Diary Two: Pisces Makes a Big Splash
(Tranlated from Japanese)
February 22
Dear Diary,
My name is Reira Musaa. I'm in the middle of 9th grade at Crossroads High, and I
just turned 15 yesterday. I know no one would believe me if I told them a talking cat made
me start this diary, or that I'm now officially a Champion of Justice, but it's the honest
truth. Really! Kami-sama! I even have to convince myself that what happened today
wasn't a dream. But I'm getting way ahead of myself here. I need to start from the
beginning, so here goes.
I had finally signed up for the swim team at school, and today was my first meet.
As soon as the bell rang for class to be over, I ran to the locker room and quickly changed
into my red, white and blue bathing suit, then stepped into the gym. The swimming pool
was enormous! The clear, blue water was so inviting, I wanted to just dive right in! But
instead, I looked around at my teammates, maybe my future new friends. One girl caught
my eye immediately, because she had blue hair! It was even shorter than mine, which is
brown and shoulder-length. The girl also had big, dark blue eyes that matched her
swimsuit. She was just sitting there alone at the edge of the pool, so I walked up to her
and introduced myself.
"Hi! I'm Reira."
"Oh! Nice to meet you. My name is Ami. You're the new swim team member
aren't you?"
"That's me."
The coach blew his whistle. It was time for us to begin. We started by swimming
some freestyle strokes back and forth. Then we were timed on how fast we could do it.
Ami and I had the best timing! When we took our break, I was about to find out the real
reason we were both such extraordinary swimmers...
Suddenly, dark clouds covered up the sun, and this mega wind storm formed a
funnel in the pool. Everyone screamed and headed for the shower building, where it was
safe, everyone except Ami. I ran out to get her out of there, but instead of listening to me
she just stood there, as a youma that seemed to be made of the water jumped out from the
funnel! Then Ami took a strange looking pen from her bag, and yelled out:
"MERCURY CRYSTAL POWER...MAKE UP!"
I couldn't believe my eyes as I watched my new friend transform instantly into...
Sailor Mercury?!?!? I had heard of the Sailor Senshi, but until today I never thought they
really existed. With my mouth wide open I stared at her as she formed a bubble with her
own two hands and said: "Shabon...Spray!" Immediately the area filled up with a thick
white fog. When the fog cleared, I saw Sailor Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and a new senshi I
had never seen before, standing right above us on the gym's glass roof! The new Sailor
Senshi opened up one of the panes, and they all jumped through it, landing perfectly onto
the four corners of the pool.
"Who are you guys supposed to be??" screeched the water youma.
"I'm glad you asked that!" shouted the aqua-haired senshi, "For peace and dreams!
A pretty soldier in a sailor suit! Sailor Aquarius! And in the name of the Water Bearer, I
shall punish you!" (Wherever Sailor Moon is, I guess this Sailor Aquarius is trying to
replace her.)
"Yeah right," said the youma, "like you could possibly beat me! Dark Jet
Stream!!" A black water spout shot out of the youma's blue liquid hands.
"I'll handle this job!" said Sailor Mars with confidence, "Mars...Flame Sniper!"
She shot a large arrow made of fire at the youma.
"Foolish girl!" laughed the youma as it put out the burning arrow with its Dark Jet
Stream attack, "Don't you know that water power will always have the advantage over
fire?"
"Then how about water vs. water?" suggested Mercury, "Mercury...Aqua
Rhapsody!!" Sailor Mercury played a beautiful melody on a sky blue harp that made
water come towards the youma.
"This doesn't look good..." I thought, still hiding beneath the showers, unseen by
the Sailor Senshi and the youma.
The youma used Mercury's power to make its own attack even stronger , and
threw the massive tidal wave at the Senshi, leaving them all soaked.
"I wish I could do something to help them," I whispered to myself.
"You can, Reira," said a voice behind me.
"Hn?" I snapped around to see a yellow cat with a silver crescent moon on her
forehead, "How did you know my name? And how come you can talk??"
"There's no time to explain. The Senshi need you! Now take this pen and say
'Pisces Zodiac Power Make Up'!"
The salmon colored pen was warm, as if it had energy flowing all throughout it. As
I held onto it, the symbol on it (i) began to glow bright green. I threw it into the air and
yelled: "PISCES ZODIAC POWER....MAKE UP!!"
My swimsuit was replaced with an orangey-pink sailor outfit with a seaweed- green
bow in the front and back. On my feet were cute high-heeled sandals with criss-crossed
straps that matched my sailor suit. In my hand was a green whip with a tiny fish shape at
the very tip. Finally, I faced the youma.
"Nani?!? I thought I got all of you!" Apparently the youma was shocked to see
me.
"Well, I just came into the picture!" I exclaimed, "I am the protector of
sea-dwelling creatures: Sailor Pisces! Um...PISCES ...FISH WHIP!"
Wh-pshe!!
"Ow! That hurt!" whined the youma.
"Hey, that was fun! I'm gonna do it again! PISCES FISH WHIP!"
Wh-pshe! Wh-pshe! Wh-pshe!
"Ahhh! Stop it!!" pleaded the youma.
"No way! We're just getting started! Now, Sailor Aquarius!"
Aquarius was just dry enough to power up her trident and finish the youma off.
"AQUARIUS WATERFALL CASCADE!!"
The youma cried out in pain as it was turned to stardust and then dissolved in the
pool.
