Awakening
Chapter 1
Genre: "S" season and alternate
Rating: PG?
Author: Moonchild DJ
E-Mail: moonchilddj@yahoo.com
Disclaimer: No, Sailor Moon NOR X-Men belong to me! I just borrowed the
characters to make this crossover!!
Author's Notes: Hiya, minna-chan! ^_^ Moonchild DJ here, with a..sort
of unusual crossover idea..I got the inspiration from a storyboard a
few months back at a favorite site, "The Wolverine and Jubilee Page",
which dealt with a crossover between the X-Men characters, Sailor Moon
and Dragonball Z...it was a great lil' fic, but a bit confusing. So,
no offense to DBZ fans out there, I decided to take that storyboard
idea and make it my own, w/o DBZ 'cause I don't know much about it.
No offense to those who contributed to that storyboard(myself
included), but I think I can make it a bit more better...so, enjoy,
and please tell me what you think!
********
Serenity gasped as a flare of light erupted from the blue, green
and white planet she watched over. Silver odangoed streamers trailing
behind her in the spiritual existnece-plane she occupied, the former
Queen of the Moon Kingdom raised pale shaking hands to her face. "No..
not now! It..it is too soon!"
As if in defiance to her words, the flare of light lengthened to a
beam of light like a beacon, its intensity ebbing and flowing like
the blue orb's waters, making her shield her spectral sky-blue eyes.
"Please...not now. It is not time to awaken, child!"
She sighed as the light continued. "So...it is to be this way, then.
Fine. But this time, you will not face it alone..."
********
Upon the blue, green and white planet called Earth, Jubilation
Lee twitched as she slept, clutching her pillow as strange dreams
haunted her...
A golden-haired girl in a beautiful white gown stood on a balcony,
gasping in horror as a red-haired woman materialized in front of her.
"Well, if it isn't little Miss Moon Princess. All dressed up with no
place to go, except for Oblivion!!"
Sharp dagger-like claws reached for the girl, only to be halted by a
quick, formidable red rose. The woman screamed, drawing back as a
dark-haired man in royal black and silver clothes leapt in front of
the girl, protecting her as he drew his cape in front of her.
"No, Brother...don't!" Jubilation whispered, clutching the curtains
she hid behind as she watched the scene unfold with her own eyes. How
could that be...? What kind of dream was this?
"...Why would I want to join forces with a snake like you?! All
twisted and ugly and full of bitterness!" The man hissed angrily at the
red-haired woman. Jubilation gasped as the woman's red eyes narrowed
dangerously.
"No one speaks to Queen Beryl like that!!" The woman cried, lips
twisting into a sneer as she raised her staff high.
A dark, twisted, living cloud hissed and released a green ball of
energy from its hand, speeding straight toward the couple,
separating them and lifting the man high into the air.
Jubilation struggled to keep back a horrified scream, tears filling
her eyes as she shook her head violently in denial. 'No! Don't hurt
him, please!!' she cried silently.
The blonde-haired girl struggled to her feet, running after the man.
"Darien, no! I want to stay with you!"
"Serena, no, stay away! Just run--get away--Serena!"
Jubilation started to dash out of her hiding place, intending to stop
the girl, when she jumped from the balcony, the energy lifting her
enough to clasp hands with the man. Only Jubilation saw the green
energy explode, tearing the two apart, each crying out for the other,
before the energy reached her and blew her backwards headlong into
black silence with her scream echoing into the darkness...
...Into a strange, shared dream with a little dark-haired, blue-eyed
boy. An outing for big brother with Mommy and Daddy--smiles, love and
laughter as the car rolled along the narrow steep hills--screams and
tears as the car went out of control over one of those hills--
blackness, then confused awakening in a large, sterile room with tall,
white-coated men who murmured sadly around him as he massaged his
bandaged head gingerly.
"Who am I? I can't...remember. Darien..? Darien. Is that my name..?"
he murmured softly. Her heart ached as she heard the doctors around
him.
"His parents didn't survive. And he doesn't have any known relatives,
so we'd best arrange for an orphanage."
An orphanage? No! He had her!! Don't take him away! But she could sense
they did..and..and...
