The Awakening of Crystal Tokyo
Thanks for the reviews. I was sure to use the critiques and give you more to compliment me on ;-). To give you a heads up, 'Kometto' is the japanese translation of 'comet' so I don't want anyone to be confused as to that. Phages are what they call the humans when their star-seeds are blank; basically like a youma in the first series. Enjoy Chapter 2 :-)
Chapter 2
A Formal Gathering
"So where do you think they are from?" Rei asked. The inner Senshi were having a lunch-meeting at the temple discussing the happenings of the night before. The only conclusion they came to was that it'd be too dangerous for Usagi and Mamoru to go on a honeymoon when phages would spontaneously appear. Of course this conclusion came from the mouths of the Outer Senshi but the Inner Senshi were forced to enforce it.
"I don't know," Ami answered. "Well maybe they are Tuxedoes of other galaxies."
"Do you think they are from the Starlight's planet?" Makoto asked. "One of their attacks did have to do with stars."
"But more specifically, it was the North Star." Ami replied.
"But the other had to do with the sun." Rei pointed out. "We all know that the North Star is some distant planet, so maybe they come from the North Star's galaxy."
"That could be true." Minako agreed. "They look different than Tuxedo Kamen anyway."
And Minako was correct. Instead of the full black tuxedo and cape that Tuxedo Kamen had, these two forwent the jackets and cape. The blonde one was colored in grey, wearing a grey bow-tie, grey vest, and grey trousers. The other wore the same thing in the color red. The only piece of their uniform alike to Tuxedo Kamen was the white shirts.
"The blonde one was cute." Makoto admitted staring off into space.
"Do you think so?" Minako asked. "I liked the guy in the red."
"Do all of our discussions have to involve boys?" Ami asked sheepishly.
"Which one did you think was cute?" Makoto and Minako asked Ami who blushed in surprise.
"Leave her alone." Usagi demanded from the corner. "I don't care who they are... I just want this whole thing to be over!"
"Usagi," Rei said caringly. "I know you do, but..."
"No, no buts; I don't like this at all! It should have been over! Everything should have been normal! Yesterday was my wedding day and yet evil still won't take a rest! Once Chaos was defeated, everything should have returned to normal!"
"Usagi..." the other four girls whispered.
"I'm going home..." Usagi whispered.
"Mamoru's place, right?" Rei asked.
"I don't know... I just don't wanna be here discussing this any longer." Usagi said.
Outside, a tall, chestnut brown-haired man and a blue-haired man caught Usagi. "Madam, where is the priestess?" the brown-haired man asked in his low voice.
"Inside..." Usagi said glumly.
"Why so unhappy, madam?" the brown-haired one asked.
"Nothing, I am alright." She responded politely.
"You should always be alright, because when you are smiling, the world smiles with you." The blue-haired man told her.
"Arigatou," Usagi bowed and was on her way.
"Should we follow her?" asked the blue-haired man.
"Hai," the other answered.
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Usagi wasn't stupid. "I'm blonde; I might be dumb but I'm not stupid!" she yelled at the two men from the temple as she waked through the park. "I know it's the two of you behind that newspaper and if you don't stop following me, I'll call my husband!" she yelled again. The men put down their newspapers and rose up.
"Aren't you scared what we could do to you?" the brown-haired man asked.
"I'm not scared of anything!" she yelled. "That was a stupid thing to say," she thought to herself. In her anger, she forgot that it was two men against one woman. So as any angry and scared person would do, she broke off into a run.
"No, wait!" the blue-haired man called. As Usagi ran, a tall man with a basketball came bouncing it in her path. Without seeing him, Usagi tripped him as well as herself.
"Gomen, gomen!" she said trying to pull herself up.
"That's okay." The man smiled trying to find his basketball. When he reached for it, he felt a sharp pain in his chest.
"Are you okay?" Usagi asked. The man continued to grip his chest and breathed heavily. All of a sudden, his starseed appeared. Usagi looked around and found the coast clear. "Moon Eternal... Make Up!"
"Sailor Basketball!" the new phage announced. "Would you like a game?"
"No, I wouldn't!" Sailor Moon answered. "Silver Moon..."
"I don't take no for an answer... Sharp Pass!" Sailor Basketball invoked throwing the basketball, hitting Sailor Moon's tier away into a bush. "Let's play a game!"
The two men that were chasing Usagi appeared and stopped in their tracks as they saw Sailor Moon and Sailor Basketball. "You two get away!" Sailor Moon instructed.
"Sharp Pass!" Sailor Basketball invoked again. As Sailor Moon turned back around from talking to the two men she was hit in the face with the basketball and fell over.
"It's time, Kasai." The blue-haired man said.
"You're right, Zachary." The man now known to us as Kasai said. "Power of the Millennium... Kometto!"