"Ewww...I don't wanna swim in that!" I voiced in disgust.
"Those are some pretty incredible powers you have, Sailor Pisces," Mercury
commented.
"Thanks...Ami,"
"How did you know who she is???" everyone said in unified shock.
"I guess since I know who you are, you should know who I really am," Somehow
I was able to de-transform back to my original self.
"Reira?!?!?" Mercury gasped, "How long have you known that you're Sailor
Pisces?"
"Since that talking cat over there told me just now," I replied, pointing to the gold
cat.
"All right! Another Sailor Zodiac!" cheered Sailor Aquarius, "That's like,
psycadelic, man!"
We all gave her a funny look.
"A-Ano...ano ne...Peace out?" She flashed a peace sign while a sweat drop ran
down her face. We were still giving Aquarius a funny look, but we shrugged off her
strange dialogue as the rest of the Senshi de-transformed.
I saw that Sailor Aquarius was now wearing denim bell-bottoms (hey, they're
making a comeback!), a tie-die T-shirt, 3-inch rainbow platform shoes (I have no idea how
she was able to walk in those), peace-sign earrings, and a daisy behind each ear. Is this girl
some kind of 21st century hippie or what?
"By the way, I'm Jeshika, and this is Tsuki my guardian," Aquarius identified
herself and her cat. She also introduced me to Minako (Venus), Mako-chan (Jupiter), and
Rei (Mars). Of course, I already knew Ami.
"What did you say your name was again?" Rei inquired.
"Reira, but my friends call me Rei-chan. I guess you all can call me that too."
"No way! That's my name!!" Rei argued, "Right, minna?"
"Oh yeah, that's right!" Minako realized, "This'll be so confusing,"
"Well, I've been called Rei-chan my entire life!" I shouted.
"So have I!" Rei snapped, "I don't think my friends have to give you my name!"
"It's my name too, and they call me that if they want to!!"
We continued arguing for about five minutes, then ended up sticking our tongues
out at each other.
"This looks familiar..." I heard Minako say.
"Oh great, another Usagi," sighed Makoto.
"Just when I thought there was peace in this group...Groovy." groaned Jeshika.
Before I finally decided to go home, Tsuki told me to write everything in this
diary. She said it would help me blow off steam without hurting anyone. Well, there are a
lot of ways I'd like to hurt Rei (I'd curse her name if it wasn't also mine!!). I don't like her!
I don't like her at all!!
February 24
Dear Diary,
I think Rei hates me. That makes sense; I hate her back! She's stubborn, bossy, and
she has my name!! Which, in a way, is a bit insulting. I know it sounds stupid to get so
ticked off because of a name, but I'm Rei-chan! She's depriving me of my own identity! All
anger aside, Tsuki says that this diary is also for Sailor Business, so this is basically what
happened at the meeting today:
We were at Rei's (gag!) temple, where I met three more talking cats: Luna,
Artemis, and Diana. Luna just kept glaring at Artemis and Tsuki the whole time, and poor
little Diana didn't want anything to do with it at all. The cats most definitely had some kind
of problem with each other, but I decided it wasn't any of my concern to ask about it. I
looked around. Someone seemed to be missing.
Strange, I thought, All of the Sailor Senshi are here...
"So where's that cutie Chibi-usa?" Jeshika asked.
"Oh, poor Chibi-usa missed her parents so much," Ami replied, "She went looking
for them a few weeks ago, all by herself. We haven't heard from her since."
"I wonder if they ever found each other?" said Mako-chan.
"I hope they're all right," said Minako, biting her lower lip.
"I miss them all so much!" cried Rei, "Especially, Usagi!!!" She looked a little sad
right then. I almost pitied her--almost. Ami told me all about Usagi the other day. She
sounded like a really nice girl. I hope I get to meet her when she's finally found.
"It's okay, Rei-chan," Minako tried to comfort the now sobbing Rei, "We all miss
Usagi-chan. We're going to do everything we can to find your best friend. We promise."
"I know," Rei smiled sadly, drying her tears with a red scarf.
"Okay, enough personal business. We need to talk Sailor Business!" Tsuki
interrupted, hopping onto the center of the table.
"Hey! Who made you head feline?!?" shrieked Luna angrily.
"It is my duty as the guardian of Sailor Aquarius to run these meetings until Super
Sailor Moon returns. I'm not trying to replace you, Luna, if that's what you're thinking."
Tsuki explained tactfully.
"Oh, fine," Luna sulked, "I still hate you, but go ahead," Artemis opened his mouth
to say something, but decided to close it again. Tsuki just went back to what she was
saying.
"Jeshika and I need to take Reira back to where we came from." Tsuki continued,
"In order for Reira to be able to use her full powers, I have too give her a Zodiac Gem."
"What are these Zodiac Gems anyway?" Artemis inquired.
"This is one of them," said Jeshika as she reached into her multi-colored beaded
blouse to reveal a tiny teardrop-shaped aquamarine pendant attached to a gold chain.
"Wow! It's so pretty!!" Minako marveled, her blue eyes sparkling.
"Without this, my powers would be very weak," said Jeshika.
"The pen I gave you will only allow you to transform and use your most basic
power," Tsuki told me.
"So I need one of those gems to be even stronger?" I figured.
"Exactly," Tsuki confirmed.
"Is that why Mistress Cassandra wants the Zodiac Gems?" Ami realized,
"So she can gain more power while the Sailor Zodiacs are weakened?"