Who was he to her? Why was she so upset about someone she'd never even
met, as if he was family?
The dreams continued, and she saw the boy grow into a handsome young
man, quiet, studious, serious..lonely. She saw his dreams of a
mysterious girl in the shadows of his mind, begging him to find a
Silver Imperium Crystal--if it was found, he would regain his lost
memories and free his mysterious princess. And...what?
Darkness filled her vision, blocking the sight of the vaguely familiar
young man, bringing with it the memory of the shared tragedy..losing
family in a car crash. No, she didn't want to remember that! But the
memory persisted, blending with the dream...until...
"No....!" she screamed, heart pounding as she jolted upright in her
bed, hands shaking as she tangled them in her shoulder-length dark hair.
Breath strangling on panicked sobs, she closed her eyes and rocked back
and forth.
"Jubilee?! What's wrong?" A red-haired woman cried as she threw open
Jubilation's bedroom door and rushed over, enveloping her in a
soothing hug. "I could feel your panic clear in the other wing of the
mansion!"
Uncharacteristic of her, Jubilation burst into tears as the other
members of her large extended "family" crowded into the room, worried
for their youngest.
"C-car crash..and he was...hospital..a princess...evil..pain a-and...I
can't..! I have t-to find.."
"Sshhh.." Jean Grey-Summers whispered, rocking the trembling girl
gently in her arms. "Slow down, take it easy. Your thoughts are all
jumbled up. Scott, Logan, help me here.."
"C'mon, Jubilation..it's okay.." Scott Summers, Jean's husband, a brown-
haired man with red glasses murmured softly, moving alongside Jean to
ease Jubilation out of the bed and into Logan's arms. Jubilation
breathed raggedly, clutching the dark-haired man's t-shirt with a white-
knuckle grip. She felt a soft kiss pressed to her temple as muscular
arms held her tighter.
"It's alright, darlin', take it easy. You're safe now. Let's get ya to
Chuck so's he can help ya." Logan soothed gently, the low, gravelly
voice carrying a note of worry in its tone.
"B-but you don't understand...! The car c-crash and..he needs me..an' I
can't..."
"Calm down, sweetie. Sleep a bit, okay?" Jean murmured, touching
Jubilation's forehead with slightly-shaking fingers for a second. The
girl's panicked breath escaped in a whoosh of air as the frightened blue
eyes closed and her head lolled against Logan's shoulder.
"Aww, did ya have t' go an' do that, Jeannie?" he huffed as he settled
the weight of the sleeping girl more firmly against him.
"You've got any better ideas, Logan, I'm listening. I had to calm her
down somehow. Charles will be able to help us."
"I hope so."
******
Glancing at his gathered X-Men, Professor Charles Xavier gently
smoothed away a lock of hair from Jubilation's face before rolling his
wheelchair toward the gathered group. Sighing, he massaged his bald
pate, a headache forming, before steepling his fingers under his chin.
"She's going to be all right, and she's sleeping deeply now."
"What was wrong with her, Professor?" Scott asked as held Jean's hand
in his own.
"She was having visions, I believe. I couldn't understand all of her
thoughts, but I think that her mind is awakening blocked memories,
maybe even some of a previous life. However, that is not what concerns
me at the moment. Her power levels have soared, tripling in strength
and ability. Something is awakening in her, something of enormous
importance."
Ignoring the gasps of horror, surprise and shock, Logan asked,
"But what about th' car crash? Usually the bad memories of losin' her
folks when she was little don't give her nightmares, except on the
anniversary of their death.. She mentioned it twice while she was
talkin' to us."
Xavier frowned. "Yes, that's another matter. Immersed with her memories
of that terrible time was an identical incident with a little boy.
Somehow, she was able to 'see' this crash, feel the boy's pain. Her
thoughts were jumbled in that area, as if she couldn't understand it
herself, but she worried for this boy as if he were her family, like a
brother."
"An unknown sibling?" Jean inquired. Xavier shook his head.
"Jubilation was ten when her parents were killed, and the other incident
had a feel of a longer time ago than six years ago. The boy was about
six or seven when it occured, and she'd had flashes of the boy, now a
young man. Twenty or so..but still..the incidents were near identical.
