Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon Sailor Stars: The Movie
EfrainMan
EfrainMan9@yahoo.com
I wrote this story 5 years ago (GASP!) when all I had was the DiC dub. That's
why I use some English and Japanese names. I ain't going back to change 'em! :p
Yeah, I know the Starlights don't do anything in my story but fly away, and it's
not in script format, but I couldn't think of anything else for a title.
Sailor Moon is owned by some Japanese people who are not me. Even if did try to
sue me, I wouldn't be able to read the subpoena ;p
1 kecam=around 4 liters
1 gobj=2 months
1 pahced=1 kilogram
1 click=2 hours
1 shrem=2 degrees Celcius
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Part 1:
"Coming up on the planet Captain Khidf," a female voice says.
"Good job Corji. Shecou, composition?" a male voice asks.
"Whew! Seventy percent of the surface is covered with water. One
hundred sextillion kecams!" another male voice says.
"How long for our ship to destroy that much water?"
"About three gobjs."
"Corji, is it worth it?"
A female shadow bends down at the scanner. It gasps and says, "S-scan
field detects t-t-twenty BILLION pahceds of silver!"
The two other shadows in the ship immediately turn to her.
"By the Defoblian Rings! Can such a planet exist? Shecou, verify!"
"Verified. And-"
"Sir, massive energy field coming toward us, dark energy. Some kind
of cloud."
"Evasiv-"
"Wait," shouted Corji. After a pause, she said, "It's dissipating."
On the giant screen in front of them, called a vidscreen, the dark
cloud came near them and disappeared.
"What was it?" Shecou asked.
"Who cares? We have more important things to worry about. Corji, send
out a claimnote (radio signal that announces sender has claimed a planet). I
want this planet all to ourselves. There isn't a star system out there with
this much silver. And seven percent of it is ours. We'll die happy warriors!
And I thought we got the crappy job. Huh, just this morning I was wondering
who I forgot to kiss up to, or if I kissed up enough. Now, whatever I did or
didn't do, I'm glad I chose this path."
"Sir, receiving claimnotes from the other ships. From the sixth
planet onward, there is no silver. The rest of this system has four hundred
million pahceds of silver all together! This has to be the richest system in
the galaxy. It's unnatural."
"It does feel strange. I sensed it too. Mayb-"
"Another energy source!" Shecou shouted.
"Wait, it's not heading for us," Corji said, "it's only heading away
from the planet, towards unexplored space. It was some kind of teleport beam
originating from the same place as the dark energy."
"Now I'm interested. Who was inside?"
"A small adult female. I'm extrapolating an image on the vidscreen."
The screen showed Galaxia, flying away from Earth. Then the screen
flickered blank.
"Sailor Galaxia! What is she doing on this planet?"
"I don't know. But she's leaving, and I believe there are starseeds
following her. Millions of them. Do you think she conquered this planet?"
"No. There are still over five billion locals living here."
"At least she's leaving us alone. I thought we were going to kiss our
starseeds goodbye. Any other energies?"
"None that I can see, sir. But I am receiving a commsignal from the
ship assigned the first planet. They say it looks and feels like Craterfield
Desert on the hottest day of the year. One hundred and sixty-eight shrems in
temperature. But almost no air. They'll have to supplement it. Around seventy
shrems too hot. But the atmospheric supplementation will make it cooler."
"Shecou, what about this planet?" Khidf asked.
"To land? Um . . . Ah! There's a very habitable area on one of the
larger land masses. Warmer areas exist, but they're too close to populated
areas. It's about twenty shrems."
"Brrr."
"It occupies most of the top of the land mass. Empty, and beautiful
yellow sand. Wait . . . Aha! This planet has chemicals that keep it cool. We
can quickly eliminate the chemicals over this area. I calculate temperature
changes of seventy to eighty shrems."
"Good. Do it."
"Releasing chloroflourocarbons (CFC's)."
A whizz is heard from below the ship. The crew stayed quiet for about
a minute until a buzz is heard.
"Alright, we have cleared an area one hundred times the size of our
ship. The area is now seventy-five shrems. Almost four times it's original
temperature. Hmmm . . . it's dropping."
"Of course it is you moron! Look, the day is turning to night!"
"At least-Oh no! Another energy source. Different from the other two.
Corji, you see it?"
"Yeah. It's a very powerful Starseed. From the same location as the
first two energies. It's about a quarter of this planet's diameter from our
landing site."
Khidf said, "I want to investigate these energy sources once we are
firmly set on the planet, is that clear?. They may present opposition."
"Sir, yes, sir!" Corji and Shecou shouted.
"Preparing to land."
"Brace the ship systems and initiate landing configuration."
A thunk is heard as the ship, which was shaped like a pointed cigar,
flattened slightly, and pointed horn shaped wings emerged from the side. The
hinge connecting them to the ship was in the back. It took them a few hours,
but they finally touched down.
"Set the ship. I want everything settled as soon as possible. Shec-"
"Damn, four more teleport beams! Same general area, but slightly
different location. By the Defoblian Rings, they went too fast. I can't
extrapolate an image," Corji said.