"That's right, Ami," said Tsuki, "And for the safety of the gems, their location must
remain a secret except to the Sailor Zodiacs,"
"We understand. Right, minna?" Ami smiled.
"No we don't!!!" Minako shook her head frantically, "Please tell us, Tsukiiiiii!!"
"Minako's right," Makoto agreed, "We're Sailor Senshi too, and we have just as
much a right to know as you!"
"You can't hide it anymore, Jeshika. Please tell us where you're really from, and
how we can help you protect the Zodiac Gems," Rei pleaded.
"Minna, gomen ne sai," Jeshika apologized, "Believe me, not being able to tell you
anything is no shindig for me either, demo it's just not safe for even the Inner Senshi to
know everything until the time is right,"
After that, the Inner Senshi gave up, Tsuki adjourned the meeting, and everyone
went home. Tomorrow, Jeshika is taking me to her apartment, where I will finally learn all
of her secrets... ^_^
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February 25
If I hadn't seen what happened today with my own eyes, I wouldn't have believed
it! Everything has been explained: Jeshika's weird clothes, her weird way of speaking, and
most important, the Zodiac Gems.
Jeshika came to my house wearing something she called a "granny gown" (It
looked like something my grandma would wear to bed, but I didn't say so out loud.), a
long string of love beads, and a hair wreath made of pale blue ribbons and her signature
daisies. Instead of the usual rainbow platform shoes, her feet sported simple brown leather
sandals.
"You're not coming wearing that, are you?" asked Jeshika, as if my designer
sweatshirt, jeans, and sneakers were as out-of-the-ordinary as her crazy getup.
"What's wrong with my clothes?" I argued.
"Nothing," she answered mysteriously, it's just that where we're going, you'll stick
out like a sore thumb, but I can probably find you something else at my pad,"
"Okay..." I didn't know whether or not to take that as an insult, but decided not to
say anything. I had no idea what was in store for me.
* * * * *
It was a short walk to Jeshika's place. After climbing up like, a million stairs (the
elevator was broken), we finally arrived at her apartment door. On the outside, it looked
fairly ordinary. It was only when Jeshika opened the door and we stepped through her
multicolored bead curtain that the magic began to happen. All I have to say is that there is
a fourth dimension. It's called Time; and it can be traveled through.
The room was filled with smoke (from incense) and a whole lot of hippies just like
Jeshika. Even I was dressed in a long skirt, an off-white peasant blouse, and a fringed
leather vest! I guess time travel has an effect on clothes. From some unseen record player
the song Aquarius was playing in the background. I felt like we had stumbled into the
sixties! Maybe that's why I wasn't the least bit surprised when Jeshika told me that we
really had. I was definitely amazed and a little scared, but not surprised at all. Somehow I
had expected this all along. So this was where Jeshika is really from: the 1960's!
Jeshika seemed indifferent to all the people in her home. (I wonder if she always
has parties at her place without attending them, kind like the guy from the book The Great
Gatsby?) Then she spotted an irresistibly hot guy with long blond hair smoking marijuana.
She stomped over to him, and glared at him angrily.
"Rianu, how many times have I told you?!? " Jeshika screamed, "No pot, or no
parties!" She snatched the joint from Rianu's hand and threw it out the window.
"Hey! That was my last joint!" Rianu snapped, removing his purple sunglasses to
reveal his cold, gray eyes.
"That'll teach you that marijuana ain't groovy in my book!" Jeshika snapped back. I
had never, ever seen Jeshika like this before. Then again, I've only known her for a few
days.
"This is knarly, man!" Rianu exclaimed, "I'm outta here,"
As soon as Rianu left, I noticed a small group of people in the corner of the room,
dressed all in black. One of them sat on a stool reciting poetry, while the rest of them
snapped their fingers in a unified rhythm.
"Hey, who let these beatniks in here?!" demanded Jeshika.
"They came in with Rianu," stated a hippie girl.
"Ari-gatou," she smiled sweetly to the girl, then shoved the beatniks out the door
(a different door than the one we had used to come in), screaming, "Out, out, OUT,
OUT!"
"Gee, I'm getting the feeling you've got something against beatniks," I said with a
sarcastic grin.
"I can't stand them!" she growled, "They're just not with it,"
"Hai..." I shrugged, "When do I get the--" Jeshika cut me off by clapping her hand
over my mouth.
"Don't talk about the gems out loud!" she hissed in my ear, "Oi , follow me,"
Everyone else partied on as I followed Jeshika to yet another door. She took out
three keys from her pocket. The first one looked fairly normal, the second was quite small,
and the third key was the biggest and by far the prettiest. It was solid gold, with beautiful
lines carved into it. The part of the key that would have been normally been a circle was
heart-shaped, with a tiny pink crystal in the middle. I found out later that this was a very
special and important key. Jeshika used the normal key to open the door, then we stepped
into her bedroom. On her bed was Tsuki, sitting on a beautiful wooden box.
"What took you so long?" asked Tsuki impatiently. Apparently, she had been
waiting a while.
"Gomen ne sai, demo, that no-good bakayaro Rianu was causing trouble again!"
Jeshika explained. The gold cat rolled her eyes.
Too bad he isn't an enemy," she said sarcastically, "Then you could simply blast
him off the planet!!"
