DISCLAIMER: Sailor Moon and its characters are not owned by me, blah blah blah, and other legal junk. Sparrow Migoto is owned by my friend Christina, and used with her permission.

Author's Note: This fanfic is a direct sequel to Looking Up To You,a Sammy/Ami romance fanfic that I wrote about a year ago. It's still on my profile, so I recommend that if you haven't read Looking Up To You, it would be best to stop, don't pass GO, don't collect $200, and go immediately to my profile to check it out. Otherwise, you'll be kinda confused.

Second Author's Note: This fanfic takes place after Sailor Moon Sailor Stars. (Serena, Ami, Rei, and Mina are 17. Lita is 18. Sammy is 14. Darien is older than all of them.) Also, if you're confused about some of the Senshi's attacks, that's because they got a whole set of new ones in Looking Up To You. So like I said, go check it out.



"Jekelai... bastard... trying to kill all of those innocent people! When I wake up, I'm going to stop him... I'm going to... going to..."

Sparrow opened her eyes, and looked around, trying to figure out where she was. She had been lying on a small, pink bed with a pink blanket that had white cartoon bunnies on it. As she looked around the room, she could see stuffed animals leaning against the walls, which were an endless sea of bright pink.

"Somebody likes pink," Sparrow said quietly, sitting up in the bed. She quickly inspected her body, and noticed that most of her wounds had healed, and she could feel very little pain in her body. "Good, my regeneration's still working..."

Sparrow looked out the window and saw a mostly black sky, indicating that night had fallen. The door to the room, which had been closed before, now creaked open, and Serena slowly stepped in, dressed in a beautiful silk nightgown, the same shade of pink as the walls of the room. As Serena saw Sparrow, she smiled, and immediately ran to Sparrow's side.

"Oh, thank goodness you're awake!" Serena said happily. "The others will be so happy to see you... we thought we might have lost you!"

Sparrow simply hopped off of Serena's bed and gave a bright smile, happy that Serena and the others had taken care of her while she'd been unconscious, and also relieved that she was, in fact, alive.

"The others... are they still here?" Sparrow asked. "And I'm glad to see you too... this is your house, I presume... and your room?"

"Mm-hmm," Serena said, nodding her head. "And yeah, the others are downstairs... Darien had to go home, but Rei, Mina, and Lita are in the living room..."


"What about Sammy and Ami?" Sparrow asked, remembering the other two people that she'd met that day.

"They're both in Sammy's room," Serena said, and immediately a sly smile began to form on Sparrow's face. Serena giggled, and then said: "It's not what you think, they're just talking and stuff! I went in to check on them a minute ago just to make sure."

"I was just joking," Sparrow said, also letting out a slight giggle. "And I'd love to go down to the living room and visit with the other girls, if that's alright. What about your parents? Do they know that-"

"Don't worry, I didn't tell them you're a demon," Serena said. "I told them you're one of the new Sailor Senshi... they said that you can stay here until you're better, but it looks like you're already better! You recover pretty fast, Sparrow..."

"My body can regenerate fairly quickly," Sparrow said, "so if someone wanted to kill me, they'd have to do it really quick. Jekelai almost did it today... I saw my life flash before my eyes!"


"Sparrow...." Serena said, noticing the worried look on Sparrow's face, and gaining one of her own. "You... you saved us all. You risked your life and saved hundreds of people... you really are a hero, Sparrow."

"Thank you, Serena," Sparrow replied. "You guys... you shouldn't have interfered with my battle today. I almost had Jekelai beaten."

"I'm... sorry," Serena replied sadly. Sparrow simply smiled at Serena, giving her a reassuring grin.


"Don't worry, I'll get him next time!" Sparrow said happily. "Now let's go downstairs to see the others, okay? I can't wait to see them all!"

Serena and Sparrow quickly left Serena's room and headed downstairs to the living room, as all of Sparrow's worries about Jekelai temporarily melted away. She couldn't help but feel a nagging pain in her back, where a large scar still remained from one of Jekelai's beatings several years earlier. It was the only wound he'd ever given her that hadn't healed... but Sparrow knew that when Jekelai was dead, the wound would melt away and become nothing more than a bad memory.



"Sammy, hold still..."

"Ami, that... heeheehee... really tickles!"

Ami and Sammy both giggled loudly as Ami used her normally gentle hands to tickle Sammy's ribs, and Sammy thrashed about on the floor in a futile attempt to evade Ami's tickling. Finally, after about thirty seconds, Ami stopped, allowing Sammy to stand up and brush himself off. After the strenuous events of just a few hours ago, both Sammy and Ami knew that laughter would be the best way to help them forget about what might have been. And after jokes had failed (Ami's sense of humor wasn't quite up to par with Sammy's), the two simply resorted to tickling one another, which easily did the trick.