"No matter. At least we know that area has something in it."
"All systems set. They'll be ready by this planet's morning."
"Good." Khidf paused. "Corji, Shecou, how long have we been together?"
"Fifty years, Khidf," Shecou replied.
"To come across such a find at the end of our careers? It must be
the work of the Fate. The inhabitants of this planet won't know what hit them."
"Ow! Why'd you hit me?"
"Sailor Scout meeting, remember meatball-head."
"Why Raye? We're not fighting anyone? I thought it was a joke."
"The rest of us need to tell you something."
The demeanor the rest of the scouts had was actually enough to take
most of Serena's appetite away. Most of it. She had the same as everyone else.
"So what's going on?"
"It's kinda hard to explain," Haruka said.
"Actually I just figured it out," Amy said, "when our starseeds were
removed, and our bodies faded out, then reformed, it freed any and all memories
that may still have been locked away."
"We can remember everything from our birth to our present lives,
including legends," Hotaru said, "We thought this was only a nice little
distraction, until Darien talked to us."
"This isn't only a legend, but a historical account passed down by my
old family before Queen Beryl attacked the Moon Kingdom," he said.
"Wouldn't it be a Queendom?" Lita asked.
Darien glared at her, "I could finish what I have to say if I'm not
interrupted."
"Sorry."
"Anyways, it has to do with why Earth doesn't have a Sailor Scout,
only me."
"Because you'd look dumb in the costume?" Mina said.
They needed that little laugh.
"No, but it is complicated. It dates back to way before the Silver
Millennium. About a thousand years."
"What is it with a thousand years and us?" Setsuna asked. "Silver
Millennium, asleep for a thousand years, Crystal Tokyo a thousand years from
now."
"Does it really matter? I'd like to finish this before the sun sets.
A THOUSAND YEARS before the Silver Millennium," he said, the spite caught
only by Setsuna. "The Solar System was very different, but resembled what we
have on Earth today, only a lot less war. An occasional skirmish between
neighboring planets for forgotten reasons every few decades, but they never
lasted over a few months. The main powers were the Moon and Earth, and they
got along like Japan and China. The other planets had a preference to one or
the other, but nothing they would declare. Then a neighboring civilization
tried to conquer us. They were from Betelgeuse, and they were nasty. The
peoples of the Solar System combined in a weak alliance to fight them off. But
neither side could get an advantage. The war lasted for about two hundred and
fifty years. Then someone asked the Imperium Silver Crystal for help. It knew
we were only trying to defend ourselves. So it changed the Sailor Scouts."
"When our Suits were created by the original Scouts," Amy began, "they
decided to make them look like armor. That was no problem until the, uh, Crooj
attacked. That's what they were called, right?" Darien nodded.
"They were as powerful as we were, and because we were wearing armor,
they took us seriously. So the Crystal changed the Suits to, uh . . . distract
our enemies."
"So does this mean we could change these damned things?" Haruka asked.
"When you reach a certain level of power and training, maybe," Artemis
replied. "But for now, no."
"Crud."
"Well, the Crystal then gave the Sailor Powers to all the princesses,
including Earth's princess, instead just of our most powerful warriors, just
to see if we were willing to carry out the same orders we would impose on our
young warriors. But it worked. Needless to say, the war was won and victory
ours. But then came the problem. We then invaded Betelgeuse in the heat of
battle, and conquered it. Now all that was left was to divide the spoils. And
that started the Earth-Moon War. The Moon said it should get the riches of the
Crooj because it was their Crystal that saved them. The Earth said it should
at least get the most gold because their warriors fought the fiercest. And
underlying preferences surfaced into full allies and enemies. Mercury, Mars,
Jupiter, and Venus, in that order, allied with the Moon. Pluto, Uranus,
Neptune, and Saturn, also in that order, allied with Earth. And for the next
seven hundred years or so, there was war. But the Moon was more powerful than
Earth. The "outer" planets, as they were called, were all lost to the Moon.
During the last century of war, all battles were fought on Earth. But the Moon
just couldn't get a good foothold to conquer Earth and win the war. And that's
how it went for a while. Until two thousand years ago, right before the Silver
Millennium, Jesus Christ was born. The Moon couldn't attack the planet with
the new Messiah, and decide to a compromise."
"New Messiah?" Serena asked with her mouth full.
"Yeah. Um, there was a Messiah every two thousand years, starting
six thousand years ago. The first was from Mercury. Four thousand years ago,
there was one from Venus. Two thousand years ago, the year zero, there was
one from Earth, Jesus. And now one from the Moon, you." Darien replied.
"Oh, Okay."
"Anyways, we decided to return everything we took from the Crooj, and
warned them not to attack us again. By now, the "inner" planets became very
close to the Moon, and the "outer" planets to Earth. So two kingdoms were
formed that very day. The Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, and Jupiter as the Moon
Kingdom. Earth, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto as the Atlantis Empire."
"Ah! The legend of Atlantis is true," Michiru said, "I'd forgotten."
