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Chapter 5
A limousine pulled in front of Lex Luthor's house. He was expecting someone, though it was late. The door opened, and a tall lady with long reddish golden hair and reddish-brown eyes stepped out. She was dressed in a Hollywood style form fitting dress, and wore golden stilettos, made especially for her, no doubt. On either wrist were tight fitting golden armlets. Each one fashioned a jewel. One arm had violet, while the other had green. Around her neck was a golden necklace, which carried a large sapphire jewel, fastened to its front.
Lex Luthor peered out his window. "What a gorgeous woman," he thought. "She must be very rich to dress the way she does." He could barely believe that she would be staying at his mansion. He thought back. She was staying as a favor to one of his business associates, during her visit to Smallville. "I wonder what business she has here?" he thought.
Walking downstairs he opened the door for her just as she reached it. She smiled at him. "So you're the infamous Lex Luthor? Nice to meet you," she said, and held out her hand to shake his. He reached out and shook her hand and motioned for her to come in.
"I really appreciate you doing this favor for me," she said. "It's nice to stay in a place that's like home instead of a hotel or inn."
"Think nothing of it." Lex said. "I don't understand why anyone would refuse to have such a beautiful lady stay at their house."
She blushed. "By the way, my name is Keiko," said. "I'm from Tokyo, Japan."
"We seem to be getting a lot of visitors from Japan this year." Lex told her.
"What do you mean?" she asked.
"Well, my friend Clark has an exchange student staying with him, and my friend and business associate Lana Lang has a guy staying in the apartment in the building she owns. Both came from Tokyo."
"What were their names? I might know them."
Lex thought for a minute. "The girl calls herself Bunny and the guy is Darien. But I know that's not their real names." Then he remembered. "Oh, now I remember. Clark told me that the girl's name was Usagi Tsukino, and I remember Lana saying that Darien's real name is Mamoru Chiba."
Keiko looked gravely at Lex. "Why are they here?" she said aloud.
Lex noticed her change in expression. "Have a run-in with them or something?"
She looked at Lex. "Maybe I'll fill you in later. I'm a bit tired now and I need a nap."
Puzzled at Keiko's sudden change in mood, Lex led her to the guest room where she'd be staying.
Meanwhile, Ami, Rei, Mako, Minako, Haruka, Michiru, and Hotaru reached the yellow house.
"Where do we start?" asked Mako.
Then they heard voices coming from a barn just down from the house.
"That's funny. That sounds like Usagi." Ami said.
"What are we waiting for? Let's check it out!" Mina exclaimed.
Usagi heard a bunch of voices outside.
"Clark, are you expecting visitors?" She asked.
"Not really." He said.
Mamoru looked in the direction of the steps to the loft. Just as he did, seven girls walked up.
"Usagi! We were so worried about you!" Minako exclaimed as she ran over and took Usagi by surprise with a large bear hug.
"Well, it wasn't hard to find you." Rei said.
Usagi quickly hugged all of her friends while Clark was left to wonder what the heck was going on. Then Usagi noticed two figures in the back.
"Hello, Odango." Haruka said.
"Haruka! Michiru!" Usagi yelled and ran over to hug them both.
When Usagi turned around, she noticed that Hotaru was standing next to Clark, eyeing him.
"Who are you?" she asked.
"Clark Kent." He responded.
"Oh yeah," Usagi said, embarrassed that she hadn't introduced Clark earlier. "By the way this is Clark Kent. He's the one I've been staying with while I was here."
Haruka walked up to Clark. "He better have been treating you right, odango" Haruka said, grabbing Clark's shirt and looking him in the eyes.
"Get your hands off me," Clark said defensively, as he swatted her hand away. "I'm surprised that Bunny puts up with so many arrogant guys."
"Hey!" Mamoru exclaimed.
Haruka snickered.
"What's so funny?" Clark asked.
Michiru walked up to Haruka and put her hand on Haruka's shoulder.
"He doesn't know." She whispered.
"Yeah, I know," responded Haruka.
"Haruka's a girl, Clark." Usagi said flatly.
"He-err-she is?" Clark stuttered. "But you don't look like a..."
Haruka glared at Clark. "Say it. I dare you," she challenged. Then she picked him up again. "Odango, I don't like his attitude."
"Haruka, I suggest you put him down." Usagi told her.
Haruka was surprised by the fact that Usagi didn't agree with her. However, she still didn't loosen her grip.
Clark began to fight back. He gripped her wrist strongly and sprained it. She pulled back from the pain.