They both lost their parents in horrible car crashes and were orphaned
and sent to orphanges and foster homes, having to make it on their own.
But she wasn't hurt with her parents--she was with friends--while he
was and lost his memories of before the crash. But there's something
there, some connection between the two. I can't put my finger on it."
"And Jubilee doesn't know, from your telepathic scanning?" Scott asked.
"No. She's as much confused as I am. And--"
"No! Darien!! He's in danger!" Jubilation screamed, bolting upright,
clutching her head. Xavier and the others flew to her side, attempting
to calm the frantic girl.
"Jubilation! Who's Darien? How do you know he's in danger?!" Jean cried
as she attempted to hold her down.
"I don't know, to both questions!! He needs me! But--but I don't know
where he is! O-or even WHO he is.." Jubilation whimpered as she shut her
eyes tightly in pain. Her whole body tingled, and her head ached as she
sensed Darien's panic. "Who are you?!" she cried as the pain intensified.
"What do you want from me?!"
"Jubilee?!" Jean and the Professor cried suddenly. There was a..
disturbance on the mental scale, something that reached out to Jubilee
with a strong hold. To everyone's astonishment, the girl's figure started
glowing, awash in a blinding white light that made those gathered shield
their eyes while their ears rang with Jubilee's anguished scream. When
everyone recovered, they glanced up to find Jubilee had vanished!
"Charley, where is she?!!" Logan bellowed as he glanced frantically at
Xavier. The telepath closed his eyes, concentrating, his long fingers
alongside his temples.
"Far away from here. Japan!"
"Japan? How'd she get there?!"
"The force that held Jubilation in its grasp...it had..some sort of
strange teleporting properties. She teleported to where this Darien is!"
******
On her hands and knees, Jubilee breathed slowly, struggling to not
get sick from the after-affects of the teleportation that had taken her
to..wherever she was. She raised her head, pushing her hair back from her
eyes, and glanced around. She was in the middle of a street, moonlight
shining down on buildings and a strange battle going on in front of her.
The sickness leaving her, she got to her feet gingerly, noticing in
wonder that she was no longer in her sleepshirt, but her X-Man uniform
and her violet-blue trenchcoat she'd adapted from Gambit's. Oh, so she
was expected to fight, then..
A low male cry of pain reached her ears, and her head snapped up. A man
dressed in a tuxedo, cape and top hat fell to the pavement hard, the hat
flying off his head and rolling to a stop before her feet.
"Tuxedo Kamen!" A feminine voice wailed. Jubilee watched in astonishment
as a blonde-haired girl dressed in an odd red, white and blue short-
skirted uniform separated herself from eight similarly-attired girls
and ran to the man.
"Sailor Moon! Get your butt back over here, now! We can't defeat her
alone!!" one of the girls snapped at the blonde. Snapping back to
reality, Jubilee glanced up at the enemy.
Taller than she or the girls, the woman with the cat-like features
hissed and aimed detonations of near-earthquake-like force blasts at the
girls, knocking them from one side of the street to another. Jubilee
staggered, but gained her footing, used to tests like this in the
X-Men's Danger Room. She raised her hands, calling upon her powers. Why
did she feel...stronger?
"Take this, Kitty-Cat!" she cried, releasing the energy inside her
through her hands. The blasts exploded from her, nearly knocking her
backwards, but she managed to stay on her feet, letting the fireworks
pour out of her hands. She didn't realize that her powers had taken on
a new degree, turning her into a flaming star as it flared from her
eyes, her hair, her body, sending the creature flying far. Her mouth
dropped as the cat-woman crashed against a tree and faded into
nothingness, leaving behind a comic book and a white pod. The pod
cracked in two, and a dark shadow shrieked in anger as it wafted out of
the pod, then evaporated.
"What in the world...?!" she gasped, hardly believing her eyes. What kind
of villian was that? It looked like something Mr. Sinister would send,
but..different. She made a mental note to herself to tell the Professor
and the others about it when she returned. Where was she, anyway? She
glanced around, noticing the store signs..written in Japanese. She was in
Japan.