"Okay, Sammy, but that means I win," Ami said, still giggling slightly. "Are you... okay with that?"

"Really now, Ami, I can't take any more of your tickling, it's just too much!" Sammy said, smiling. "Plus, I'm really worn out, so..."

"That's okay," Ami said. "Maybe you'll win next time!"

As Ami turned away from Sammy for a second, Sammy saw his chance. He swooped in and gently picked up Ami, setting her back down on the floor in a sitting position. As she realized what was happening, it was too late. Sammy had seized her ankle, taken off her sock, and began to tickle the sole of her right foot, a spot where Ami was particularly sensitive to tickling. She began giggling furiously, and Sammy began laughing as well.

"So, Ami, who wins this time?" Sammy asked, a smile on his face. Ami shook her head.

"Oh.... no.... Sammy Tsukino," Ami cried through insane giggles, "I will NOT... surrender... okay, okay, okay, you win! You win, Sammy!"

With a smile of satisfaction, Sammy flopped onto the floor and began breathing heavily, now legitimately worn out from the 'tickle war' he had just had with Ami. Ami flopped down next to him, also quite exhausted.

"You know..." Sammy breathed, looking over at Ami and smiling, "I think we should call this one a tie."

"Thank you, Sammy," Ami said, slowly nodding her head. "But... you did surrender first."

Before Sammy could reply, the door to the room opened, and Serena poked her head inside Sammy's room. Sammy and Ami immediately sat up and smiled nervously at Serena.


"Did I... miss something?" Serena asked. "You both look pretty tired..."


"Serena!" Sammy shouted, a red blush forming on his face. "You nosy goose! Get outta here!"

"Sammy and I were just engaging in a tickling contest," Ami said honestly, smiling at Serena. "And it was a tie."

"A tickling contest.... suuuuuuuure it was," Serena replied skeptically, causing both Sammy and Ami to blush. "Well, anyway, we're about to watch a movie downstairs... Sparrow really wants to see you guys, so you should probably come down to the living room. That is, if your 'tickling contest' is finished."

"For your information, it is finished," Sammy said, standing up and walking toward the door. "And we'd love to see Sparrow!"

"Yes, we would," Ami said, still smiling warmly at Sammy as the two of them exited the room together.

Ami never thought that she'd engage in something as... seemingly juvenile as a tickling contest. Certainly not with the kind of boyfriend that Ami had had in mind a couple of years back... someone like Greg. But with Sammy, she felt carefree... everything was fun with him, and everything they did made Ami feel so happy... especially when she knew Sammy felt the same way.



"And so there we were, wrapped up in this weird stringy stuff... Lita was pretty scared, but I sure wasn't!" said Mina, sitting on the couch next to Sparrow and telling her of the Senshi's earlier battle.


"Hey, I wasn't scared," Lita replied from the armchair across from the couch where Mina, Sparrow, and Rei were seated. "You were the one that was shaking... and you were right next to me, so I could tell."


"Sure I was," Mina replied sarcastically. "Anyway, that's when Sammy showed up, disguised as the Masked Warrior, defender of truth and justice and protector of the Sailor Senshi!"

"Well, speak of the devil," Rei said as Sammy walked into the room with Serena and Ami. "Actually, hero's probably a better way to put it. How are you guys doing?"

"Really good!" Sammy said, taking a seat next to Ami on the small two-person loveseat positioned inbetween two armchairs. Serena took the armchair on the other side of the loveseat, and now the seven teenagers were ready to watch the movie that Serena had rented earlier in the day, as she got up from the armchair and popped a videotape into the VCR on top of the moderately-sized TV facing all of the seats. As she went to sit back down in the armchair, Sammy and Serena's mother came in, carrying two large bags of popcorn. She gave one back to Mina, Rei, and Sparrow, and another back to Lita, Serena, Sammy, and Ami.


"Now, I want you guys to share that popcorn, do you understand?" Serena's mother asked in a friendly tone, while glaring at Serena, who was busily munching popcorn from the bag she'd been handed. "Especially you, Serena."

"But mom, it's so good!" Serena replied, her words barely discernible as they came out of her popcorn-stuffed mouth. "Alright, I'll share..."

As Serena's mother left the room, the tape began rolling and the movie started. Sammy turned his head to Serena, who was still munching popcorn.