"It doesn't matter," Jeshika said, "Right now, Rei-chan needs her Zodiac Gem, in
case the real enemy shows up,"
Tsuki bounded off the bed and onto the blue shag carpet. Using the small key,
Jeshika opened the box, which contained eleven glimmering necklaces. These were the
Zodiac Gems.
Jeshika picked out a chain with a charm of two crescent moons connected by a
round pink jewel, and said: "This is yours,"
"It's beautiful," I breathed.
"It's very important that you wear it at all times," Tsuki instructed.
"Of course," I nodded, and promptly put on the pendant.
"The Zodiac Gems are mine!!!!!" cried an evil-looking guy as he leaped from is
hiding place in the closet, in an attempt to grab the precious contents of the wooden box.
Though he was dressed all in black, except for a big golden belt, I instantly recognized the
villain's long blond hair and purple sunglasses.
"Rianu! You're never getting the gems!" I shouted, and taking the box before e
could get to it.
"I knew I sensed some bad vibes from him," said Tsuki.
"Those gems belong to Mistress Cassandra!" Rianu declared, and conjured up a
blue youma, dressed as something between a magician and a Playboy Bunny.
"Get the Zodiac Gems, Akuma-usa, and get rid of those pathetic little hippie girls!"
commanded Rianu.
"We are not pathetic!" I screamed.
"Yeah!" Jeshika agreed, "And we're more than just hippie girls!! Come on,
Rei-chan, let's transform!" We retrieved our magic pens.
"AQUARIUS ZODIAC POWER...MAKE UP!"
"PISCES ZODIAC POWER...MAKE UP!"
We transformed together as Sailor Aquarius and Sailor Pisces.
"Watch me make these prized jewels disappear!" cackled Akuma-usa, waving her
magic wand over the box.
"Not so fast!" I said, powering up my weapon, "PISCES...FISH WHIP!!" The
sharp, pointed end of the whip struck Akuma-usa's hand, making her drop the wand.
"Owww! You're gonna pay for that," the youma screeched, "And now for my
famous hand-cuff trick!" She threw four thick black rings at me. I was able to dodge them,
but they cuffed Sailor Aquarius' hands and feet to the wall instead!
"Sailor Aquarius!" I gasped, "Gomen!"
"It's okay," she said, even though it most definitely wasn't!, "Go on without me.
Just don't let the Enemy get the gems, whatever you do!"
Just as I had the precious box safe in my arms, I heard a too familiar voice singing
in the other room:
"She's got it
Yeah baby, she's got it!"
I thought, That sounds just like... I dashed the through the door.
"Well, I'm your Venus,
I'm your fire
And your desire!"
Sure enough, there was Minako, microphone in hand, singing and dancing on
Jeshika's coffee table! (Author's note: I wrote this part just so Minako could sing this
song--tee hee hee!)
"Minako! How did you get here??" I demanded in shock.
"We kinda followed you through the time portal! ^_^;" Mako-chan confessed.
"I'm surprised it took you this long to notice we were here," was all Ami could say.
"Why didn't you tell us you could travel through time???" Rei asked, looking
annoyed. I didn't answer her.
"Where's Jeshika," asked Minako, "And what's THAT?!?!?" She was referring to
Akuma-usa, who was of course, standing right behind me.
"Don't ask questions, just morph and help me out here!"
Ami, Makoto, Minako, and Rei quickly transformed into their Sailor identities. The
hippies all left the apartment. The party was over for them; for us, it had just began.
"Let's give 'em a magic show they won't forget!" said Sailor Jupiter, "Jupiter...Oak
Evolution!!!" The green-suited Senshi twirled like an ice skater while razor-sharp oak
leaves shot at Akuma-usa. But, the youma was not easily defeated. She absorbed the
attack into her magician's hat, throwing the attack right back at Sailor Jupiter! She did the
same thing with the rest of the Sailor Senshi, one after the other. Finally, I was the only
one left. How was I supposed to beat this thing with just a whip?? I realized that I had no
chance.
"Concentrate, Pisces!" Tsuki coached me, "Use the gem!"
"Right, the Zodiac Gem," I clutched the pendant tightly as I uttered the command
for a brand-new attack: "PISCES...RED TIDE TSUNAMI!!" Out of nowhere, an
immense scarlet harbor wave came charging at top speed towards Akuma-usa. The youma
tried desperately to run away, but the tsunami instantly caught up with her and dashed her
to pieces, which immediately turned to dust. Surprisingly, the dust and the rest of the
apartment were bone dry. However, Rianu had somehow gotten a hold of the box of
Zodiac Gems!
"At last, the Zodiac Gems belong to the Black Hole Empire!" laughed Rianu evilly,
with the box in one hand, and Sailor Aquarius' necklace in the other!
"Not for long!" shouted Sailor Venus, "Sailor V Kick!" With a swift side kick, she
knocked the box out of his hand and through the closed front door! The kick had loosened
Rianu's grip on the aquamarine pendant, and Sailor Jupiter caught it just in time.
"You baka jenai!" Rianu yelled, "Who knows where they are now!" He took
something from his pocket that I could have sworn looked exactly like Jeshika's fancy
golden one, "Just remember, my real name is Orion, and I will be back for the two gems
you've already got!" With that, he sped through the time portal.
"What are we supposed to do now?" Sailor Mars asked no one in particular.
"We have no choice but to travel through time, and find the Zodiac Gems before
he does," Sailor Aquarius replied, holding the golden key.