She chuckled. Bless Wolvie for teaching her Japanese. Now it was her third
language, other than English and Chinese. She turned back to the girls
who were staggering to their feet and the blonde helping the man.
"Konnichiwa." she smiled. No wonder she had understood the girls as if
they were speaking English.
The blonde nodded in greeting, smiling back. "Konnichiwa. Domo arigato for
helping us. Seems we got a little overwhelmed, there. Are you a Sailor
Senshi?"
"A what?" Jubilee frowned. What was she talking about?
The blonde glanced up at the man, whom Jubilee also noticed wore a white
domino mask over his eyes. He shrugged slightly. The blonde huffed,
glaring at him briefly before glancing back to Jubilee.
"A Sailor Senshi. A warrior blessed by the planets with powers to
protect this world. Considering you blazed like a star there, I would
think that you'd been blessed with the power of the stars!"
"Iie. I was born with these powers. I'm a mutant." Jubilation winced
slightly, ready to run if she had to. Not too many people cared for
mutants...
But the girl only smiled, brightening in realization. "Like Sunfire,
Japan's hero and protector!"
Jubilation breathed an internal sigh of relief. "Right. Like that. I'm
Jubilee." She bowed slightly in respect. The girls and the man
responded in kind.
"I'm Sailor Moon." The blonde girl beamed.
"Hey, Jubilee, nice to meet you. I'm Sailor Venus." The other blonde-
haired girl, with her long hair pulled back with a red bow and dressed
in an orange and white uniform, grinned and waved a small hello.
"Arigato for the help. I'm Sailor jupiter." A tall, brown-haired girl
with her hair pulled up into a ponytail and suited in green, pink and
white winked.
"Kon'wa, Jubilee. I am Sailor Mercury." A quiet blue-haired girl
dressed in shades of blue and white smiled at her shyly.
"And I'm Sailor Mars." A raven-haired girl suited in red, purple and
white smiled as she jerked her thumb at the three departing girls.
"The tall green-haired one with the staff is Sailor Pluto, the short-
haired blonde is Sailor Uranus, and the other one is Sailor Neptune."
"Why are they leaving?"
"'Cause they're not..exactly on the same side as us." The remaining
sailor-suited girl, a pink-haired, red-eyed child dressed in pink
and white, frowned as she watched the others go. "They're Sailor
Senshi like us, but their way of doin' things is different than ours."
Jubilee frowned as she glanced down at the little girl, taking in the
unusual hair and eyes. "Got it, but aren't you a little young to be
fighting bad guys?"
"Am not!" The red eyes snapped as she put her fists on her hips. "I'm
Sailor Chibi Moon, and I'm a future Senshi-in-training!!"
"Future...?" Jubilee watched in confusion as both Sailor Moon and the
tuxedoed man slapped a hand over the girl's mouth. Sailor Moon
grinned weakly at her. "Long story. As she said, she's Sailor Chibi
Moon, and this handsome hunk beside me is Tuxedo Kamen."
Jubilee grinned as the man flushed before he turned to look at her.
"How did you get here, may I ask? I didn't see you on the scene
before when the battle began."
"Good question. I was just...transported here. I don't know how or
why but I was having these strange dreams, and I thought the one I
dreamt of was in trouble, but I don't see him here."
"Him?"
"Hai. A dark-haired guy with blue eyes. For some reason, I could..
feel his memories. Of a car crash when he was real little and lost
his parents. Of a golden-haired princess that called to him in his
dreams and asked him to find something called a Silver Imperium
Crystal..weird, huh?" Jubilee shook her head as she bent down and
snatched up the black hat at her feet. Straightening again, she
frowned.
"What's up with you guys?"
Sailor Moon's eyes were nearly bulging out of their sockets, and
Tuxedo Kamen had gone as pale as a sheet, his dark eyes going
glassy. The Senshi's mouths were hanging open and they stared at
Tuxedo Kamen. The only one to come out of her stupor, Sailor
Mercury, frowned and whipped out a small handheld computer and
began typing on it furiously.
"Nani?! Why are you all staring at him for?" Jubilee cried.