"What movie did you get, sis?" Sammy asked, eliciting a muffled reply from Serena. Sammy sighed. "Stop stuffing your face and answer me!"


"Now, Sammy," Ami said, gripping Sammy's hand gently to calm him down. Finally, the bag of popcorn was tossed to Sammy, and as he caught it, he groaned slightly when he noticed how much popcorn was left.

"You ate like, half the bag in two minutes," Sammy sighed as he ate a few kernels of popcorn and passed the bag to Ami. "Now, what movie did you rent?"

"It's Pirates of the Caribbean, Sammy," Serena said loudly.

"Shh, you guys... the movie's about to start," Sparrow whispered, and Rei and Mina nodded in agreement.



A little more than two hours later...

"That was a pretty good movie, Serena!" Lita said, taking the tape out of the VCR and setting it down on the table.

"Oh my God, that Orlando Bloom is such a superhunk..." Mina sighed.

"I can name off one person hotter than Orlando Bloom," Serena said, a smile on her face. Rei groaned.

"We know, we know, Serena," Rei said. "It's Dari-"

"Johnny Depp," Serena said longingly, sighing even louder than Mina had. Ami giggled and turned to Serena.

"Now, what would Darien say if he heard you say those things?" Ami asked, smiling. "Wouldn't he be kind of jealous?"

"No, he wouldn't get jealous," Serena replied. "Darien knows that I'd love him just the same, no matter what... even if Johnny Depp offered to be my boyfriend, I'd turn him down for Darien anyday."

"But sis, you just said-"

"I know what Serena means," Sparrow said, smiling. "No matter what Darien looks like, it's what's on the inside that counts, and that's what Serena loves. Plus, I think she's probably joking about this Johnny Depp fellow, whoever he is."

"Oh yeah, I forgot... you're not from this world, are you?" Serena asked. "Um, did you like... get that movie? I mean, you know what the main points are and everything, right?"

"Don't worry, Serena!" Sparrow said. "I understood the movie just fine, don't worry... stuff like that goes on in my world all the time. And I know a lot of people hotter than both Orlando Bloom and Johnny Depp."


"In your world?" Mina asked, and Sparrow nodded. "You've gotta take me there!"



After Mina, Rei, and Lita had left for the evening, Serena stood out on the front porch, ready to say goodbye to Sparrow as well.

"So you'll just be staying in that space pod in the park, right?" Serena asked. "Because if you need a place to stay-"


"It's okay, Serena," Sparrow said. "I don't mind the space pod, it's nice and warm. And I've cloaked it so no one will see me. It doesn't take much for me to get to sleep anyway."


"And you're sure you won't need a place to stay?" Serena asked.

"Positive," Sparrow replied. "Absolutely, 100 percent sure."

Sparrow waved at Serena, and then floated back to the nearby clearing, exhausted from her long day and ready to get a good night's sleep in the space pod. Serena waved back at Sparrow, and then opened the door to her house. But what she saw when she opened the door surprised her... sort of. Standing on the front doorstep were Sammy and Ami, locked in the middle of a deep kiss. They ignored Serena, continuing the kiss for a few seconds more.

"Goodnight, Sammy," Ami said as she gently pulled away from the kiss. "I'll see you tomorrow, okay?"

"See you too, Ami," Sammy replied. "I love you..."

"Love you too, Sammy," Ami said. She turned toward the doorway, and there stood Serena, an inquisitive look on her face.


"A-hem," Serena said, tapping her foot impatiently. Ami let out an embarrassed squeak, and then sidled past Serena, making her way out onto the porch.

"Well, um... you know what happened today, I still have to thank Sammy," Ami said, smiling.

"I think you've thanked him enough," Serena said. "Lessee... makeout session in front of Rei's temple, thirty minutes to an hour of talking and tickling, and now this shocker, right in front of my eyes. It's kind of a system shock to see your little brother making out with your best friend..."

As Sammy began to speak, Serena smiled warmly, and Sammy stopped to hear what Serena had to say.

"But... I'm glad it's you, Ami," Serena said, "and not some bratty seventh-grader who I'd probably end up tying up and shoving into a closet just to keep her and Sammy from annoying me all the time. You're a really good friend, Ami... and I'm glad that the two of you are such a wonderful couple."

"Thank you, Serena," Ami said gracefully. "I'm glad that Sammy and I have the Moon Princess' blessing..."

Sammy chuckled slightly at Ami's statement, and then kissed her on the cheek one last time before she turned and walked down the sidewalk, back to her own home. Serena walked inside the living room, and shut the front door, then turned to Sammy.