"Power of the Millennium... Asteroid!" Zachary shouted. In a flash of light, two different Tuxedoes than the ones Sailor Moon had seen before stood behind her.
"Two... more?" she asked as she lost her consciousness.
"With height and talent a man should never stoop so low as to hitting a woman, as sure as the comets fly overhead, I am Tuxedo Kometto!"
"And I am Tuxedo Asteroid. Turn back now and receive another chance at life!"
"Forged together for a new era, we are Tuxedoes; teaching you some manners."
"I'll teach you some manners!" Sailor Basketball sassed. "Sharp Pass!" The two Tuxedoes picked the unconscious Sailor Moon up and jumped out of the way.
"Asteroid... Belt!" Tuxedo Asteroid yelled. After saying the attack, he brought out his extendable cane and it turned into a whip and slapped Sailor Basketball on the forehead.
Sailor Basketball let out a short yelp. "Hey, that hurt!"
"Comet Experience!" Tuxedo Kometto invoked. He twirled his extendable cane and flung it at the phage who was hit between the eyes.
"You guys don't play fair... it's two against one; I'll be back!" Sailor Basketball swore. He turned and ran.
"Sailor Moon; wake up fast, you have to heal the phage!" Tuxedo Kometto pleaded, but she did not wake up and the phage was gone.
Suddenly Tuxedo Kamen ran towards the scene. "Sailor Moon!" he exclaimed in shock taking a knee and lifting her up.
"She's just unconscious; she had a collision with a basketball." Tuxedo Asteroid smiled in his blue bowtie, trousers and vest over the uniform white shirt.
"Don't worry; she'll just wake up with a headache." Tuxedo Kometto explained in his green bowtie, trousers and vest over the uniform white shirt.
"Who are you, and what is your purpose?" Tuxedo Kamen asked. "Where are your two friends?" The two men began to walk away. "Answer me!" Tuxedo Kamen yelled in anguish even though he was relieved his Usako would be alright.
"Is that an order, Tuxedo Kamen?" Tuxedo Kometto asked.
Tuxedo Kamen knelt there confused. "Yes... yes it is."
"Then it shall be done. We'll answer you with this; meet us on the top of your apartment building tomorrow at sunset."
"My apartment building, how do you know about that?"
"Bring no one." Tuxedo Asteroid instructed. "And get Sailor Moon back to health. Sayonara Tuxedo Kamen."
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Tuxedo Kamen looked at the sleeping Usagi on the couch. "She was alright," he finally convinced himself. He looked out the window and saw the sun reach the lowest point before it became night. He walked up the stairs of his apartment to the meeting of the Tuxedoes. Did he wonder why they knew what apartment he was in? Of course he did, but as the times were, there was no time like the present to confront evil. He made his way to the roof door and sighed. He opened the door and found one Tuxedo in the middle of the roof standing their facing away from him.
"Who are you?" Tuxedo Kamen asked
"Tuxedo Kamen," Tuxedo Sun stuttered. "It is nice for you to join me."
"You're one of them from the wedding." Tuxedo Kamen concluded.
"You... you have a good eye." Tuxedo Sun stammered again.
"Why are you so nervous and where are the other three, if not more?" Tuxedo Kamen asked inquisitively.
"I... I'm not nervous, okay?" Tuxedo Sun responded.
"Okay, so stop stammering." Tuxedo Kamen said with a smile telling how young this one was. For some reason he didn't think Tuxedo Sun was evil especially sine he looked no older than Usagi.
"I... I'm not." Tuxedo Sun said calming himself. He took a step back and frowned. "Sun Target Accuracy!" and with yelling the attack, he pulled out his extendable cane and out of the end fired the darts that Tuxedo Kamen saw flung at the phages during the wedding reception.
Tuxedo Kamen, ready for anything, easily dodged the missiles and threw a single rose at Tuxedo Sun. Unknowing of how to react, Tuxedo Sun waited for it to strike him, but then a twirling extendable can stopped the rose and returned to its owner. Tuxedo Kamen realized the three other Tuxedoes were on each corner of the building.
"You two from the reception," Tuxedo Kamen said looking at Tuxedo Star and Tuxedo Sun. "And you two from the park." He said looking at Tuxedo Asteroid and Kometto. "What is your business here and with Sailor Moon?"
"You, Tuxedo Kamen, were awakened as the guardian for earth." Tuxedo Asteroid explained.
"Now, tell me something I don't know." Tuxedo Kamen responded sarcastically.
"We were awakened for a similar purpose." Tuxedo Star told him.
"A similar purpose; are you here to protect the Sailor Senshi?" Tuxedo Kamen asked them.
"Our purpose is similar to theirs also." Tuxedo Star replied.
"Well then if we have similar missions, we might as well get to know each other." Tuxedo Kamen said in trying to be reasonable.
"We'll be getting to know each other alright," Tuxedo Kometto smiled. "Attack!"