**End of Diary Two**
(Tranlated from Japanese)
February 22
Dear Diary,
My name is Reira Musaa. I'm in the middle of 9th grade at Crossroads High, and I
just turned 15 yesterday. I know no one would believe me if I told them a talking cat made
me start this diary, or that I'm now officially a Champion of Justice, but it's the honest
truth. Really! Kami-sama! I even have to convince myself that what happened today
wasn't a dream. But I'm getting way ahead of myself here. I need to start from the
beginning, so here goes.
I had finally signed up for the swim team at school, and today was my first meet.
As soon as the bell rang for class to be over, I ran to the locker room and quickly changed
into my red, white and blue bathing suit, then stepped into the gym. The swimming pool
was enormous! The clear, blue water was so inviting, I wanted to just dive right in! But
instead, I looked around at my teammates, maybe my future new friends. One girl caught
my eye immediately, because she had blue hair! It was even shorter than mine, which is
brown and shoulder-length. The girl also had big, dark blue eyes that matched her
swimsuit. She was just sitting there alone at the edge of the pool, so I walked up to her
and introduced myself.
"Hi! I'm Reira."
"Oh! Nice to meet you. My name is Ami. You're the new swim team member
aren't you?"
"That's me."
The coach blew his whistle. It was time for us to begin. We started by swimming
some freestyle strokes back and forth. Then we were timed on how fast we could do it.
Ami and I had the best timing! When we took our break, I was about to find out the real
reason we were both such extraordinary swimmers...
Suddenly, dark clouds covered up the sun, and this mega wind storm formed a
funnel in the pool. Everyone screamed and headed for the shower building, where it was
safe, everyone except Ami. I ran out to get her out of there, but instead of listening to me
she just stood there, as a youma that seemed to be made of the water jumped out from the
funnel! Then Ami took a strange looking pen from her bag, and yelled out:
"MERCURY CRYSTAL POWER...MAKE UP!"
I couldn't believe my eyes as I watched my new friend transform instantly into...
Sailor Mercury?!?!? I had heard of the Sailor Senshi, but until today I never thought they
really existed. With my mouth wide open I stared at her as she formed a bubble with her
own two hands and said: "Shabon...Spray!" Immediately the area filled up with a thick
white fog. When the fog cleared, I saw Sailor Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and a new senshi I
had never seen before, standing right above us on the gym's glass roof! The new Sailor
Senshi opened up one of the panes, and they all jumped through it, landing perfectly onto
the four corners of the pool.
"Who are you guys supposed to be??" screeched the water youma.
"I'm glad you asked that!" shouted the aqua-haired senshi, "For peace and dreams!
A pretty soldier in a sailor suit! Sailor Aquarius! And in the name of the Water Bearer, I
shall punish you!" (Wherever Sailor Moon is, I guess this Sailor Aquarius is trying to
replace her.)
"Yeah right," said the youma, "like you could possibly beat me! Dark Jet
Stream!!" A black water spout shot out of the youma's blue liquid hands.
"I'll handle this job!" said Sailor Mars with confidence, "Mars...Flame Sniper!"
She shot a large arrow made of fire at the youma.
"Foolish girl!" laughed the youma as it put out the burning arrow with its Dark Jet
Stream attack, "Don't you know that water power will always have the advantage over
fire?"
"Then how about water vs. water?" suggested Mercury, "Mercury...Aqua
Rhapsody!!" Sailor Mercury played a beautiful melody on a sky blue harp that made
water come towards the youma.
"This doesn't look good..." I thought, still hiding beneath the showers, unseen by
the Sailor Senshi and the youma.
The youma used Mercury's power to make its own attack even stronger , and
threw the massive tidal wave at the Senshi, leaving them all soaked.
"I wish I could do something to help them," I whispered to myself.
"You can, Reira," said a voice behind me.
"Hn?" I snapped around to see a yellow cat with a silver crescent moon on her
forehead, "How did you know my name? And how come you can talk??"
"There's no time to explain. The Senshi need you! Now take this pen and say
'Pisces Zodiac Power Make Up'!"
The salmon colored pen was warm, as if it had energy flowing all throughout it. As
I held onto it, the symbol on it (i) began to glow bright green. I threw it into the air and
yelled: "PISCES ZODIAC POWER....MAKE UP!!"
My swimsuit was replaced with an orangey-pink sailor outfit with a seaweed- green
bow in the front and back. On my feet were cute high-heeled sandals with criss-crossed
straps that matched my sailor suit. In my hand was a green whip with a tiny fish shape at
the very tip. Finally, I faced the youma.
"Nani?!? I thought I got all of you!" Apparently the youma was shocked to see
me.
"Well, I just came into the picture!" I exclaimed, "I am the protector of
sea-dwelling creatures: Sailor Pisces! Um...PISCES ...FISH WHIP!"
Wh-pshe!!
"Ow! That hurt!" whined the youma.
"Hey, that was fun! I'm gonna do it again! PISCES FISH WHIP!"
Wh-pshe! Wh-pshe! Wh-pshe!
"Ahhh! Stop it!!" pleaded the youma.
"No way! We're just getting started! Now, Sailor Aquarius!"
Aquarius was just dry enough to power up her trident and finish the youma off.
"AQUARIUS WATERFALL CASCADE!!"
The youma cried out in pain as it was turned to stardust and then dissolved in the
pool.