********
~End Chapter 1~
Chapter 1
Genre: "S" season and alternate
Rating: PG?
Author: Moonchild DJ
E-Mail: moonchilddj@yahoo.com
Disclaimer: No, Sailor Moon NOR X-Men belong to me! I just borrowed the
characters to make this crossover!!
Author's Notes: Hiya, minna-chan! ^_^ Moonchild DJ here, with a..sort
of unusual crossover idea..I got the inspiration from a storyboard a
few months back at a favorite site, "The Wolverine and Jubilee Page",
which dealt with a crossover between the X-Men characters, Sailor Moon
and Dragonball Z...it was a great lil' fic, but a bit confusing. So,
no offense to DBZ fans out there, I decided to take that storyboard
idea and make it my own, w/o DBZ 'cause I don't know much about it.
No offense to those who contributed to that storyboard(myself
included), but I think I can make it a bit more better...so, enjoy,
and please tell me what you think!
********
Serenity gasped as a flare of light erupted from the blue, green
and white planet she watched over. Silver odangoed streamers trailing
behind her in the spiritual existnece-plane she occupied, the former
Queen of the Moon Kingdom raised pale shaking hands to her face. "No..
not now! It..it is too soon!"
As if in defiance to her words, the flare of light lengthened to a
beam of light like a beacon, its intensity ebbing and flowing like
the blue orb's waters, making her shield her spectral sky-blue eyes.
"Please...not now. It is not time to awaken, child!"
She sighed as the light continued. "So...it is to be this way, then.
Fine. But this time, you will not face it alone..."
********
Upon the blue, green and white planet called Earth, Jubilation
Lee twitched as she slept, clutching her pillow as strange dreams
haunted her...
A golden-haired girl in a beautiful white gown stood on a balcony,
gasping in horror as a red-haired woman materialized in front of her.
"Well, if it isn't little Miss Moon Princess. All dressed up with no
place to go, except for Oblivion!!"
Sharp dagger-like claws reached for the girl, only to be halted by a
quick, formidable red rose. The woman screamed, drawing back as a
dark-haired man in royal black and silver clothes leapt in front of
the girl, protecting her as he drew his cape in front of her.
"No, Brother...don't!" Jubilation whispered, clutching the curtains
she hid behind as she watched the scene unfold with her own eyes. How
could that be...? What kind of dream was this?
"...Why would I want to join forces with a snake like you?! All
twisted and ugly and full of bitterness!" The man hissed angrily at the
red-haired woman. Jubilation gasped as the woman's red eyes narrowed
dangerously.
"No one speaks to Queen Beryl like that!!" The woman cried, lips
twisting into a sneer as she raised her staff high.
A dark, twisted, living cloud hissed and released a green ball of
energy from its hand, speeding straight toward the couple,
separating them and lifting the man high into the air.
Jubilation struggled to keep back a horrified scream, tears filling
her eyes as she shook her head violently in denial. 'No! Don't hurt
him, please!!' she cried silently.
The blonde-haired girl struggled to her feet, running after the man.
"Darien, no! I want to stay with you!"
"Serena, no, stay away! Just run--get away--Serena!"
Jubilation started to dash out of her hiding place, intending to stop
the girl, when she jumped from the balcony, the energy lifting her
enough to clasp hands with the man. Only Jubilation saw the green
energy explode, tearing the two apart, each crying out for the other,
before the energy reached her and blew her backwards headlong into
black silence with her scream echoing into the darkness...
...Into a strange, shared dream with a little dark-haired, blue-eyed
boy. An outing for big brother with Mommy and Daddy--smiles, love and
laughter as the car rolled along the narrow steep hills--screams and
tears as the car went out of control over one of those hills--
blackness, then confused awakening in a large, sterile room with tall,
white-coated men who murmured sadly around him as he massaged his
bandaged head gingerly.
"Who am I? I can't...remember. Darien..? Darien. Is that my name..?"
he murmured softly. Her heart ached as she heard the doctors around
him.
"His parents didn't survive. And he doesn't have any known relatives,
so we'd best arrange for an orphanage."
An orphanage? No! He had her!! Don't take him away! But she could sense
they did..and..and...
