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Title: The Transfer

Part 7

Authors: Usa (Usako0@aol.com) and Emiri (bunny_s_@hotmail.com)

Disclaimer in Part 1

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Mamoru was walking back from his evening class when he saw a crowd of people gathered around something. Curious, he walked over to check it out. "Is that an alien?" someone shouted.

"Youma, I've been wondering what happened to you," a voice exclaimed. Mamoru couldn't see who it was, but he had a pretty good idea. Sneaking off, he went to henshin into Tuxedo Kamen, leaving Usagi momentarily with the youma.

The youma stared at Sailor Moon, recognizing her immediately. It seems that the beam he shot her with had done nothing at all. He thought for a moment... If he could reek more havoc, then maybe the other Senshi would HAVE to come. And were would their precious Princess be then?

Moon eyed the youma. "Tsukini kawatte, oshiokyo!" she cried, rushing at him.

Jumping off to the side, the youma shot a beam at a streetlamp, causing it to burst, and half the city's power to go out. "Stop it!! Why are you doing this?" Sailor Moon screamed. "What did you do to me?"

Stopping, the youma eyed her. "What do you mean?"

"What's the point of all this violence?" she asked. "Why are you making me hurt when I'm near my friends?"

The youma's eyes narrowed. "Hurt?"

Moon stared at him. "You don't know what that means?"

"Oh, I know." The youma grinned. "I just wasn't aware that I had such an effect...but now..."

"Now what?" She put her hand up to her tiara, being cautious. The youma flew off quickly, satisfied that it had caused pain.

Just as the youma disappered, Tuxedo Kamen reappeared. "Sailor Moon, did you kill it already?"

"Iie, he flew off before I could," she told him.

"Which way did he go? Maybe we can track him?"

She pointed towards the east. "That way," she said

"Well, let's go!" Mamoru grabbed her hand, and they took off.

A few mintues later, the youma slipped behind Usagi and Mamoru, watching them try to find him. Smirking, he zapped Usagi with another ray. She fell to her knees with a cry. "Mamo-chan..."

"Usako! What happened?"

"I-I don't..." she trailed off. There was a familiar pounding in her head. Like when she was around the other Senshi. "But they're not here," she whispered.

"Who? Daijobou, Usako?"

"Mamo-chan, he... did it... again," she said before passing out. Mamoru, realizing that the youma had probably made her hurt when she was around him, brought her home and put her safely in bed before slipping off.

When he arrived to his dorm, Mamoru called Ami back in Japan to let her know what happened. "Kami," she gasped. "We're really going to have to go there, aren't we?"

"Do you think you four can handle this thing?"

"I've been calculating our chances and the youma's weaknesses. We have one chance, but I'd really like to avoid it. All of us would."

"What is the chance, Ami?"

Ami swallowed. "Ano... Usagi has to be dead so we can break off the link to destroy him."

Mamoru's eyes widened. "There has to be some other way."

"I'm working on it, Mamoru-san," Ami told him. "I'm hoping to have something by the time we land in Boston."

"When are you planning on arriving?"

"We should be there around 10 am your time tomorrow morning," she replied. "Remember not to mention any of this to Usagi-chan."

"I won't..." Mamoru hesitated for a moment, then told Ami about what the youma had done.

"Is she all right?"

"I hope so."

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