted her brooch again. 'Moon Crisis Power, Make Up!" Again, the Pink Sugar Crystal flashed and faded.
"I see. the death and rebirth of a soldier!" shouted Juno quite suddenly.
Diana and Chibi-usa looked up at her in complete confusion.
"Yes! Sailor Pallas agrees!" Pallas chimed in.
Vesta and Ceres nodded. "Princess-" Ceres began, but was cut off.
"Please, just call me Chibi-usa."
Ceres nodded and began again. "Chibi-usa, the Silver Crystal, Ginzuishou. Where is it?"
"Follow me." Chibi-usa led the four Senshi down the corridor, the way she had come. Eventually they came to a dead end. Chibi- usa pushed a small button on the wall towards the floor and a glass doorway revealed itself. She ran through the opening, followed by the other Senshi. In the center of the circular room was a small pedestal.
"The death and rebirth of a soldier," repeated Diana. "I don't understand."
"Chibi-usa, it's time that you took your place as the true defender of Solaris," said Vesta.
"The true defender of Solaris?" asked Chibi-usa.
"The pretty sailor suited soldier of justice," stated Juno.
"Sailor Moon," finished Ceres.
Chibi-usa blinked and her jaw dropped. "But Mama is."
"It's your time, Chibi-usa!" exclaimed Pallas. "Your time!"
"I'm not strong enough to fill Mama's shoes!" argued Chibi-usa.
"That will come!" stated Vesta.
"Small Lady." peeped Diana. "It's your destiny!"
Chibi-usa couldn't argue with that. She turned around, stepped up to the pedestal and stared at the glowing Ginzuishou. The four Senshi stood behind her. Chibi-usa just stood there, looking at the crystal, not moving. This all seemed so familiar to her. She remembered what happened the last time she had taken the Ginzuishou.
Juno stepped up and placed a hand on Chibi-usa's shoulder. "It's alright, Princess. This time it is your destiny, you have to take it."
Chibi-usa nodded, slowly reached out and picked up the floating crystal.
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"Small Lady." announced Sailor Pluto, "Small Lady is in trouble." Pluto looked into the endless void of time and saw dark shadows. She turned back to the gate and knew that she was bound to her realm. Pluto was forbidden to leave her guard of the Time Space Continuum. She remembered about how Diana had offered to take her place at the Time Gate so that she could go and save Chibi-usa. Pluto wondered where Diana was now.
"I have to help Chibi-usa," Pluto said to the Time Void. Silence followed.
Pluto walked to the gate and stuck her garnet staff into the stone floor. The giant door opened and Pluto ran through it.
"I'll only be gone a while. Surely nothing can go wrong in just a while," Pluto assured herself.
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"Moon Crisis Power, Make Up!" shouted Chibi-usa. She transformed into Super Sailormoon. The Sailor Quartet smiled.
"Small Lady?" said a voice coming from the doorway.
The five Senshi turned sharply to see Pluto, standing tall in the corridor.
"Puu!" shouted Sailormoon. "You left the Time Gate!"
"Forgive me for breaking the taboo, Small Lady. I sensed that your life was in danger." Pluto bowed her head. She looked up again and noticed the Sailor Quartet. She noticed that Chibi-usa had transformed into Super Sailormoon. Finally, she noticed that the Silver Crystal was gone from its pedestal. "Small Lady, where is the Ginzuishou?"
Sailormoon looked down and held her Mama's brooch, no now it was her brooch. "Puu, I need the Silver Crystal for a little while. I'll bring it back, I promise," she said.
Pluto nodded. "I'll look out for your future, Small Lady," she said before walking sadly back to her guard. "It seems that every time I leave, it is more difficult to return," she whispered to herself. Pluto pulled the giant door closed behind her and stood there, staring into the endless void.
"Diana." said Chibi-usa as she walked down a long corridor.
"Yes?" peeped the gray kitten from atop the princess's head.
"What is it exactly that I'm supposed to do while Mom and Dad are away?" pondered Chibi-usa.
"Well, the Queen said that you were to take on full responsibility of ruling Crystal Tokyo while she and the King were gone. I suppose that they trust you enough to make the right decisions now. Or perhaps your parents are trying to teach you how to rule a kingdom so that you will make a good leader when you become Queen," said Diana.
"Yes, Diana, but what does a good Queen do?" restated Chibi-usa.
"Uh, well. perhaps you're meant to figure that out as well!" explained Diana. Chibi-usa sweat-dropped just as there was a quick flash of light that filled the hallway. She stopped and stared into space.
"Small Lady?" asked Diana.
Suddenly four large blurs, blue, green, pink and yellow, were shooting down the corridor at a tremendous speed. Chibi-usa was too shocked to react before the four blurs came to an abrupt stop in front of her. Chibi-usa stood gawking at the Sailor Quartet, Sailors Ceres, Pallas, Juno, and Vesta.