"You little imbecile! Now I won't be able to race for at least two weeks! I'm going to flatten your face!" Haruka yelled obviously pissed.
Immediately the senshi all held Haruka back. As far as they knew, Haruka could break Clark's face. Haruka broke free.
"If you're a man, you'll fight me outside." Haruka said. Then she ran outside.
Clark followed. "I have to stop this misunderstanding," he said. When he stepped outside he was met with a giant burst of energy in the shape of a planet, which he dodged. Next, he noted Haruka pull out a long jeweled sword that looked like it could do a lot of damage. Running at Clark, she started to swing the sword. It hit Clark and broke into a million pieces.
"What...are you?" Haruka asked. "Some sort of ultimate youma?" She looked fearfully at the pieces of sword on the ground.
"No. But maybe you'll listen to me now." Clark stated.
"I'll be damned if I listen to a youma." Haruka stated. Then she ran quickly, planning to dash around the barn and knee Clark in the back. She was even more surprised when he dashed faster than she could and ended up in front of her. For once in her life, Haruka was afraid. Running quickly, she tried to enter the barn where the senshi were. Looking over she noted Clark moving in the same speed frame as her. It looked as though they were both running normally, with Clark a little faster. She hit Clark in front of the barn door and flew back a good ten meters. She was astounded at the fact that Clark's top speed thwarted hers.
"Will you listen to me now?" Clark asked.
She nodded in defeat. "Beaten by a man," she thought, "How embarrassing."
"First of all, I treat Bunny just fine. If you don't believe me you can ask her. Second of all, I'm not a youma, I'm from another planet."
Haruka's eyes widened. "But how is that possible?"
Just then Usagi walked out. "It's possible the same way that Tin Nyanko is from the planet Mau and how Kakyuu is from the planet Kinmoku."
"I'm from Krypton." Clark said.
"But you're not like Mamoru. And you can't transform."
"Oh god, not with the transforming again." Clark sighed. "In case you haven't noticed, I live in a different universe! I'm plain old Clark Kent, not some person from a past life reborn or whatever the heck you guys are!"
Michiru walked out. "I'm ashamed of you, Haruka."
"Does this mean...?"
"Yes, it most certainly does. You're sleeping alone tonight."
"Wait a minute. You guys are lesbians?" Clark blurted by accident.
"You got a problem with that?" Haruka asked, still putting on the tough act.
"Simmer down. It was just unexpected, that's all. Anyway, sorry about the sword. It looked important."
"It's okay. I can fix it." Usagi said. She held out her hands in front of her and concentrated. There was a burst of light and the sword fixed itself.
"Odango, where did you learn to do that?" Haruka asked.
She shrugged. With that they walked back inside, for everyone to get acquainted.
Twenty minutes later...
Usagi and Clark had explained that they were brother and sister and how it was possible, and also what they could do. She also explained Jor- el's dilemma. Usagi hadn't introduced Clark to everyone yet, though. That was to be done in a minute.
"So, if you're brother and sister, how come you can't do exactly the same things?" Rei asked.
Usagi and Clark shrugged.
"We have similar abilities." Usagi offered.
Ami spoke up. "Maybe where you were both raised in different universes, it affected you. Just look at Clark, for instance. He was raised in a world not very 'mystical' and he grew up with the physical abilities he has. However, Usagi grew up in a world where everything is mystical and therefore developed those abilities more."
Usagi nodded. It made sense to her.
Haruka was still dumbfounded that Clark could run faster than her.
"What's she so bummed out about?" Clark asked Usagi.
"I was going to get everyone to tell you what powers they have and who they normally are. That way you can understand us as well as us understanding you. And it'll answer your question." Usagi said.
"That sounds good." Clark agreed.
"Minako, you can start."
Minako blushed. "I'm Minako Aino, but you can call me Mina. I'm the senshi of Venus, the planet of love and beauty."
Next was Mako. "Hey. I'm Makoto Kino, but you can call me Mako. I'm the senshi of Jupiter, the planet of weather and nature. By the way, did I ever tell you that you look exactly like my old senpai?"
Everyone sighed.
Clark looked oddly at Mako.
"She always says that," Usagi told him.
Mako looked around. "What?"
"Next!"
"Hi. I'm Rei Hino. I'm sure that Rei is easy enough to pronounce. I'm the senshi of Mars, the planet of spirituality and fire."