"Yes. That is where the Earth Kingdom resided. Cool, huh? Anyways,
the princesses of all the planets soon died of old age, and the new princess
and Scout of each PLANET was chosen in a different way than just the strongest
warriors. The girl born looking human on the planet was the next princess,
no matter where she came from. It was not chose by bloodline, but by worth.
As you should have guessed by now, not everyone in the Solar System looked
human. Each planet had it's own varied race of people. Only the Earth and the
Moon had humans. That was no problem for the Moon, because it's princess was
chosen by bloodline. The first ruler of the new Moon Kingdom was King Serenitas,
but it was his younger sister, Serene, who was Sailor Moon. But this did pose
a problem for Earth. There were millions of humans on Earth, and it was always
getting harder and harder to find her. Halfway into the Silver Millennium we
had no Sailor Scout. Her symbol was a circle with it's vertical and horizontal
diameters forming a cross. Atlantis was without a ruler. So this is what we
did . . ."
Corji spread her wings full, leaped out the ship, and started to fly.
After hours of work, it was nice to get away from it all. That chair really
cramped her wings. Meanwhile, Shecou was watching his big sister fly around
in the cold night. 'Twenty shrems,' he thought, 'she's insane! But she was
beautiful, or so her boyfriends back home thought.' He'd never seen a woman
who slept around so much. Her black uniform hid nothing of her small, but
strong body. 'Hmmm . . . I bet the people of this planet might think her
pretty tall. They were a little shorter than most other races.' Shecou showed
a similar body through his black uniform, but with no wings. And his figure
was a little more masculine, of course. He brushed his red hair aside,
wondering why the modern styles liked hair over the face. 'Oh well, it's
better than going against them and getting executed.' Khidf came in and sat
beside him, staring at Corji.
"What is she doing?"
"She said it helps her relax. Spread her wings out."
Khidf was totally different. He was huge. All of his muscles showed
through his black uniform. The shoulder armor was the only variation. It was
what made him Captain. His smooth, bland face was covered with a mask that
was all utilitarian, but had the appearance of a robot. He saw an entertainment
transmission from this planet with a character that resembled him. 'Oh, what
was his name?' he thought. 'Ah! Optimus Prime was his name.' Corji reentered
the ship. Each knew what the other was thinking. Time to rest. A big day lay
ahead. Conquest was merely a formality nowadays. And it was more fun than just
pushing a button and killing everyone. Plus the energy sources had to be
investigated.
Darien resumed after he swallowed, "We had a sort of election to
decide who would rule Atlantis. One of my ancestors won. But it did not
cause peace. The people who wanted another to rule started to riot. Eventually
this created a civil war. One that destroyed Atlantis. We were scattered
around the world, leaving Earth in the state that we read in the history
books. The peace of the Silver Millennium didn't quite encompass Earth. Those
loyal to my ancestor restarted the Earth Kingdom in the Americas, around
Denver I think. And we were the Earth's only link to the Moon Kingdom and the
rest of the Outer Planets. I believe so many people did not like my ancestor
because he was the Captain of the Earth Guards when we had an Earth Princess.
They thought he would be too warlike to be a good ruler. But to the point of
my story. We need to find her. She was very powerful. She may be able to
increase Sailor Moon's powers to their full potential. You'd still be Eternal,
of course, but complete."
"My vision of Eternal Sailor Moon," Hotaru said, "was incomplete
because I did not know there was a Sailor Earth."
"Not to mention, guarding the Earth Princess is a family tradition
that I must also follow. Which brings me to another point. Along with Sailor
Earth, we must also find the Captain of the Moon Guards. He was very powerful.
It was rumored that he was even more powerful than all the Scouts combined,
but holding back to show respect. And he was the Captain ever since before
the Sailor Scouts were changed, and died when Beryl attacked so long ago.
Beryl herself had to kill him because none of the other Negawarriors could
touch him. But, like us, he was brought back to life here and now. He needs
to be found."
"I think he'll find us," Raye said, "I remember his power, and will
appear if we ever need him against enemies that are too powerful for our us."
"Like when the Negamoon attack us in the future?" Lita asked.
"I guess," Raye reluctantly replied.
"I'm starting to remember too," Serena said, "We were very close, a
father-daughter relationship."
"He was always very close to whoever the Moon Princess was. Queen
Serenity felt the same way about him when she was the Moon Princess and
Sailor Moon."
"Whoa. I can't imagine my mother in battle."
"If you can do it, anybody can," Raye said.
"Oh, shut up."
"There really wasn't anything to battle anyways," Darien said.
"I think I can create a program that might be able to find them, with
a little luck," Amy announced.
"I hope so. They could be anywhere."
"Well now that we got that out of the way, give me everything on the
right side of the menu," Serena announced. Everyone else fell with a THUNK!
'I can't believe this is happening to me.'
It is the first thought when she awakens and the last when she sleeps.
Wandering through the Sahara, she is alone, the only true nomad that has not
taken refuge in numbers. But how can she? The rest of her family was killed
by marauders. And she is ages away from anyone. All that remains of her old
life is part of her name, Amiri. Her protective clothing hides a beautiful
young woman, struggling with all her might to survive. But oases were very
rare here. And it has been getting hotter than usual as she headed west.
