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Chapter 3

"All right," grumbled a gruff voice. "Where'd they go now? Always disappearing on us!"

"I know, I know," sighed another voice, much more gentle than the other. "When I get my hands on them, they'll be deader than dead!"

"Ariya, think about what you just said. How can someone be more dead if they're already dead?" asked the gruff voice, snickering slightly.

"You know what I meant," replied Ariya. One day, Cambertin, a sense of humor would be useful on you."

"What? You think I don't have one already?" questioned Cambertin, smirking.

"Not today."

"Because of those demons!"

"Who we are looking for."

"Exactly."

Two figures stepped out of the darkness, obviously the owners of the voices. They both wore the fuku of the sailor soldiers. One had shoulder- length, wavy, flaming red hair and bright green eyes, on a childish face. The other had long dark brown hair in three very long braids, with violet eyes on a face that seemed to have seen one too many fights. Each had wings: the one with dark hair had wings like a bird's, while the other had odd flimsy-looking wings, similar to those of dragons in fairy tales.

"Those other two keep disappearing on us as well," sighed the red- haired girl, Ariya.

"I realize that!" exclaimed Cambertin. "This is so confusing! What were those two doors that we went through?!"

"I have no idea. We're on Earth though. I can tell you that much."

"What?! On Earth?! What did Queen Lady Serenity do to her hair?! Die it blonde?!"

"Sure looks that way."

"And her eyes! Now she has blue eyes?!"

"Maybe she got colored contacts!"

"...And she shrank."

"It could be an illusion cast by the wall."

"You come up with an answer for everything don't you? I guess you could be right, but why would the Queen do that to herself?"

"No clue."

The two flew off in silence, scanning the Earth for any sign of the others that they were looking for. Far away, there was a loud explosion, and an enormous cloud of dust and debris floated into the sky.

"That's them!" exclaimed Ariya, putting on an extra spurt of speed.

"Need to corner them! I'll take one! You take the other!" exclaimed Cambertin.

"Right!"

The two soldiers zoomed off, disappearing into the cloud of dust. "Gotcha!" came the voice of Cambertin. "Winged Hope!!!!!!!!" There was a sound of rushing wind, quickly followed by screams. "Ha! Ha!" came the voice of Ariya.

"Got another! Blazing Inferno!!!!!" The smoke cloud suddenly went up in flames, mingled with the screams of several different people. The dust cloud finally dispersed, revealing Ariya and Cambertin black with soot and burns. "Oops! Heh, heh, heh..." laughed Ariya nervously, "I guess there was some gasoline in the air or something."

"Yeah, or something," snorted Cambertin unhappily.

"Mars Snake Fire!!!!!!!" Ariya and Cambertin looked down to see a stream of flame rushing towards them. They stepped out of the way, avoiding the attack with ease.

"Mars?" whispered Cambertin, giving Ariya a questioning look.

"I dunno. I thought she died. Oh, well. Guess I was wrong," sighed Ariya, shrugging her shoulders.

Below the two girls, four blackened figures hovered, panting for breath. Ariya and Cambertin looked at each other, nodded, and flew down to the four burned people.

"AACK!" came the surprised yell of Sailor Venus, "Venus Wink Chain Sword!!!" There was a crack followed by a flash of light that came rushing towards Cambertin and Ariya.

Quickly, and mostly out of instinct, Cambertin whispered, "Rainbow Prism Barrier!" A shield of rainbow glass formed around both of them, and the attack was absorbed. "Didn't Venus die 800 years ago?" questioned Cambertin.

"That's what I thought, but who knows?" sighed Ariya, once again shrugging her shoulders. Sailor Venus and the other inner senshi were at a loss.

"WHY DIDN'T MY ATTACK WORK?!!" exclaimed Minako. "WHAT'S UP WITH THAT?!!!!"

"They're obviously much stronger than we are," noted Sailor Mercury. She pulled out her hand-held computer, and tapped her earring to reveal her VR goggles. "Let's see now," she mumbled, typing in several buttons. After a few moments, she typed in a few more buttons, a puzzled look crossing her face. Several long moments of typing and confused looks went by before Ami looked up. "I can't scan them!" she whispered frantically. "Nothing is coming up! Nothing works!"

"Let me see that," stated Ariya, who had appeared behind Ami. Snatching the mini-computer out of her hand, she started punching buttons. The four inner senshi watched in shock, as Ariya turned the computer over several times, not sure what to say. "Wow!" the red-haired girl exclaimed. "This is a rare find these days! These haven't been manufactured for over 700 years!"

"Really?!" exclaimed Cambertin, suddenly appearing beside Ariya. "I know that the princess of Mercury began that company! See the symbol? They stopped making it after her daughter's death."

"Daughter's death?" repeated Ami. "Who are you people?! What are you doing here, and what do you want?!"

"AND WHAT THE HECK ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?!" yelled Makoto in a sudden outburst.

"NO WAAAAYYY!!!!!" exclaimed Cambertin, leaping on top of Makoto and knocking her over. "Is it really you?! The Sailor Jupiter, Princess Makoto?! I'm your biggest fan!!!"

Makoto stared at Cambertin in utter shock. "I don't know about Princess Makoto, but I am Sailor Jupiter."

"WOWEE!!!! I went to school with your great-great-great-great- grandson! I've always wanted to meet you! But you're dead, so..."

"DEAD?!" exclaimed Jupiter, her face a mask of stupor. Cambertin stood up, her hand shot up in the air.

Her eyes shone as she continued, "The great Sailor Jupiter, soldier of protection! Guardian of the late Neo-Queen Serenity!"

"The late Neo-Queen Serenity?" choked Ami. "You mean she died?!"

"Oh, yes," agreed Ariya. "She gave up the crown to Lady Queen Serenity, and together, she and Endymion died peacefully! But that was over 500 years ago!"

"500 years ago?" coughed Minako, trying not to laugh. "I think you both have some screws loose in your brains. She's alive and well today!"

"Really?" questioned Cambertin, now looking at Minako excitedly. "Wow! Everyone at home told us she died! It's in history books and everything!"

Rei, who had been silent the whole time, finally spoke up. "You aren't from here are you?" she asked.

"Not exactly," replied Ariya, "We came from the two constellations, Draco and Pegasus."