"And as for you, Sammy... isn't it your bedtime?" Serena asked.


"Serena!" Sammy said in an annoyed tone. "I'm not even tired..."

"Right now, mister, or I'll tell mom!" Serena said, poking Sammy in the back. When Sammy reached the bottom of the stairs, Serena called out to him. "Sammy, about today... that was really, really cool of you... you probably saved a lot of the Senshi's lives, maybe even mine."

"Sparrow's the hero," Sammy said. "She saved us all, including me..."

"But you... you risked even more than she did," Serena said. "Sparrow's got powers, and regeneration... all you have is a sword and your determination, Sammy, and you still saved Ami's life when none of us could. You really did great today, Sammy."

Sammy smiled at Serena, whose calm words of praise quickly reverted back to marching orders.


"Now... hurry up and get to bed, Sammy!" Serena said. "And be sure to wash your face and brush your teeth!"

"Geez, who does she think she is, mom and dad?" Sammy thought to himself. "She's right, though, I should be gettingsome rest... thanks, sis."



That night, Sammy could barely sleep a wink. He stared up at the ceiling, thinking of the battle with Peschal.

"The Dark Crystal... I could sense it," Sammy thought. "When Ami was about to suffocate, about to die, I... I felt such horrible pain, piercing, stabbing, burning... it was the crystal... the pain turned into strength, it floated into my hands... I didn't defeat Peschal and save Ami... the Dark Crystal did."

And while Sammy pondered over the crystal, the darkness of his room hid another threat, silently sneaking up on him. The green speck of light had found Sammy early that day, pursuing him as soon as he had began lunch on the school's rooftop, and had watched him during his battle with Peschal. Cestari's secret weapon watched Sammy even now, and knew the perfect place to strike first. It floated over to the corner of Sammy's room, unseen by the young boy's closed eyes. As it reached the corner, it fluttered to the floor and lit up with a tiny green flame. The flame hit the fibers of the carpet and singed them, ever so slightly... and then the speck floated outside Sammy's window. The tiny fire started by the speck of light was beginning to catch now, as it began slowly sweeping over Sammy's carpet. Within seconds, the entire corner of Sammy's room was now engulfed in flames, and the smoke created by the fire quickly entered Sammy's nose, ceasing his thoughts and causing him to sit up in shock. What he saw when he awoke made him cry out in horror, as the tiny green flame had turned orange, yellow, and red, and was now sweeping through the left side of his room. Sammy rolled out of the bed, quickly grabbing what he could... a picture of Ami and himself together that he kept on his dresser by his bedside, and the katana, Alexis' katana, that he kept under the bed. He could have grabbed the Masked Warrior costume as well, but there simply wasn't enough time. The costume would simply have to burn.



Quickly as he could, Sammy awoke the other sleeping members of his family, and they quickly evacuated the house as the entire upstairs began to light up in flames. As they ran out to the front yard, Sammy's father dashed to a small red phone, mounted on a telephone pole nearby on the corner of their street. He dialed 911 while Sammy, Serena, and their mother stood in front of the house, shivering from the winter night's cold while watching their home quickly burn.

"This is horrible!" Serena cried, tears beginning to appear in her eyes. "I've spent my whole life in this house... it can't all disappear like this..."

"It's okay, Serena... at least we're all safe," said her mother reassuringly, wrapping her arm around Serena both to keep her warm and to calm her down. Meanwhile, Sammy simply watched the growing inferno in stunned shock.

"It's... it's them," Sammy thought. "Jekelai... he's got something to do with this, I know it..."

A few minutes after Sammy and Serena's father had dialed the emergency services, a firetruck rushed to the scene, its siren blaring loudly. By now, the fire had destroyed nearly half of the house, which already seemed on the verge of collapse.

"Hurry!" shouted Serena's mother as the firefighters frantically rushed in with hoses, poised to save the house. "We've all gotten out, there's no one inside... please, please save our house!"

"Oh, Sammy..." sobbed Serena, leaning on her brother's shoulder for comfort, a role which Sammy was only used to with Ami, and not with his big sister Serena. "Please, please tell me this has nothing to do with those Pale Mercenary guys..."

"Uh oh..." Sammy thought, thinking the same thing as Serena was. "Should I tell her?"

The firemen rushed toward the burning house, but were immediately blinded by a bright green light which burst forth from the ground right in front of the burning side of the house. When the light had disappeared, four tall, green creatures stood in front of the house, blocking the path of the firemen, who ran back into their firetruck and sped off into the night, abandoning the burning house. The four creatures, who were human-like in appearance except for their transparent green bodies, advanced on Sammy and his family, who now knew the reason why the house was burning.