"Princess!" exclaimed Ceres; "A crisis has befallen the Universe once more! We have arrived to aid you in a holy quest, as we are meant to."
"You mean, you'd only aid me because you have to?" sobbed Chibi-usa.
"No princess," Ceres blushed, "we are always at your side because you are very dear to us."
"There are more important matters at hand, Princess!" interrupted Vesta, you must fight with us!"
"Yes," agreed Chibi-usa.
"Transform, Small Lady!" suggested Diana.
Chibi-usa lifted the brooch from her school uniform and held it in the air. "Moon Crisis Power, Make Up!" The brooch split in half and the Pink Sugar Crystal flashed, and then suddenly faded. "What?" Chibi-usa looked up at her crystal and couldn't figure out what went wrong.
"Try it again, Small Lady!" exclaimed Diana
Chibi-usa lifted her brooch again. 'Moon Crisis Power, Make Up!" Again, the Pink Sugar Crystal flashed and faded.
"I see. the death and rebirth of a soldier!" shouted Juno quite suddenly.
Diana and Chibi-usa looked up at her in complete confusion.
"Yes! Sailor Pallas agrees!" Pallas chimed in.
Vesta and Ceres nodded. "Princess-" Ceres began, but was cut off.
"Please, just call me Chibi-usa."
Ceres nodded and began again. "Chibi-usa, the Silver Crystal, Ginzuishou. Where is it?"
"Follow me." Chibi-usa led the four Senshi down the corridor, the way she had come. Eventually they came to a dead end. Chibi- usa pushed a small button on the wall towards the floor and a glass doorway revealed itself. She ran through the opening, followed by the other Senshi. In the center of the circular room was a small pedestal.
"The death and rebirth of a soldier," repeated Diana. "I don't understand."
"Chibi-usa, it's time that you took your place as the true defender of Solaris," said Vesta.
"The true defender of Solaris?" asked Chibi-usa.
"The pretty sailor suited soldier of justice," stated Juno.
"Sailor Moon," finished Ceres.
Chibi-usa blinked and her jaw dropped. "But Mama is."
"It's your time, Chibi-usa!" exclaimed Pallas. "Your time!"
"I'm not strong enough to fill Mama's shoes!" argued Chibi-usa.
"That will come!" stated Vesta.
"Small Lady." peeped Diana. "It's your destiny!"
Chibi-usa couldn't argue with that. She turned around, stepped up to the pedestal and stared at the glowing Ginzuishou. The four Senshi stood behind her. Chibi-usa just stood there, looking at the crystal, not moving. This all seemed so familiar to her. She remembered what happened the last time she had taken the Ginzuishou.
Juno stepped up and placed a hand on Chibi-usa's shoulder. "It's alright, Princess. This time it is your destiny, you have to take it."
Chibi-usa nodded, slowly reached out and picked up the floating crystal.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Small Lady." announced Sailor Pluto, "Small Lady is in trouble." Pluto looked into the endless void of time and saw dark shadows. She turned back to the gate and knew that she was bound to her realm. Pluto was forbidden to leave her guard of the Time Space Continuum. She remembered about how Diana had offered to take her place at the Time Gate so that she could go and save Chibi-usa. Pluto wondered where Diana was now.
"I have to help Chibi-usa," Pluto said to the Time Void. Silence followed.
Pluto walked to the gate and stuck her garnet staff into the stone floor. The giant door opened and Pluto ran through it.
"I'll only be gone a while. Surely nothing can go wrong in just a while," Pluto assured herself.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Moon Crisis Power, Make Up!" shouted Chibi-usa. She transformed into Super Sailormoon. The Sailor Quartet smiled.
"Small Lady?" said a voice coming from the doorway.
The five Senshi turned sharply to see Pluto, standing tall in the corridor.
"Puu!" shouted Sailormoon. "You left the Time Gate!"
"Forgive me for breaking the taboo, Small Lady. I sensed that your life was in danger." Pluto bowed her head. She looked up again and noticed the Sailor Quartet. She noticed that Chibi-usa had transformed into Super Sailormoon. Finally, she noticed that the Silver Crystal was gone from its pedestal. "Small Lady, where is the Ginzuishou?"
Sailormoon looked down and held her Mama's brooch, no now it was her brooch. "Puu, I need the Silver Crystal for a little while. I'll bring it back, I promise," she said.
Pluto nodded. "I'll look out for your future, Small Lady," she said before walking sadly back to her guard. "It seems that every time I leave, it is more difficult to return," she whispered to herself. Pluto pulled the giant door closed behind her and stood there, staring into the endless void.