"Why me?"
'I can't believe this is happening to me.'
These are her thoughts as she plays with her short, blonde hair.
'Why is my father dragging me to the Sahara desert? I don't see why
he needs me to do his geological surveys. These had made us rich, and I'm not
complaining about that. But I don't share his interests. I could be out
shopping in an air conditioned mall. But noooo . . . he needs his Becky with
him. Damn, it's getting hot! Where are those porters?'
"Get me some water, now!"
'I can't believe this is happening to me.'
A beautiful Hispanic girl with long brunette hair was holding a book,
but unable to read it because she was too excited.
'Imagine, going to the world's largest sandy desert to study the way
life survives!' This has to be the best thing that had happened to Gloria,
the young biologist. If there was such a thing, she'd be a prodigy in biology,
but only mathematics and music had prodigies. But it was still good to be so
respected before she was even an adult. She didn't imagine it would be this
hot, though. Oh well. It was worth it to prove her theories to her colleagues.
"What an adventure!"
The Inners were at a loss on how to do it. Their little distraction
resurfaced a legend and a problem. It was more than the fun they had
remembering the lovely times the had in the Moon Kingdom. Now they wished they
were still with the others. Unfortunately, the problem was their own. And
Luna's. She was still with them. Artemis was conducting guy talk with Darien.
"Now let me get this straight. Right before Beryl attacked, your
people made weapons for each of you, but you never used them because you were
not powerful enough?" Luna asked.
"Yes. But now we are. And we think they may still be on our planets,
protected by the fortresses the were built in. I was to have the Mystic Ice
Harp," Amy replied.
"I was to have the Light and Love Sword," Mina added.
"I was to have the Firestorm Bow and Quiver," Raye said, "The quiver
never ran out of arrows."
"And I was to have the Lightning Strike Hammer," Lita concluded, "It
was based on the Earth legend of Thor. A Norse legend, I believe."
"When given to us, it would give us new powers," Amy continued, "Or
at least for three of us. I already have my new power, Aqua Mirage, but the
Harp will make it and all my other powers stronger. Plus I'd also be able to
use my Bubbles without incantation."
"The rest of us would receive brand new powers, plus the other things
Amy said. But of course the problem is getting them. We would have to wait
until more practical space travel is invented. Or something else pops up."
The first scan would only be a flyby, but the analysis would keep
them busy for a couple of hours. Khidf drew the "short straw" for the first
time in months. But only because he wanted to. And it would keep his siblings'
suspicions in check. He went through the checklist easily, and started the
scan of the building they narrowed it down too. 'Wow! It was totaled! The
energies must have been pretty strong to do that. Hmmm . . . the preliminary
scans showed the destruction was older than the energies they encountered,
but not so much that they were not related.' He also did a DNA scan. Anyone
who was here, they would find them.
For some reason, Becky's father was also meeting a biologist. Another
scientist! Oh well, at least she would be her age. 'Man, it's getting even
hotter as they approached the rendezvous airport.' Unfortunately for her, she
fell asleep too early to notice the thermometer rise and explode.
Serena and Darien could not believe it. But there it was.
"Who does it belong to?" she asked.
"I don't know. The owner of the store? Here he comes."
A fat little man walked in, his left hand with a soda, his right
picking at the acne on his face. He could not possibly fit in the armor they
saw. Serena had to make a pit stop while Darien was driving her home. And
what they saw in the collectors' store took their breath away. A suit of
armor, made for a huge muscular man. And from the Moon Kingdom, too. A huge
crescent moon was painted on the chest plate. The elbow and knee plates had
crescent moons painted on them, too. And the helmet was a blue crescent moon
folded around the head. The face plate had a kind of evil look to it. On the
forehead, another crescent moon was painted. The eyes were dark red and looked
angry. Over the mouth and nose there was thicker, silver colored plating, and
over each cheek there were three yellow diagonal lines that resembled stripes.
Serena and Darien recognized it immediately. It was the Captain of the Moon
Guard's armor! But it couldn't belong to this little man. It couldn't be his.
"Is this yours?" Darien asked.
"Yeah. It's mine, I found it, and it's not for sale. At least, not
while it grows so much in value. It quintupled in value in only three years.
Pick something else to buy."
"Where did you get this?"
"Whuzzit to ya?"
"Well maybe we'd like to look for our own artifacts."
"Huh. Good luck. I was five when I found it, and it was in another
part of the world. All I remember was intense heat."
Corji began to analyze the scans. It would take hours, but the ship
would then be able to extrapolate a recreation of whatever destroyed the
building. The DNA scans would also provide them with the faces of the people
there. They would soon find them.
"Khidf, as long as you're there could you also bring back some silver
samples?" Corji asked over the comm, liking the temporary authority.
"Good. I like to acquire more silver for my collection." He almost
made it sound like it was his decision.
Let's see, Khidf thought, where is a good concentration of silver?
Ah! A building around here has a good amount of silver in it. I'll go there.
He didn't care, though, about the strange alien writing on the wall.