"I'm Ami Mizuno. It's pronounced Ah-mee, but if it's easier you can just pronounce it A-mee. I'm the senshi of Mercury, the planet of water and ingenuity."
Usagi looked at Clark. "Five of us make up the inner senshi. One of the outer senshi, Pluto is missing. She's guarding the time gates to ensure our safe passage home."
Michiru looked at Clark. "I'm Michiru Kaiou. You can refer to me Michelle if you wish. I'm the senshi of Neptune, the planet of the sea and elegance."
Haruka looked up. "I'm Haruka Tenoh," she said. "But you can call me as Amara if you want. I'm the senshi of Uranus, the planet of the sky and swiftness."
Clark laughed. He understood now. "So that's why you're so ticked off," he said. "My top speed is faster than yours."
She turned away, refusing to let their eyes meet, for fear of accepting defeat.
Next went the young girl. "My name is Hotaru Tomoe. That's Ho-ta-ru To-mo-e. Haruka-papa and Michiru-mama sometimes call me little firefly. I'm the senshi of Saturn, the planet of silence and destruction."
"Whoa. That's an awful lot of responsibility for a...how old are you?" Clark said.
"I have no age." Hotaru responded.
Usagi answered for her. "Sailor Saturn is the bringer of the end of the world," she told Clark. "There are three talismans, one of which you broke earlier. When the three are united, the Holy Grail forms and summons Sailor Saturn so she can drop her glaive and lead the world into silence to be reborn."
"That's a bit scary." Clark said. "So how come she's here now?"
"After she destroyed the world I saved her. She became a baby and grew up at an incredible rate so she could help us fight." Usagi explained.
"The end of the world already happened in your universe?" Clark asked.
"Yes it did. I caused it to be reborn." Usagi said.
Clark looked up in admiration. He hadn't known that Usagi could do that.
Mamoru looked up. "You already know that my name is Mamoru Chiba. You can call me Darien. I'm not really a senshi, but I'm the prince of Earth, Endymion."
"That's the Endymion that Bunny was talking about earlier." Clark noted.
"Yes, it is. Bunny has the Silver Crystal and I have the Golden Crystal." Mamoru said.
Suddenly Rei froze. She motioned for everyone to shush. A creak could be heard and Rei saw someone begin to enter. Taking out her scroll, she jumped down from the loft and yelled, "Aku Ryo Tai San!"
All Chloe felt was the scroll attach to her head. She fell to her knees and tried to take it off, but it was stuck. "What the hell was that?" she yelled at Rei. "Who the heck are you, and what are you doing in Clark's barn?"
"I might ask the same to you." Rei said.
"I'm Chloe Sullivan, not that it's any of your business," she replied.
"Rei!" Clark exclaimed. "It's only Chloe." Then he ran down to help her up. The scroll finally fell off Chloe's head, leaving a red mark.
"What the heck is Aku Ryo Tai San anyway?" Chloe muttered, horribly mispronouncing it.
"In rough translation, it means evil spirit retreat." Rei said. "I'm sorry. I did the same thing to Usagi by mistake."
"What is it?" Chloe asked.
"It's an anti-evil scroll, used to ward off youma. I usually only use it when I sense someone near who carries great power within them." Rei told her. "I can do that because I'm a Shinto priestess."
"Oh." Chloe brushed herself off. "And you said your name was?"
"Rei. Rei Hino."
With that Clark, Chloe and Rei walked up to his loft. It was really late now, but it was okay, since Clark didn't have school tomorrow.
"Hey Chloe." Mamoru said, recognizing her immediately.
Usagi looked suspiciously at Mamoru. "Who is this?" she said.
"It's the girl who helped me find you." He told Usagi.
"That's me!" Chloe exclaimed. She looked around. "Clark, you're not trying out for the roll of Tenchi Muyo, are you?"
"What?" he asked, confusedly.
"You know. The anime show Tenchi Muyo. There's this guy Tenchi, who lives with six girls...Wait, no that wouldn't work. There're three guys here."
Haruka decided to play along, and pretended to eye Chloe.
Michiru smacked her. "Play nice," she said.
Clark ruined it. "Haruka's a girl," he said.
"Damn it Clark, you ruined it!" Haruka yelled.
"Clark, you have lesbians staying here? Wow. I wouldn't let Pete know that." She said.
"Actually they're not...staying here I mean." Clark said.
"That's a good point," Mamoru brought up. "Where are you guys staying, because obviously Clark doesn't have a lot of space. Usagi's already staying here, and I have an apartment atop the coffee shop."