Who was he to her? Why was she so upset about someone she'd never even
met, as if he was family?
The dreams continued, and she saw the boy grow into a handsome young
man, quiet, studious, serious..lonely. She saw his dreams of a
mysterious girl in the shadows of his mind, begging him to find a
Silver Imperium Crystal--if it was found, he would regain his lost
memories and free his mysterious princess. And...what?
Darkness filled her vision, blocking the sight of the vaguely familiar
young man, bringing with it the memory of the shared tragedy..losing
family in a car crash. No, she didn't want to remember that! But the
memory persisted, blending with the dream...until...
"No....!" she screamed, heart pounding as she jolted upright in her
bed, hands shaking as she tangled them in her shoulder-length dark hair.
Breath strangling on panicked sobs, she closed her eyes and rocked back
and forth.
"Jubilee?! What's wrong?" A red-haired woman cried as she threw open
Jubilation's bedroom door and rushed over, enveloping her in a
soothing hug. "I could feel your panic clear in the other wing of the
mansion!"
Uncharacteristic of her, Jubilation burst into tears as the other
members of her large extended "family" crowded into the room, worried
for their youngest.
"C-car crash..and he was...hospital..a princess...evil..pain a-and...I
can't..! I have t-to find.."
"Sshhh.." Jean Grey-Summers whispered, rocking the trembling girl
gently in her arms. "Slow down, take it easy. Your thoughts are all
jumbled up. Scott, Logan, help me here.."
"C'mon, Jubilation..it's okay.." Scott Summers, Jean's husband, a brown-
haired man with red glasses murmured softly, moving alongside Jean to
ease Jubilation out of the bed and into Logan's arms. Jubilation
breathed raggedly, clutching the dark-haired man's t-shirt with a white-
knuckle grip. She felt a soft kiss pressed to her temple as muscular
arms held her tighter.
"It's alright, darlin', take it easy. You're safe now. Let's get ya to
Chuck so's he can help ya." Logan soothed gently, the low, gravelly
voice carrying a note of worry in its tone.
"B-but you don't understand...! The car c-crash and..he needs me..an' I
can't..."
"Calm down, sweetie. Sleep a bit, okay?" Jean murmured, touching
Jubilation's forehead with slightly-shaking fingers for a second. The
girl's panicked breath escaped in a whoosh of air as the frightened blue
eyes closed and her head lolled against Logan's shoulder.
"Aww, did ya have t' go an' do that, Jeannie?" he huffed as he settled
the weight of the sleeping girl more firmly against him.
"You've got any better ideas, Logan, I'm listening. I had to calm her
down somehow. Charles will be able to help us."
"I hope so."
******
Glancing at his gathered X-Men, Professor Charles Xavier gently
smoothed away a lock of hair from Jubilation's face before rolling his
wheelchair toward the gathered group. Sighing, he massaged his bald
pate, a headache forming, before steepling his fingers under his chin.
"She's going to be all right, and she's sleeping deeply now."
"What was wrong with her, Professor?" Scott asked as held Jean's hand
in his own.
"She was having visions, I believe. I couldn't understand all of her
thoughts, but I think that her mind is awakening blocked memories,
maybe even some of a previous life. However, that is not what concerns
me at the moment. Her power levels have soared, tripling in strength
and ability. Something is awakening in her, something of enormous
importance."
Ignoring the gasps of horror, surprise and shock, Logan asked,
"But what about th' car crash? Usually the bad memories of losin' her
folks when she was little don't give her nightmares, except on the
anniversary of their death.. She mentioned it twice while she was
talkin' to us."
Xavier frowned. "Yes, that's another matter. Immersed with her memories
of that terrible time was an identical incident with a little boy.
Somehow, she was able to 'see' this crash, feel the boy's pain. Her
thoughts were jumbled in that area, as if she couldn't understand it
herself, but she worried for this boy as if he were her family, like a
brother."
"An unknown sibling?" Jean inquired. Xavier shook his head.
"Jubilation was ten when her parents were killed, and the other incident
had a feel of a longer time ago than six years ago. The boy was about
six or seven when it occured, and she'd had flashes of the boy, now a
young man. Twenty or so..but still..the incidents were near identical.