It read "Jewelry OSA-P."
EfrainMan
EfrainMan9@yahoo.com
I wrote this story 5 years ago (GASP!) when all I had was the DiC dub. That's
why I use some English and Japanese names. I ain't going back to change 'em! :p
Yeah, I know the Starlights don't do anything in my story but fly away, and it's
not in script format, but I couldn't think of anything else for a title.
Sailor Moon is owned by some Japanese people who are not me. Even if did try to
sue me, I wouldn't be able to read the subpoena ;p
1 kecam=around 4 liters
1 gobj=2 months
1 pahced=1 kilogram
1 click=2 hours
1 shrem=2 degrees Celcius
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Part 1:
"Coming up on the planet Captain Khidf," a female voice says.
"Good job Corji. Shecou, composition?" a male voice asks.
"Whew! Seventy percent of the surface is covered with water. One
hundred sextillion kecams!" another male voice says.
"How long for our ship to destroy that much water?"
"About three gobjs."
"Corji, is it worth it?"
A female shadow bends down at the scanner. It gasps and says, "S-scan
field detects t-t-twenty BILLION pahceds of silver!"
The two other shadows in the ship immediately turn to her.
"By the Defoblian Rings! Can such a planet exist? Shecou, verify!"
"Verified. And-"
"Sir, massive energy field coming toward us, dark energy. Some kind
of cloud."
"Evasiv-"
"Wait," shouted Corji. After a pause, she said, "It's dissipating."
On the giant screen in front of them, called a vidscreen, the dark
cloud came near them and disappeared.
"What was it?" Shecou asked.
"Who cares? We have more important things to worry about. Corji, send
out a claimnote (radio signal that announces sender has claimed a planet). I
want this planet all to ourselves. There isn't a star system out there with
this much silver. And seven percent of it is ours. We'll die happy warriors!
And I thought we got the crappy job. Huh, just this morning I was wondering
who I forgot to kiss up to, or if I kissed up enough. Now, whatever I did or
didn't do, I'm glad I chose this path."
"Sir, receiving claimnotes from the other ships. From the sixth
planet onward, there is no silver. The rest of this system has four hundred
million pahceds of silver all together! This has to be the richest system in
the galaxy. It's unnatural."
"It does feel strange. I sensed it too. Mayb-"
"Another energy source!" Shecou shouted.
"Wait, it's not heading for us," Corji said, "it's only heading away
from the planet, towards unexplored space. It was some kind of teleport beam
originating from the same place as the dark energy."
"Now I'm interested. Who was inside?"
"A small adult female. I'm extrapolating an image on the vidscreen."
The screen showed Galaxia, flying away from Earth. Then the screen
flickered blank.
"Sailor Galaxia! What is she doing on this planet?"
"I don't know. But she's leaving, and I believe there are starseeds
following her. Millions of them. Do you think she conquered this planet?"
"No. There are still over five billion locals living here."
"At least she's leaving us alone. I thought we were going to kiss our
starseeds goodbye. Any other energies?"
"None that I can see, sir. But I am receiving a commsignal from the
ship assigned the first planet. They say it looks and feels like Craterfield
Desert on the hottest day of the year. One hundred and sixty-eight shrems in
temperature. But almost no air. They'll have to supplement it. Around seventy
shrems too hot. But the atmospheric supplementation will make it cooler."
"Shecou, what about this planet?" Khidf asked.
"To land? Um . . . Ah! There's a very habitable area on one of the
larger land masses. Warmer areas exist, but they're too close to populated
areas. It's about twenty shrems."
"Brrr."
"It occupies most of the top of the land mass. Empty, and beautiful
yellow sand. Wait . . . Aha! This planet has chemicals that keep it cool. We
can quickly eliminate the chemicals over this area. I calculate temperature
changes of seventy to eighty shrems."
"Good. Do it."
"Releasing chloroflourocarbons (CFC's)."
A whizz is heard from below the ship. The crew stayed quiet for about
a minute until a buzz is heard.
"Alright, we have cleared an area one hundred times the size of our
ship. The area is now seventy-five shrems. Almost four times it's original
temperature. Hmmm . . . it's dropping."
"Of course it is you moron! Look, the day is turning to night!"
"At least-Oh no! Another energy source. Different from the other two.
Corji, you see it?"
"Yeah. It's a very powerful Starseed. From the same location as the
first two energies. It's about a quarter of this planet's diameter from our
landing site."
Khidf said, "I want to investigate these energy sources once we are
firmly set on the planet, is that clear?. They may present opposition."
"Sir, yes, sir!" Corji and Shecou shouted.
"Preparing to land."
"Brace the ship systems and initiate landing configuration."
A thunk is heard as the ship, which was shaped like a pointed cigar,
flattened slightly, and pointed horn shaped wings emerged from the side. The
hinge connecting them to the ship was in the back. It took them a few hours,
but they finally touched down.
"Set the ship. I want everything settled as soon as possible. Shec-"
"Damn, four more teleport beams! Same general area, but slightly
different location. By the Defoblian Rings, they went too fast. I can't
extrapolate an image," Corji said.