"Sammy, they're coming after you!" shouted Sammy's father. "What did you do this time..."

"Please, this isn't Sammy's fault!" shouted Sammy's mother, still supportive of her son.

"But there's got to be a reason these monsters are coming after Sammy..."

"Moon Crystal Power!"

Serena's transformation sent the four creatures stumbling back toward the house for a brief second, but they quickly recovered and began firing small, shard-like projectiles at the Tsukino family. Sailor Moon ran in front of Sammy and her parents and formed a barrier of magical energy, blocking the shards up against it.

"Serena, no!" Sammy shouted.

"I can't keep this up for long, but you have to protect mom and dad, Sammy!" Sailor Moon shouted. "Get them both somewhere safe, now!"

The barrage of shards continued, and a small crack appeared in Sailor Moon's energy shield. Then, another crack appeared, causing Sammy and Serena's mother to scream out in fright.


"Please, go!" Sailor Moon shouted, turning back toward her family. "Hurry and-"

Then, with a mighty crash, the barrier shattered, and Sailor Moon was bombarded with deadly shards, quickly bringing her to her knees as several gashes appeared on her body, and her Senshi outfit was nearly shredded.

"Serena!" screamed Sammy and his parents at the same time. Sammy pulled his katana out, holding it in front of him and getting ready to strike.

"Sammy..." Sailor Moon said weakly, rising to her feet. "I'll.... be alright..."

But Sailor Moon couldn't stop Sammy, who angrily rushed the four creatures, determined to avenge his sister. He slammed his sword into the side of one of the creatures, creating a large crack in the creature's side.

"They're made of some sort of hard crystal substance..." Sammy thought. "Which means they can be shattered!"

But then, the creature's powerful arm swung into Sammy's chest, knocking him to the side and sending him skidding through the snow-covered grass. Sammy groaned and weakly stood up, brushing the snow from his body and turning back toward the four creatures.


"Sammy, no!" Sailor Moon shouted with renewed vigor. "I'm fine! You have to get mom and dad out of here!"

The creature whom Sammy had attacked turned and rushed him, preparing to headbutt him right in the stomach. Sammy, in his weary and stunned state, could only stare and watch in horror, as there was no hope of dodging the attack that was certain to come.

"Mercury Ice Javelin!"


Out of nowhere, a large spear of ice slammed into the crack in the creature's side, instantly shattering it into pieces and causing it to disintegrate. Sammy, Serena, and their parents looked up to the roof of their burning home, where the ice spear had originated. Standing on the flaming roof, completely oblivious to the danger of their position, were Sailor Mercury, Sailor Mars, Sailor Jupiter, and Sailor Venus. Sammy gave Sailor Mercury a smile that clearly communicated his immense relief, and the four Senshi jumped down from the roof to confront the three remaining monsters.

"Sammy, are you alright?" Sailor Mercury asked. "Serena, Mr. and Mrs. Tsukino, are you..."

"We're all fine, Ami..." Sammy said quietly. "But... our house isn't..."

"You're all going to pay for what you bastards did to our friends' home!" Sailor Jupiter shouted. "Jupiter Axe of Lightning!"

Sailor Jupiter brought her powerful axe down on one of the crystal creatres, destroying it. The two remaining creatures leapt up and fired a large shockwave at the Sailor Senshi, but Sailor Moon formed a new energy shield and deflected the attack.

"Now... take... this!" Sailor Moon shouted, lowering the energy shield as the shockwaves faded. "Moon Blessed Salvation!"

Sailor Moon fired a blast of magical energy from her henshin stick, shattering the last two creatures. Then, she detransformed and fell to her knees, sobbing. Sammy and the other Senshi immediately ran over to comfort her.


"What's wrong, Serena?" asked Sailor Mars.

"My house, you guys..." Serena sobbed. "It's... it's gone..."

"Mercury Aqua Rhapsody!" Sailor Mercury shouted, quickly spinning around and blasting the burning house with a torrent of water, immediately extinguishing the fires. Once the fires were gone, it was easy to see the damage that had been done to the house. Its upper floor was almost completely destroying, along with the living room and part of the den. The only room that hadn't suffered significant damage was the kitchen, far from the flames. But the house was still too damaged to be saved.

"It's all gone..." Sammy said sadly, tightly hugging his sister as she sobbed into his chest. "It's..."

"I'm really, really sorry I didn't get here earlier," Sailor Mercury said, seemingly on the verge of tears. "Sammy, I..."