Tuxedo Kamen found himself being attacked by three of the four Tuxedoes. Uneducated about their purpose, he had no choice but to treat them as the enemy. Dodging punch after punch and attack after attack, Tuxedo Kamen wondered why they fought him so lightly. "Are you holding back?" Tuxedo Kamen asked Tuxedo Kometto.
"I'll show you holding back!" Tuxedo Kometto yelled. "Comet Experience!" he yelled throwing his extendable cane.
"Asteroid Belt!" Tuxedo Asteroid said aloud as his cane became whip, heading for Tuxedo Kamen.
"Sun Target Accuracy!" shouted Tuxedo Sun as again darts came from the end of his extendable cane.
Tuxedo Kamen evaluated the problem quite efficiently. He brought out his own extendable cane and by holding both ends, caught onto Asteroid's whip. Pulling the whip from him, he whipped back, Tuxedo Kometto's cane and easily blocked Tuxedo Sun's darts.
Once Tuxedo Kometto had been hit by his own attack, Tuxedo Asteroid tripped by his own whip, and Tuxedo Sun left in awe by Tuxedo Kamen's excellent defense, Tuxedo Star walked up into the face of the Tuxedo protecting earth. He threw a punch but Tuxedo Kamen blocked it. He went to kick him, but again Tuxedo Kamen put on marvelous defense.
"Is this some type of a joke to you?" Tuxedo Kamen asked in all seriousness. "You're insulting me by standing right in front of me and playing with the situation."
"Can you fight someone you can't see?" Tuxedo Star asked.
"I see you just fine."
"Not for long..." with that said, Tuxedo Star backed up and aimed an end of his extendable cane at Tuxedo Kamen's face. "North Star Reflection!" A few seconds went by and Tuxedo Kamen stood confused until he saw a bright light collect at the end of the other man's cane.
"Just like before!" Tuxedo Kamen exclaimed but it was too late. The blinding light engulfed Tuxedo Kamen and he could not see through it. In the attempt to shield his eyes, he mistakenly knocked off his mask. "Oh no," he thought.
"Forget that one," Tuxedo Star told him. "Put this one on." He said handing Tuxedo Kamen another mask. When Tuxedo Kamen put it on, he tried opening his eyes and he saw the outline of Tuxedo Star in front of him despite the bright light. "Now can you see me?"
"Yes, but barely" Tuxedo Kamen responded.
"Then, watch this!" Tuxedo Star raised his cane to the sky and was about to strike Tuxedo Kamen but when the bright light had died, Tuxedo Kamen stood with his extendable cane at Tuxedo Star's neck.
"Drop it," he ordered.
"It shall be done." Tuxedo Star said. He dropped his cane and took a step backward. The next action he took part in, amazed Tuxedo Kamen. Tuxedo Star dropped to one knee and put a fist over his heart. "Once again, I am at your service, Prince Endymion."
"As am I... as am I... as am I." the other three responded taking a knee also.
"Stand up and tell me who you are." Tuxedo Kamen told them.
"I am Tuxedo Star." Tuxedo Star replied.
"No, tell me who you really are. You obviously know who I am to know where I live, so who are you?"
Stretching out his hand for a handshake, Tuxedo Star was about to reveal his identity. "I am... move!"
"Uranus World Shaking!" Sailor Uranus invoked as the attack sped for Tuxedo Star.
"You brought them here?" Tuxedo Star yelled thinking he was being deceived. Sailor Uranus and Sailor Neptune stood at one of the unoccupied corners of the roof.
"No, I didn't!" Tuxedo Kamen tried to tell him.
"Neptune Deep Submerge!"
"Sun Target Accuracy!" Tuxedo Sun invoked, shooting darts into the unstoppable attack of water. He jumped out of the way just in time.
"Get away from him!" Sailor Uranus instructed. "And go back to wherever you came from."
"Oh, and here I was thinking you two wanted a fight." Tuxedo Star teased.
"If you want one, you'll get one!" Sailor Uranus ran headfast towards Tuxedo Star.
"North Star..."
"Wait;" Tuxedo Kamen yelled. "They're friends!"
If he was telling that to the Senshi or to the Tuxedoes, none of them knew but Tuxedo Star looked at Tuxedo Kometto who must have read his mind.
"Comet Experience!" he invoked throwing his twirling cane into the air.
"North Star Reflection!" Tuxedo Star yelled pointing the light towards the twirling cane. Beams of white light showered the roof and Sailor Uranus stopped in her tracks and was blinded at the sight. The four Tuxedoes walked towards the edge of the side of the roof leading to the front of the building.
"Don't leave yet!" Tuxedo Kamen begged seeing the outline of their figures with his new mask. He ran for them but stopped, noticing he was at the edge of the roof. When the bright light disappeared, he saw the Tuxedoes below riding their motorcycles into the distance.