"No matter. At least we know that area has something in it."
"All systems set. They'll be ready by this planet's morning."
"Good." Khidf paused. "Corji, Shecou, how long have we been together?"
"Fifty years, Khidf," Shecou replied.
"To come across such a find at the end of our careers? It must be
the work of the Fate. The inhabitants of this planet won't know what hit them."
"Ow! Why'd you hit me?"
"Sailor Scout meeting, remember meatball-head."
"Why Raye? We're not fighting anyone? I thought it was a joke."
"The rest of us need to tell you something."
The demeanor the rest of the scouts had was actually enough to take
most of Serena's appetite away. Most of it. She had the same as everyone else.
"So what's going on?"
"It's kinda hard to explain," Haruka said.
"Actually I just figured it out," Amy said, "when our starseeds were
removed, and our bodies faded out, then reformed, it freed any and all memories
that may still have been locked away."
"We can remember everything from our birth to our present lives,
including legends," Hotaru said, "We thought this was only a nice little
distraction, until Darien talked to us."
"This isn't only a legend, but a historical account passed down by my
old family before Queen Beryl attacked the Moon Kingdom," he said.
"Wouldn't it be a Queendom?" Lita asked.
Darien glared at her, "I could finish what I have to say if I'm not
interrupted."
"Sorry."
"Anyways, it has to do with why Earth doesn't have a Sailor Scout,
only me."
"Because you'd look dumb in the costume?" Mina said.
They needed that little laugh.
"No, but it is complicated. It dates back to way before the Silver
Millennium. About a thousand years."
"What is it with a thousand years and us?" Setsuna asked. "Silver
Millennium, asleep for a thousand years, Crystal Tokyo a thousand years from
now."
"Does it really matter? I'd like to finish this before the sun sets.
A THOUSAND YEARS before the Silver Millennium," he said, the spite caught
only by Setsuna. "The Solar System was very different, but resembled what we
have on Earth today, only a lot less war. An occasional skirmish between
neighboring planets for forgotten reasons every few decades, but they never
lasted over a few months. The main powers were the Moon and Earth, and they
got along like Japan and China. The other planets had a preference to one or
the other, but nothing they would declare. Then a neighboring civilization
tried to conquer us. They were from Betelgeuse, and they were nasty. The
peoples of the Solar System combined in a weak alliance to fight them off. But
neither side could get an advantage. The war lasted for about two hundred and
fifty years. Then someone asked the Imperium Silver Crystal for help. It knew
we were only trying to defend ourselves. So it changed the Sailor Scouts."
"When our Suits were created by the original Scouts," Amy began, "they
decided to make them look like armor. That was no problem until the, uh, Crooj
attacked. That's what they were called, right?" Darien nodded.
"They were as powerful as we were, and because we were wearing armor,
they took us seriously. So the Crystal changed the Suits to, uh . . . distract
our enemies."
"So does this mean we could change these damned things?" Haruka asked.
"When you reach a certain level of power and training, maybe," Artemis
replied. "But for now, no."
"Crud."
"Well, the Crystal then gave the Sailor Powers to all the princesses,
including Earth's princess, instead just of our most powerful warriors, just
to see if we were willing to carry out the same orders we would impose on our
young warriors. But it worked. Needless to say, the war was won and victory
ours. But then came the problem. We then invaded Betelgeuse in the heat of
battle, and conquered it. Now all that was left was to divide the spoils. And
that started the Earth-Moon War. The Moon said it should get the riches of the
Crooj because it was their Crystal that saved them. The Earth said it should
at least get the most gold because their warriors fought the fiercest. And
underlying preferences surfaced into full allies and enemies. Mercury, Mars,
Jupiter, and Venus, in that order, allied with the Moon. Pluto, Uranus,
Neptune, and Saturn, also in that order, allied with Earth. And for the next
seven hundred years or so, there was war. But the Moon was more powerful than
Earth. The "outer" planets, as they were called, were all lost to the Moon.
During the last century of war, all battles were fought on Earth. But the Moon
just couldn't get a good foothold to conquer Earth and win the war. And that's
how it went for a while. Until two thousand years ago, right before the Silver
Millennium, Jesus Christ was born. The Moon couldn't attack the planet with
the new Messiah, and decide to a compromise."
"New Messiah?" Serena asked with her mouth full.
"Yeah. Um, there was a Messiah every two thousand years, starting
six thousand years ago. The first was from Mercury. Four thousand years ago,
there was one from Venus. Two thousand years ago, the year zero, there was
one from Earth, Jesus. And now one from the Moon, you." Darien replied.
"Oh, Okay."
"Anyways, we decided to return everything we took from the Crooj, and
warned them not to attack us again. By now, the "inner" planets became very
close to the Moon, and the "outer" planets to Earth. So two kingdoms were
formed that very day. The Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, and Jupiter as the Moon
Kingdom. Earth, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto as the Atlantis Empire."
"Ah! The legend of Atlantis is true," Michiru said, "I'd forgotten."