"It's all my fault the house got burned," Sammy said. "Those bad guys were after me, and-"


"Sammy Tsukino, don't you dare think that!" Sammy's mother said firmly. "No matter what happens, we're your family, Sammy... what happened to the house had nothing to do with you.... we'll always love you, and we'll always be by your side, no matter what."


"That's right, son," said Sammy's father. "We're a family, each and every one of us... and we have to stick together."

"Our insurance will allow us to get a new house, just as good as this one.... most of the memories will be gone, though," said Sammy's mother.

"But you guys can make new memories!" Sailor Venus said optimistically. "But... where are you going to stay until... you know, you get a new house and all..."


"Probably a hotel or something," Serena sniffled. "I just hope I can still live close to you guys..."

"I live in a big house, and it's just my mother and I," Sailor Mercury said. "I'd feel really, really bad if I knew that my friends had to stay in some hotel somewhere... you can stay at my house, with my mother and me! At least until you can get a new house of your own..."

"Ami, you... you'd really do that?" Serena asked.

"No, we can't possibly... what would your mother think?" asked Sammy and Serena's mother.

"I'm sure she won't mind, really!" Sailor Mercury said kindly. "We've got more than enough room...

"Can I sleep in your room?" Sammy asked, although he knew what the response from his parents would be.

"Not bloody likely," replied Sammy's father. "Alright, Ami... we'll talk to your mother and see what she thinks, and then-"

"I'm sure you'll be able to stay!" Sailor Mercury said.

"Oh, Ami.... thank you so much!" Serena said, wrapping her arms around her friend's chest. Sammy also hugged Sailor Mercury, who smiled and embraced Sammy and Serena as the smoke from the raging fire slowly faded above their heads.



The next morning, Sparrow stumbled out of her space pod and walked over to Sammy and Serena's house, or at least what was left of it, blissfully unaware of the events of the previous night. Sparrow was still very tired, and she stumbled around as if in a stupor, all the way to Sammy and Serena's house, several blocks away. She stood in front of it and yawned, and as she blinked open her eyes, she gasped at what she saw.

"No.... no, it can't be!" Sparrow shouted fearfully. "The house... no one's here, it's burned...."

Sparrow dashed into the burned residence, frantically searching the ruins of the house for any sign of life. As she ran back out of the house, she noticed a note taped onto the front door, still standing amidst the ruins. She removed the note and read its contents.

To whomever it may concern,

Last night, our house was burned in a terrible fire. We all made it out safely and are now staying at the house of a friend, Dr. Kiruki Mizuno, in North Juuban. Anyone who wishes to contact us may call this phone number...

Sparrow declined to read the phone number and dropped the note on the ground, breathing a sigh of relief.

"Thank goodness they made it out safely... and as for this house... what is burned down can be built back up. I just hope I still remember how to do this..."

Sparrow closed her eyes and began to chant softly, a bright, red glow illuminating her body. As she chanted, the burned house slowly began to repair itself, the rebuilding process completely motivated by Sparrow's powerful magical energy. As the house began reforming itself from the ashes, the various material possessions within the house began to regenerate as well, every precious picture, expensive appliance, and article of clothing reforming like new. Several passersby watched in amazement as the house slowly rebuilt itself. Finally, after about two minutes, the job was done. The house in everything in it was as good as new, intact as it was before the terrible blaze. Sparrow opened her eyes, and immediately saw a small crowd of onlookers, gasping in shock.

"You... you... you just rebuilt that house out of thin air, lady!" shouted a man standing at the front of the crowd. Sparrow didn't bother with a reply. Instead, she simply waved her hand in front of the crowd of onlookers, wiping the rebuilding of the house completely away from their minds. Now, to them, the house had always been as good as new. They looked around for a moment, and then went on their way. Sparrow giggled, and then spotted Serena, running up the sidewalk toward her. She had borrowed one of Ami's spare school uniforms to wear to school that day. As she saw the repaired house, she too gasped and took a step back.

"Serena, what's wrong?" Sparrow asked, a wide grin on her face. "You look like you've just seen a ghost!"


"M-m-m-m-my house... it's.... it's as good as n-n-new...." Serena stammered, her hand to her lips. "Sparrow, what did you-"

"It's nothing, really..." Sparrow said, but Serena could tell that Sparrow was slightly winded from the large amount of energy she'd spent to regenerate the house. "Actually, it's about fifteen percent of my energy... but I'll eventually regain my strength."