"Ewww...I don't wanna swim in that!" I voiced in disgust.
"Those are some pretty incredible powers you have, Sailor Pisces," Mercury
commented.
"Thanks...Ami,"
"How did you know who she is???" everyone said in unified shock.
"I guess since I know who you are, you should know who I really am," Somehow
I was able to de-transform back to my original self.
"Reira?!?!?" Mercury gasped, "How long have you known that you're Sailor
Pisces?"
"Since that talking cat over there told me just now," I replied, pointing to the gold
cat.
"All right! Another Sailor Zodiac!" cheered Sailor Aquarius, "That's like,
psycadelic, man!"
We all gave her a funny look.
"A-Ano...ano ne...Peace out?" She flashed a peace sign while a sweat drop ran
down her face. We were still giving Aquarius a funny look, but we shrugged off her
strange dialogue as the rest of the Senshi de-transformed.
I saw that Sailor Aquarius was now wearing denim bell-bottoms (hey, they're
making a comeback!), a tie-die T-shirt, 3-inch rainbow platform shoes (I have no idea how
she was able to walk in those), peace-sign earrings, and a daisy behind each ear. Is this girl
some kind of 21st century hippie or what?
"By the way, I'm Jeshika, and this is Tsuki my guardian," Aquarius identified
herself and her cat. She also introduced me to Minako (Venus), Mako-chan (Jupiter), and
Rei (Mars). Of course, I already knew Ami.
"What did you say your name was again?" Rei inquired.
"Reira, but my friends call me Rei-chan. I guess you all can call me that too."
"No way! That's my name!!" Rei argued, "Right, minna?"
"Oh yeah, that's right!" Minako realized, "This'll be so confusing,"
"Well, I've been called Rei-chan my entire life!" I shouted.
"So have I!" Rei snapped, "I don't think my friends have to give you my name!"
"It's my name too, and they call me that if they want to!!"
We continued arguing for about five minutes, then ended up sticking our tongues
out at each other.
"This looks familiar..." I heard Minako say.
"Oh great, another Usagi," sighed Makoto.
"Just when I thought there was peace in this group...Groovy." groaned Jeshika.
Before I finally decided to go home, Tsuki told me to write everything in this
diary. She said it would help me blow off steam without hurting anyone. Well, there are a
lot of ways I'd like to hurt Rei (I'd curse her name if it wasn't also mine!!). I don't like her!
I don't like her at all!!
February 24
Dear Diary,
I think Rei hates me. That makes sense; I hate her back! She's stubborn, bossy, and
she has my name!! Which, in a way, is a bit insulting. I know it sounds stupid to get so
ticked off because of a name, but I'm Rei-chan! She's depriving me of my own identity! All
anger aside, Tsuki says that this diary is also for Sailor Business, so this is basically what
happened at the meeting today:
We were at Rei's (gag!) temple, where I met three more talking cats: Luna,
Artemis, and Diana. Luna just kept glaring at Artemis and Tsuki the whole time, and poor
little Diana didn't want anything to do with it at all. The cats most definitely had some kind
of problem with each other, but I decided it wasn't any of my concern to ask about it. I
looked around. Someone seemed to be missing.
Strange, I thought, All of the Sailor Senshi are here...
"So where's that cutie Chibi-usa?" Jeshika asked.
"Oh, poor Chibi-usa missed her parents so much," Ami replied, "She went looking
for them a few weeks ago, all by herself. We haven't heard from her since."
"I wonder if they ever found each other?" said Mako-chan.
"I hope they're all right," said Minako, biting her lower lip.
"I miss them all so much!" cried Rei, "Especially, Usagi!!!" She looked a little sad
right then. I almost pitied her--almost. Ami told me all about Usagi the other day. She
sounded like a really nice girl. I hope I get to meet her when she's finally found.
"It's okay, Rei-chan," Minako tried to comfort the now sobbing Rei, "We all miss
Usagi-chan. We're going to do everything we can to find your best friend. We promise."
"I know," Rei smiled sadly, drying her tears with a red scarf.
"Okay, enough personal business. We need to talk Sailor Business!" Tsuki
interrupted, hopping onto the center of the table.
"Hey! Who made you head feline?!?" shrieked Luna angrily.
"It is my duty as the guardian of Sailor Aquarius to run these meetings until Super
Sailor Moon returns. I'm not trying to replace you, Luna, if that's what you're thinking."
Tsuki explained tactfully.
"Oh, fine," Luna sulked, "I still hate you, but go ahead," Artemis opened his mouth
to say something, but decided to close it again. Tsuki just went back to what she was
saying.
"Jeshika and I need to take Reira back to where we came from." Tsuki continued,
"In order for Reira to be able to use her full powers, I have too give her a Zodiac Gem."
"What are these Zodiac Gems anyway?" Artemis inquired.
"This is one of them," said Jeshika as she reached into her multi-colored beaded
blouse to reveal a tiny teardrop-shaped aquamarine pendant attached to a gold chain.
"Wow! It's so pretty!!" Minako marveled, her blue eyes sparkling.
"Without this, my powers would be very weak," said Jeshika.
"The pen I gave you will only allow you to transform and use your most basic
power," Tsuki told me.
"So I need one of those gems to be even stronger?" I figured.
"Exactly," Tsuki confirmed.
"Is that why Mistress Cassandra wants the Zodiac Gems?" Ami realized,
"So she can gain more power while the Sailor Zodiacs are weakened?"