"Yes. That is where the Earth Kingdom resided. Cool, huh? Anyways,
the princesses of all the planets soon died of old age, and the new princess
and Scout of each PLANET was chosen in a different way than just the strongest
warriors. The girl born looking human on the planet was the next princess,
no matter where she came from. It was not chose by bloodline, but by worth.
As you should have guessed by now, not everyone in the Solar System looked
human. Each planet had it's own varied race of people. Only the Earth and the
Moon had humans. That was no problem for the Moon, because it's princess was
chosen by bloodline. The first ruler of the new Moon Kingdom was King Serenitas,
but it was his younger sister, Serene, who was Sailor Moon. But this did pose
a problem for Earth. There were millions of humans on Earth, and it was always
getting harder and harder to find her. Halfway into the Silver Millennium we
had no Sailor Scout. Her symbol was a circle with it's vertical and horizontal
diameters forming a cross. Atlantis was without a ruler. So this is what we
did . . ."
Corji spread her wings full, leaped out the ship, and started to fly.
After hours of work, it was nice to get away from it all. That chair really
cramped her wings. Meanwhile, Shecou was watching his big sister fly around
in the cold night. 'Twenty shrems,' he thought, 'she's insane! But she was
beautiful, or so her boyfriends back home thought.' He'd never seen a woman
who slept around so much. Her black uniform hid nothing of her small, but
strong body. 'Hmmm . . . I bet the people of this planet might think her
pretty tall. They were a little shorter than most other races.' Shecou showed
a similar body through his black uniform, but with no wings. And his figure
was a little more masculine, of course. He brushed his red hair aside,
wondering why the modern styles liked hair over the face. 'Oh well, it's
better than going against them and getting executed.' Khidf came in and sat
beside him, staring at Corji.
"What is she doing?"
"She said it helps her relax. Spread her wings out."
Khidf was totally different. He was huge. All of his muscles showed
through his black uniform. The shoulder armor was the only variation. It was
what made him Captain. His smooth, bland face was covered with a mask that
was all utilitarian, but had the appearance of a robot. He saw an entertainment
transmission from this planet with a character that resembled him. 'Oh, what
was his name?' he thought. 'Ah! Optimus Prime was his name.' Corji reentered
the ship. Each knew what the other was thinking. Time to rest. A big day lay
ahead. Conquest was merely a formality nowadays. And it was more fun than just
pushing a button and killing everyone. Plus the energy sources had to be
investigated.
Darien resumed after he swallowed, "We had a sort of election to
decide who would rule Atlantis. One of my ancestors won. But it did not
cause peace. The people who wanted another to rule started to riot. Eventually
this created a civil war. One that destroyed Atlantis. We were scattered
around the world, leaving Earth in the state that we read in the history
books. The peace of the Silver Millennium didn't quite encompass Earth. Those
loyal to my ancestor restarted the Earth Kingdom in the Americas, around
Denver I think. And we were the Earth's only link to the Moon Kingdom and the
rest of the Outer Planets. I believe so many people did not like my ancestor
because he was the Captain of the Earth Guards when we had an Earth Princess.
They thought he would be too warlike to be a good ruler. But to the point of
my story. We need to find her. She was very powerful. She may be able to
increase Sailor Moon's powers to their full potential. You'd still be Eternal,
of course, but complete."
"My vision of Eternal Sailor Moon," Hotaru said, "was incomplete
because I did not know there was a Sailor Earth."
"Not to mention, guarding the Earth Princess is a family tradition
that I must also follow. Which brings me to another point. Along with Sailor
Earth, we must also find the Captain of the Moon Guards. He was very powerful.
It was rumored that he was even more powerful than all the Scouts combined,
but holding back to show respect. And he was the Captain ever since before
the Sailor Scouts were changed, and died when Beryl attacked so long ago.
Beryl herself had to kill him because none of the other Negawarriors could
touch him. But, like us, he was brought back to life here and now. He needs
to be found."
"I think he'll find us," Raye said, "I remember his power, and will
appear if we ever need him against enemies that are too powerful for our us."
"Like when the Negamoon attack us in the future?" Lita asked.
"I guess," Raye reluctantly replied.
"I'm starting to remember too," Serena said, "We were very close, a
father-daughter relationship."
"He was always very close to whoever the Moon Princess was. Queen
Serenity felt the same way about him when she was the Moon Princess and
Sailor Moon."
"Whoa. I can't imagine my mother in battle."
"If you can do it, anybody can," Raye said.
"Oh, shut up."
"There really wasn't anything to battle anyways," Darien said.
"I think I can create a program that might be able to find them, with
a little luck," Amy announced.
"I hope so. They could be anywhere."
"Well now that we got that out of the way, give me everything on the
right side of the menu," Serena announced. Everyone else fell with a THUNK!
'I can't believe this is happening to me.'
It is the first thought when she awakens and the last when she sleeps.
Wandering through the Sahara, she is alone, the only true nomad that has not
taken refuge in numbers. But how can she? The rest of her family was killed
by marauders. And she is ages away from anyone. All that remains of her old
life is part of her name, Amiri. Her protective clothing hides a beautiful
young woman, struggling with all her might to survive. But oases were very
rare here. And it has been getting hotter than usual as she headed west.