They both lost their parents in horrible car crashes and were orphaned
and sent to orphanges and foster homes, having to make it on their own.
But she wasn't hurt with her parents--she was with friends--while he
was and lost his memories of before the crash. But there's something
there, some connection between the two. I can't put my finger on it."
"And Jubilee doesn't know, from your telepathic scanning?" Scott asked.
"No. She's as much confused as I am. And--"
"No! Darien!! He's in danger!" Jubilation screamed, bolting upright,
clutching her head. Xavier and the others flew to her side, attempting
to calm the frantic girl.
"Jubilation! Who's Darien? How do you know he's in danger?!" Jean cried
as she attempted to hold her down.
"I don't know, to both questions!! He needs me! But--but I don't know
where he is! O-or even WHO he is.." Jubilation whimpered as she shut her
eyes tightly in pain. Her whole body tingled, and her head ached as she
sensed Darien's panic. "Who are you?!" she cried as the pain intensified.
"What do you want from me?!"
"Jubilee?!" Jean and the Professor cried suddenly. There was a..
disturbance on the mental scale, something that reached out to Jubilee
with a strong hold. To everyone's astonishment, the girl's figure started
glowing, awash in a blinding white light that made those gathered shield
their eyes while their ears rang with Jubilee's anguished scream. When
everyone recovered, they glanced up to find Jubilee had vanished!
"Charley, where is she?!!" Logan bellowed as he glanced frantically at
Xavier. The telepath closed his eyes, concentrating, his long fingers
alongside his temples.
"Far away from here. Japan!"
"Japan? How'd she get there?!"
"The force that held Jubilation in its grasp...it had..some sort of
strange teleporting properties. She teleported to where this Darien is!"
******
On her hands and knees, Jubilee breathed slowly, struggling to not
get sick from the after-affects of the teleportation that had taken her
to..wherever she was. She raised her head, pushing her hair back from her
eyes, and glanced around. She was in the middle of a street, moonlight
shining down on buildings and a strange battle going on in front of her.
The sickness leaving her, she got to her feet gingerly, noticing in
wonder that she was no longer in her sleepshirt, but her X-Man uniform
and her violet-blue trenchcoat she'd adapted from Gambit's. Oh, so she
was expected to fight, then..
A low male cry of pain reached her ears, and her head snapped up. A man
dressed in a tuxedo, cape and top hat fell to the pavement hard, the hat
flying off his head and rolling to a stop before her feet.
"Tuxedo Kamen!" A feminine voice wailed. Jubilee watched in astonishment
as a blonde-haired girl dressed in an odd red, white and blue short-
skirted uniform separated herself from eight similarly-attired girls
and ran to the man.
"Sailor Moon! Get your butt back over here, now! We can't defeat her
alone!!" one of the girls snapped at the blonde. Snapping back to
reality, Jubilee glanced up at the enemy.
Taller than she or the girls, the woman with the cat-like features
hissed and aimed detonations of near-earthquake-like force blasts at the
girls, knocking them from one side of the street to another. Jubilee
staggered, but gained her footing, used to tests like this in the
X-Men's Danger Room. She raised her hands, calling upon her powers. Why
did she feel...stronger?
"Take this, Kitty-Cat!" she cried, releasing the energy inside her
through her hands. The blasts exploded from her, nearly knocking her
backwards, but she managed to stay on her feet, letting the fireworks
pour out of her hands. She didn't realize that her powers had taken on
a new degree, turning her into a flaming star as it flared from her
eyes, her hair, her body, sending the creature flying far. Her mouth
dropped as the cat-woman crashed against a tree and faded into
nothingness, leaving behind a comic book and a white pod. The pod
cracked in two, and a dark shadow shrieked in anger as it wafted out of
the pod, then evaporated.
"What in the world...?!" she gasped, hardly believing her eyes. What kind
of villian was that? It looked like something Mr. Sinister would send,
but..different. She made a mental note to herself to tell the Professor
and the others about it when she returned. Where was she, anyway? She
glanced around, noticing the store signs..written in Japanese. She was in
Japan.