"That's right, Ami," said Tsuki, "And for the safety of the gems, their location must
remain a secret except to the Sailor Zodiacs,"
"We understand. Right, minna?" Ami smiled.
"No we don't!!!" Minako shook her head frantically, "Please tell us, Tsukiiiiii!!"
"Minako's right," Makoto agreed, "We're Sailor Senshi too, and we have just as
much a right to know as you!"
"You can't hide it anymore, Jeshika. Please tell us where you're really from, and
how we can help you protect the Zodiac Gems," Rei pleaded.
"Minna, gomen ne sai," Jeshika apologized, "Believe me, not being able to tell you
anything is no shindig for me either, demo it's just not safe for even the Inner Senshi to
know everything until the time is right,"
After that, the Inner Senshi gave up, Tsuki adjourned the meeting, and everyone
went home. Tomorrow, Jeshika is taking me to her apartment, where I will finally learn all
of her secrets... ^_^
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February 25
If I hadn't seen what happened today with my own eyes, I wouldn't have believed
it! Everything has been explained: Jeshika's weird clothes, her weird way of speaking, and
most important, the Zodiac Gems.
Jeshika came to my house wearing something she called a "granny gown" (It
looked like something my grandma would wear to bed, but I didn't say so out loud.), a
long string of love beads, and a hair wreath made of pale blue ribbons and her signature
daisies. Instead of the usual rainbow platform shoes, her feet sported simple brown leather
sandals.
"You're not coming wearing that, are you?" asked Jeshika, as if my designer
sweatshirt, jeans, and sneakers were as out-of-the-ordinary as her crazy getup.
"What's wrong with my clothes?" I argued.
"Nothing," she answered mysteriously, it's just that where we're going, you'll stick
out like a sore thumb, but I can probably find you something else at my pad,"
"Okay..." I didn't know whether or not to take that as an insult, but decided not to
say anything. I had no idea what was in store for me.
* * * * *
It was a short walk to Jeshika's place. After climbing up like, a million stairs (the
elevator was broken), we finally arrived at her apartment door. On the outside, it looked
fairly ordinary. It was only when Jeshika opened the door and we stepped through her
multicolored bead curtain that the magic began to happen. All I have to say is that there is
a fourth dimension. It's called Time; and it can be traveled through.
The room was filled with smoke (from incense) and a whole lot of hippies just like
Jeshika. Even I was dressed in a long skirt, an off-white peasant blouse, and a fringed
leather vest! I guess time travel has an effect on clothes. From some unseen record player
the song Aquarius was playing in the background. I felt like we had stumbled into the
sixties! Maybe that's why I wasn't the least bit surprised when Jeshika told me that we
really had. I was definitely amazed and a little scared, but not surprised at all. Somehow I
had expected this all along. So this was where Jeshika is really from: the 1960's!
Jeshika seemed indifferent to all the people in her home. (I wonder if she always
has parties at her place without attending them, kind like the guy from the book The Great
Gatsby?) Then she spotted an irresistibly hot guy with long blond hair smoking marijuana.
She stomped over to him, and glared at him angrily.
"Rianu, how many times have I told you?!? " Jeshika screamed, "No pot, or no
parties!" She snatched the joint from Rianu's hand and threw it out the window.
"Hey! That was my last joint!" Rianu snapped, removing his purple sunglasses to
reveal his cold, gray eyes.
"That'll teach you that marijuana ain't groovy in my book!" Jeshika snapped back. I
had never, ever seen Jeshika like this before. Then again, I've only known her for a few
days.
"This is knarly, man!" Rianu exclaimed, "I'm outta here,"
As soon as Rianu left, I noticed a small group of people in the corner of the room,
dressed all in black. One of them sat on a stool reciting poetry, while the rest of them
snapped their fingers in a unified rhythm.
"Hey, who let these beatniks in here?!" demanded Jeshika.
"They came in with Rianu," stated a hippie girl.
"Ari-gatou," she smiled sweetly to the girl, then shoved the beatniks out the door
(a different door than the one we had used to come in), screaming, "Out, out, OUT,
OUT!"
"Gee, I'm getting the feeling you've got something against beatniks," I said with a
sarcastic grin.
"I can't stand them!" she growled, "They're just not with it,"
"Hai..." I shrugged, "When do I get the--" Jeshika cut me off by clapping her hand
over my mouth.
"Don't talk about the gems out loud!" she hissed in my ear, "Oi , follow me,"
Everyone else partied on as I followed Jeshika to yet another door. She took out
three keys from her pocket. The first one looked fairly normal, the second was quite small,
and the third key was the biggest and by far the prettiest. It was solid gold, with beautiful
lines carved into it. The part of the key that would have been normally been a circle was
heart-shaped, with a tiny pink crystal in the middle. I found out later that this was a very
special and important key. Jeshika used the normal key to open the door, then we stepped
into her bedroom. On her bed was Tsuki, sitting on a beautiful wooden box.
"What took you so long?" asked Tsuki impatiently. Apparently, she had been
waiting a while.
"Gomen ne sai, demo, that no-good bakayaro Rianu was causing trouble again!"
Jeshika explained. The gold cat rolled her eyes.
Too bad he isn't an enemy," she said sarcastically, "Then you could simply blast
him off the planet!!"