"Why me?"
'I can't believe this is happening to me.'
These are her thoughts as she plays with her short, blonde hair.
'Why is my father dragging me to the Sahara desert? I don't see why
he needs me to do his geological surveys. These had made us rich, and I'm not
complaining about that. But I don't share his interests. I could be out
shopping in an air conditioned mall. But noooo . . . he needs his Becky with
him. Damn, it's getting hot! Where are those porters?'
"Get me some water, now!"
'I can't believe this is happening to me.'
A beautiful Hispanic girl with long brunette hair was holding a book,
but unable to read it because she was too excited.
'Imagine, going to the world's largest sandy desert to study the way
life survives!' This has to be the best thing that had happened to Gloria,
the young biologist. If there was such a thing, she'd be a prodigy in biology,
but only mathematics and music had prodigies. But it was still good to be so
respected before she was even an adult. She didn't imagine it would be this
hot, though. Oh well. It was worth it to prove her theories to her colleagues.
"What an adventure!"
The Inners were at a loss on how to do it. Their little distraction
resurfaced a legend and a problem. It was more than the fun they had
remembering the lovely times the had in the Moon Kingdom. Now they wished they
were still with the others. Unfortunately, the problem was their own. And
Luna's. She was still with them. Artemis was conducting guy talk with Darien.
"Now let me get this straight. Right before Beryl attacked, your
people made weapons for each of you, but you never used them because you were
not powerful enough?" Luna asked.
"Yes. But now we are. And we think they may still be on our planets,
protected by the fortresses the were built in. I was to have the Mystic Ice
Harp," Amy replied.
"I was to have the Light and Love Sword," Mina added.
"I was to have the Firestorm Bow and Quiver," Raye said, "The quiver
never ran out of arrows."
"And I was to have the Lightning Strike Hammer," Lita concluded, "It
was based on the Earth legend of Thor. A Norse legend, I believe."
"When given to us, it would give us new powers," Amy continued, "Or
at least for three of us. I already have my new power, Aqua Mirage, but the
Harp will make it and all my other powers stronger. Plus I'd also be able to
use my Bubbles without incantation."
"The rest of us would receive brand new powers, plus the other things
Amy said. But of course the problem is getting them. We would have to wait
until more practical space travel is invented. Or something else pops up."
The first scan would only be a flyby, but the analysis would keep
them busy for a couple of hours. Khidf drew the "short straw" for the first
time in months. But only because he wanted to. And it would keep his siblings'
suspicions in check. He went through the checklist easily, and started the
scan of the building they narrowed it down too. 'Wow! It was totaled! The
energies must have been pretty strong to do that. Hmmm . . . the preliminary
scans showed the destruction was older than the energies they encountered,
but not so much that they were not related.' He also did a DNA scan. Anyone
who was here, they would find them.
For some reason, Becky's father was also meeting a biologist. Another
scientist! Oh well, at least she would be her age. 'Man, it's getting even
hotter as they approached the rendezvous airport.' Unfortunately for her, she
fell asleep too early to notice the thermometer rise and explode.
Serena and Darien could not believe it. But there it was.
"Who does it belong to?" she asked.
"I don't know. The owner of the store? Here he comes."
A fat little man walked in, his left hand with a soda, his right
picking at the acne on his face. He could not possibly fit in the armor they
saw. Serena had to make a pit stop while Darien was driving her home. And
what they saw in the collectors' store took their breath away. A suit of
armor, made for a huge muscular man. And from the Moon Kingdom, too. A huge
crescent moon was painted on the chest plate. The elbow and knee plates had
crescent moons painted on them, too. And the helmet was a blue crescent moon
folded around the head. The face plate had a kind of evil look to it. On the
forehead, another crescent moon was painted. The eyes were dark red and looked
angry. Over the mouth and nose there was thicker, silver colored plating, and
over each cheek there were three yellow diagonal lines that resembled stripes.
Serena and Darien recognized it immediately. It was the Captain of the Moon
Guard's armor! But it couldn't belong to this little man. It couldn't be his.
"Is this yours?" Darien asked.
"Yeah. It's mine, I found it, and it's not for sale. At least, not
while it grows so much in value. It quintupled in value in only three years.
Pick something else to buy."
"Where did you get this?"
"Whuzzit to ya?"
"Well maybe we'd like to look for our own artifacts."
"Huh. Good luck. I was five when I found it, and it was in another
part of the world. All I remember was intense heat."
Corji began to analyze the scans. It would take hours, but the ship
would then be able to extrapolate a recreation of whatever destroyed the
building. The DNA scans would also provide them with the faces of the people
there. They would soon find them.
"Khidf, as long as you're there could you also bring back some silver
samples?" Corji asked over the comm, liking the temporary authority.
"Good. I like to acquire more silver for my collection." He almost
made it sound like it was his decision.
Let's see, Khidf thought, where is a good concentration of silver?
Ah! A building around here has a good amount of silver in it. I'll go there.
He didn't care, though, about the strange alien writing on the wall.
It read "Jewelry OSA-P."