She chuckled. Bless Wolvie for teaching her Japanese. Now it was her third
language, other than English and Chinese. She turned back to the girls
who were staggering to their feet and the blonde helping the man.
"Konnichiwa." she smiled. No wonder she had understood the girls as if
they were speaking English.
The blonde nodded in greeting, smiling back. "Konnichiwa. Domo arigato for
helping us. Seems we got a little overwhelmed, there. Are you a Sailor
Senshi?"
"A what?" Jubilee frowned. What was she talking about?
The blonde glanced up at the man, whom Jubilee also noticed wore a white
domino mask over his eyes. He shrugged slightly. The blonde huffed,
glaring at him briefly before glancing back to Jubilee.
"A Sailor Senshi. A warrior blessed by the planets with powers to
protect this world. Considering you blazed like a star there, I would
think that you'd been blessed with the power of the stars!"
"Iie. I was born with these powers. I'm a mutant." Jubilation winced
slightly, ready to run if she had to. Not too many people cared for
mutants...
But the girl only smiled, brightening in realization. "Like Sunfire,
Japan's hero and protector!"
Jubilation breathed an internal sigh of relief. "Right. Like that. I'm
Jubilee." She bowed slightly in respect. The girls and the man
responded in kind.
"I'm Sailor Moon." The blonde girl beamed.
"Hey, Jubilee, nice to meet you. I'm Sailor Venus." The other blonde-
haired girl, with her long hair pulled back with a red bow and dressed
in an orange and white uniform, grinned and waved a small hello.
"Arigato for the help. I'm Sailor jupiter." A tall, brown-haired girl
with her hair pulled up into a ponytail and suited in green, pink and
white winked.
"Kon'wa, Jubilee. I am Sailor Mercury." A quiet blue-haired girl
dressed in shades of blue and white smiled at her shyly.
"And I'm Sailor Mars." A raven-haired girl suited in red, purple and
white smiled as she jerked her thumb at the three departing girls.
"The tall green-haired one with the staff is Sailor Pluto, the short-
haired blonde is Sailor Uranus, and the other one is Sailor Neptune."
"Why are they leaving?"
"'Cause they're not..exactly on the same side as us." The remaining
sailor-suited girl, a pink-haired, red-eyed child dressed in pink
and white, frowned as she watched the others go. "They're Sailor
Senshi like us, but their way of doin' things is different than ours."
Jubilee frowned as she glanced down at the little girl, taking in the
unusual hair and eyes. "Got it, but aren't you a little young to be
fighting bad guys?"
"Am not!" The red eyes snapped as she put her fists on her hips. "I'm
Sailor Chibi Moon, and I'm a future Senshi-in-training!!"
"Future...?" Jubilee watched in confusion as both Sailor Moon and the
tuxedoed man slapped a hand over the girl's mouth. Sailor Moon
grinned weakly at her. "Long story. As she said, she's Sailor Chibi
Moon, and this handsome hunk beside me is Tuxedo Kamen."
Jubilee grinned as the man flushed before he turned to look at her.
"How did you get here, may I ask? I didn't see you on the scene
before when the battle began."
"Good question. I was just...transported here. I don't know how or
why but I was having these strange dreams, and I thought the one I
dreamt of was in trouble, but I don't see him here."
"Him?"
"Hai. A dark-haired guy with blue eyes. For some reason, I could..
feel his memories. Of a car crash when he was real little and lost
his parents. Of a golden-haired princess that called to him in his
dreams and asked him to find something called a Silver Imperium
Crystal..weird, huh?" Jubilee shook her head as she bent down and
snatched up the black hat at her feet. Straightening again, she
frowned.
"What's up with you guys?"
Sailor Moon's eyes were nearly bulging out of their sockets, and
Tuxedo Kamen had gone as pale as a sheet, his dark eyes going
glassy. The Senshi's mouths were hanging open and they stared at
Tuxedo Kamen. The only one to come out of her stupor, Sailor
Mercury, frowned and whipped out a small handheld computer and
began typing on it furiously.
"Nani?! Why are you all staring at him for?" Jubilee cried.
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~End Chapter 1~