"Sparrow, I.... I... I can't thank you enough!" Serena said. "After school, I'm gonna go tell Sammy and mom and dad, okay? We were staying at Ami's last night, and-"


"Serena, may I ask you something? I... I wish to go to your school," Sparrow said. "Just while I'm here... you know, to check it out. Make some new friends, that sort of thing!"

"Uh... okay," Serena said. "But you should probably-"

Sparrow closed her eyes again, and was again engulfed by light. When she re-opened her eyes a few seconds later, she was wearing the same red, white, and blue sailor fuku uniform that Serena was, the only exception being the tall, black leather boots on Sparrow's feet.

"Well, now that that's taken care of...." Serena said, smiling at Sparrow's transformation, "I guess we can go!"



Sammy could barely concentrate in class that day, his thoughts constantly returning to what had happened the night before. His house had been burnt to the ground, and if he hadn't gotten up to warn Serena and his parents, who knows what might have happened. It was also a lucky break that Serena managed to save all of her Sailor Moon items from the blaze, especially the Imperium Silver Crystal.

"The Silver Crystal might be our only hope to stop the Dark Crystal," Sammy thought. "And those bad guys as well..."

"Sammy, you need to pay attention!" Miss Haruna snapped from the front of the room. "Sammy, you've been dozing off and on for the past five minutes... what's wrong with you today?"

"My house burned down last night," Sammy said, as politely as he could.


"I'm sorry about that, Sammy... is your sister alright?"

"Yeah, we all got out...."

"I'm glad," Miss Haruna said. "But that's still no excuse for nodding off in class! Now are you going to pay attention, or-"

But just before Miss Haruna could finish her sentence, the class-ending bell rang, sending all of the students in the room to lunch.

"Sammy, could I please see you for a second?" Miss Haruna asked as Sammy ran toward the classroom door. Sammy sighed and walked back over to Miss Haruna's desk.

"Look, I'm sorry about not paying attention in class today," Sammy said. "I was just thinking about-"


"You're sad about your house, I know," Miss Haruna said.

"That's not what I'm really sad about..." Sammy thought.

"There's a really important geography test next week, Sammy," Miss Haruna said. "So you're going to have to get it together, okay? I know your house meant a lot to you, and you're pretty stressed out, but... you still have to pay attention. Okay, Sammy?"

Sammy nodded obediently.


"Good," Miss Haruna said, a smile returning to her face. "Have a nice lunch!"

Sammy nodded again, and then ran off to have lunch with his friends.



Meanwhile, back at Serena's school, Sparrow had sat in on Serena's classes, making sure to slightly alter each of her teachers' memories so that they would believe Sparrow was supposed to be there. By lunchtime, Sparrow had already made several friends with her charming and upbeat personality, not to mention her beautiful looks. Serena was happy that Sparrow was making so many new friends, but as she sat at the lunch table with Lita, Mina, and Rei, exempting Ami, who had already gone to her gifted school earlier that day, she couldn't help but feel slightly jealous.

"Sparrow's doing pretty well here, wouldn't you say, Serena?" Mina asked.

"Yeah.... she's already made a couple of friends, and the boys are all over her!" Lita noted.

"I dunno, you guys," Serena said. "She's.... a little too popular. It's like she's one of those perfect characters in those dumb stories Rei puts up on the internet. Ya know, the girl that can do no wrong..."

"They're not dumb stories, they're legitimate Kaishi No Gabuda manga fanfiction!" Rei shouted. "And before you even imply that one of my characters is a Mary Sue..."

"Sparrow's not like that at all," Lita replied. "And she's not all that popular..."

Over in the corner of the room, Sparrow was engaged in conversation with two of her new friends, beautiful girls with light brown hair, evidently twin sisters. As they talked, a young man with short, light red hair strutted over to Sparrow, smoothed out his hair, and tapped her on the shoulder. Sparrow turned around and faced him, smiling sweetly.

"Yes?" Sparrow said, as cordially as she could. "May I help you?"

"Hey sweetcheeks, nice ass!" said the boy, causing the group of boys that he had come from to begin snorting and chuckling from a nearby table. Sparrow growled and slapped the boy across the face as hard as she could, leaving a large, red, stinging mark on his cheek in the shape of her hand. The other two girls gasped.

"Don't EVER say that to me again, do you understand?" Sparrow said sternly. The boy trudged over to the table where his friends were seated and sat down, while his friends looked at Sparrow fearfully.

"Geez, Sparrow," Serena said, walking over and blushing, "you were pretty rough to that guy..."

"Didn't you hear him?" Sparrow asked. "He said-"

"I know what he said, and it was rude, but... you can't go around slapping people," Serena said softly. "You could've really gotten into trouble..."