"It doesn't matter," Jeshika said, "Right now, Rei-chan needs her Zodiac Gem, in
case the real enemy shows up,"
Tsuki bounded off the bed and onto the blue shag carpet. Using the small key,
Jeshika opened the box, which contained eleven glimmering necklaces. These were the
Zodiac Gems.
Jeshika picked out a chain with a charm of two crescent moons connected by a
round pink jewel, and said: "This is yours,"
"It's beautiful," I breathed.
"It's very important that you wear it at all times," Tsuki instructed.
"Of course," I nodded, and promptly put on the pendant.
"The Zodiac Gems are mine!!!!!" cried an evil-looking guy as he leaped from is
hiding place in the closet, in an attempt to grab the precious contents of the wooden box.
Though he was dressed all in black, except for a big golden belt, I instantly recognized the
villain's long blond hair and purple sunglasses.
"Rianu! You're never getting the gems!" I shouted, and taking the box before e
could get to it.
"I knew I sensed some bad vibes from him," said Tsuki.
"Those gems belong to Mistress Cassandra!" Rianu declared, and conjured up a
blue youma, dressed as something between a magician and a Playboy Bunny.
"Get the Zodiac Gems, Akuma-usa, and get rid of those pathetic little hippie girls!"
commanded Rianu.
"We are not pathetic!" I screamed.
"Yeah!" Jeshika agreed, "And we're more than just hippie girls!! Come on,
Rei-chan, let's transform!" We retrieved our magic pens.
"AQUARIUS ZODIAC POWER...MAKE UP!"
"PISCES ZODIAC POWER...MAKE UP!"
We transformed together as Sailor Aquarius and Sailor Pisces.
"Watch me make these prized jewels disappear!" cackled Akuma-usa, waving her
magic wand over the box.
"Not so fast!" I said, powering up my weapon, "PISCES...FISH WHIP!!" The
sharp, pointed end of the whip struck Akuma-usa's hand, making her drop the wand.
"Owww! You're gonna pay for that," the youma screeched, "And now for my
famous hand-cuff trick!" She threw four thick black rings at me. I was able to dodge them,
but they cuffed Sailor Aquarius' hands and feet to the wall instead!
"Sailor Aquarius!" I gasped, "Gomen!"
"It's okay," she said, even though it most definitely wasn't!, "Go on without me.
Just don't let the Enemy get the gems, whatever you do!"
Just as I had the precious box safe in my arms, I heard a too familiar voice singing
in the other room:
"She's got it
Yeah baby, she's got it!"
I thought, That sounds just like... I dashed the through the door.
"Well, I'm your Venus,
I'm your fire
And your desire!"
Sure enough, there was Minako, microphone in hand, singing and dancing on
Jeshika's coffee table! (Author's note: I wrote this part just so Minako could sing this
song--tee hee hee!)
"Minako! How did you get here??" I demanded in shock.
"We kinda followed you through the time portal! ^_^;" Mako-chan confessed.
"I'm surprised it took you this long to notice we were here," was all Ami could say.
"Why didn't you tell us you could travel through time???" Rei asked, looking
annoyed. I didn't answer her.
"Where's Jeshika," asked Minako, "And what's THAT?!?!?" She was referring to
Akuma-usa, who was of course, standing right behind me.
"Don't ask questions, just morph and help me out here!"
Ami, Makoto, Minako, and Rei quickly transformed into their Sailor identities. The
hippies all left the apartment. The party was over for them; for us, it had just began.
"Let's give 'em a magic show they won't forget!" said Sailor Jupiter, "Jupiter...Oak
Evolution!!!" The green-suited Senshi twirled like an ice skater while razor-sharp oak
leaves shot at Akuma-usa. But, the youma was not easily defeated. She absorbed the
attack into her magician's hat, throwing the attack right back at Sailor Jupiter! She did the
same thing with the rest of the Sailor Senshi, one after the other. Finally, I was the only
one left. How was I supposed to beat this thing with just a whip?? I realized that I had no
chance.
"Concentrate, Pisces!" Tsuki coached me, "Use the gem!"
"Right, the Zodiac Gem," I clutched the pendant tightly as I uttered the command
for a brand-new attack: "PISCES...RED TIDE TSUNAMI!!" Out of nowhere, an
immense scarlet harbor wave came charging at top speed towards Akuma-usa. The youma
tried desperately to run away, but the tsunami instantly caught up with her and dashed her
to pieces, which immediately turned to dust. Surprisingly, the dust and the rest of the
apartment were bone dry. However, Rianu had somehow gotten a hold of the box of
Zodiac Gems!
"At last, the Zodiac Gems belong to the Black Hole Empire!" laughed Rianu evilly,
with the box in one hand, and Sailor Aquarius' necklace in the other!
"Not for long!" shouted Sailor Venus, "Sailor V Kick!" With a swift side kick, she
knocked the box out of his hand and through the closed front door! The kick had loosened
Rianu's grip on the aquamarine pendant, and Sailor Jupiter caught it just in time.
"You baka jenai!" Rianu yelled, "Who knows where they are now!" He took
something from his pocket that I could have sworn looked exactly like Jeshika's fancy
golden one, "Just remember, my real name is Orion, and I will be back for the two gems
you've already got!" With that, he sped through the time portal.
"What are we supposed to do now?" Sailor Mars asked no one in particular.
"We have no choice but to travel through time, and find the Zodiac Gems before
he does," Sailor Aquarius replied, holding the golden key.
**End of Diary Two**