Serena and Sparrow talked for a few more seconds, before Serena went back to her table and took a seat.

"Frankly, I thought Sparrow had every right to slap that guy!" Rei shouted. "If it was me, I probably would've killed him..."



"It really sucks that your house got burned down," Mikhail said, sitting down at the table next to Sammy. Mei-Lin, the girl who sat behind Sammy in class, now sat across from him at the table.

"Am I trying to replace Rick and Mika with Mikhail and Mei-Lin?" Sammy thought, looking over at his two estranged friends as they ate together at a table of their own. "Maybe I am... but I have to be careful... I can't let any one of my friends get hurt again!"

"Yeah, I guess it does," Sammy said. "But at least nobody was hurt..."


"That's the important thing, Sammy," Mei-Lin said. Suddenly, the bell rang, ending lunch and notifying Sammy and the other students on the roof that it was time to head back to class. Everyone briskly walked over to the stairs and headed down into the school, with Sammy and Mikhail being the last two on the roof. As Mikhail began to walk down the stairs, a large flash appeared in front of him, blasting him back into the fence of the roof, which would have been fatal had the fence not been there to keep him from going over. Sammy turned around and gasped as he saw Mikhail, slumped against the fence and groaning painfully.

"Mikhail, no!" Sammy shouted.

"Guess what, Sammy?" shouted a loud, screeching female voice. Sammy turned around to see a tiny green speck of light, bobbing up and down in front of him. Sammy gasped and stepped back slowly as the speck of light materialized into a woman with light green skin, long yellow hair, and long, skinny arms and legs. She wore nothing but a bright pink two-piece, which looked extremely revealing.

"What are you?" Sammy shouted.


"I'm Neihiliam, demon witch of destruction! It was me that burned down your house, Sammy... and now my demon hordes and I are going to destroy your pathetic school, as well as your sister's! Hmmm... Ami goes to your sister's school as well, doesn't she? Guess she'll die too, then! Mwahahaha!"

"You... you vicious monster!" Sammy shouted. "Good thing I brought this with me to school today..."

Sammy tore off the extra pair of jeans that he had been wearing, revealing a long katana sheathe that was clipped to the waist of his other jeans. He removed the katana from the sheathe and pointed it at Neihiliam, who began to laugh.

"Oh, I'm not going to fight you just yet," Neihiliam said. "Instead, I'm going to start my reign of terror with the wholesale slaughter of your pathetic schoolmates!"


Neihiliam reverted back to a tiny green speck of light and floated down into Sammy's school. Sammy turned back to check on Mikhail, who had gotten up after being knocked into the fence.

"Sammy, go!" Mikhail shouted. "Help your friends!"


"But-"

"Go, Sammy!"

Sammy nodded, and then ran down the stairs in pursuit of Neihiliam. But instead of finding her at the bottom of the stairs, he found a large horde of crystalline creatures like the ones that had been at his house the previous night. There were at least a dozen of them, and they were already wreaking havoc, attacking the students as they returned from their lunch. When Sammy saw the creatures, he didn't hesitate for even a second. Instead, he held his sword out in front of his body and charged into the crowd, ready to fight to save the lives of his classmates.



Back at Serena's school, lunch was just ending, and Serena, Rei, Mina, Lita, and Sparrow were eager to return to class.

"So, like I said, you can't just go around slapping people, okay?" Serena said. Sparrow nodded. As soon as she did, a large explosion shook the halls of the school, causing all of the students to duck for cover. Then, a huge, red monster, its body a spherical ball of fire with dark red arms and legs, began charging through the halls, mowing down students as it ran, its body pulsating with flames. The five girls dashed into one of the women's restrooms and quickly made sure it was empty. It was. Then, the Senshi began to transform.

"Moon Crystal Power!"


"Mars Crystal Power!"


"Jupiter Crystal Power!"


"Venus Crystal Power!"


"Sparrow Crystal Power!"

The four Senshi turned toward Sparrow, who began to giggle.

"I couldn't resist," Sparrow said. "Now let's go kick some ass!"


The four Senshi nodded, and then, with Sparrow right behind them, dashed out of the restroom and confronted the gigantic monster of flame.



Whew, what a chapter.... *shakes out hands* And I really hope Sparrow's not starting to look like a Mary Sue. But that rule only applies for main female characters, right? And the main female character is Ami! ^_^ Looks like the monsters don't know where she is... yet, anyway. Can the Senshi take care of business at their school? Can Sammy, with absolutely no superpowers, possibly hope to save his own school? Find out next time!