"Didn't take you long to get settled in," said Mako.
"Well if you guys can stand it, you can stay in the barn for the night." Clark offered.
"No need!" Minako exclaimed. "I'll share a bed with Usagi. It'll be fun, just like a sleepover!"
Usagi looked oddly at Minako. "How about no." she stated.
"I have this friend Lex, who lives in a mansion. I could ask him about you guys staying there. We'll have to find out if you can stay there tomorrow." Clark told them.
Everyone nodded.
"How come I can sense a great power within you?" Rei asked Chloe.
"I don't know what you mean." Chloe answered.
Michiru took out her Deep Aqua Mirror and instructed Chloe to look into it.
"What's going to happen to me if I do?" Chloe asked.
"Nothing, but it will reveal why Rei is sensing things from you."
Chloe looked into it. What she saw was amazing. She was dressed in a beautiful white dress that flowed about her ankles, and she was on a white stallion. Behind her on another stallion was a man who looked like...Mamoru?
"How come you're in here?" Chloe asked Mamoru while pointing to the mirror.
"I don't know." Mamoru said.
Usagi then walked up to Chloe and took both of her hands. "Remember," she stated and a light shot out from her crystal and into Chloe's forehead. Usagi then stood with the crescent moon on her forehead.
Suddenly all sorts of memories shot through Chloe's head, and overwhelmed, she fell to the floor. Clark caught her just in time.
"Are you okay?" he asked her.
"Overload." Chloe mouthed. After sitting in silence for over a minute she finally stood up.
"So did you learn anything?" Clark asked her.
"I...I'm a princess." Chloe stated. "Mamoru's sister."
Suddenly memories came flooding back to Mamoru as well. He remembered all the fun times they spent together, hanging out, teasing each other. "Runt!" he exclaimed.
"Hotshot!" she cried out. They embraced.
Clark was confused. "Okay," he said. "Someone's definitely gonna have to explain that."
Chloe laughed.
Mamoru looked at Clark. "I remember it all now. Chloe was my sister, in the Silver Millennium. Her name was Aurora, named after the Aurora Borealis that lit the sky. Earlier, during the year that Beryl was building up her army and wreaking havoc, Chloe enlisted in the militia, who were another force preparing for Beryl's attack. Then, earlier than expected, Beryl launched an attack and took over Earth. We both fought Beryl, but I can't remember anything after that."
Chloe took over. "After Beryl killed you, I went to the moon to bring the grave news to the princess, not knowing that she was already on Earth. By then, the Queen had already sent everyone ahead in time and was dying. I ran inside the palace and noticed a machine. It started up and I hid in the corner, watching a portal open and a man step out. The portal then closed and after he left I tried to fiddle with the machine. Another portal opened and sucked me in and I ended up on Earth in Smallville, 1989, during the meteor shower, as a three year old, and I had forgotten everything. The next part is really sad." Chloe looked down.
Clark put his arm around her. She smiled.
"Dad and mom were visiting Smallville during the day of the meteor shower." She took a deep breath. "Trying to find my way around I ran into a girl who looked exactly like me. She was pointing at the sky and asked me if I saw her mom and dad. We ran into the building where she said that her parents had gone, but when we turned around, they were outside. I grabbed her hand to run outside when a giant meteor hit the building we were in. It exploded, with both of us in it. Somehow I survived, but she didn't."
A tear ran down Chloe's cheek. "After that, her parents noticed the similarity of us and took me in. They were devastated at the events. They didn't even have a body to bury. They took me in and since I looked so much like their daughter they told everyone that I was her twin that was taken at birth, and that their other daughter had died. They called me Chloe. I wasn't old enough to tell them that my name was Aurora. But I guess that I repressed that memory. After that we moved to Smallville when I was in grade eight."
"Wow. That's what I call a story," said Minako.
"That was very strange, even on the 'Wall of Weird' level," Chloe said. "But on to the real reason I came here. Clark, I found a few things and wanted you to help me examine them."
"Like what?" Clark asked.
Chloe took out a large lead box. Clark gulped. Chloe opened it. Inside stood the largest chunk of green kryptonite he had ever seen. Immediately he felt the effects and fell forward to the floor. When he looked up to tell Chloe to shut the box, what he saw surprised him. Usagi was being held up by Mamoru. She couldn't steady herself at all and was wavering in and out of consciousness.
"Okay, Clark, time for some explanations," Chloe stated as she closed the box. She had realized that it was the reason for their sickness.
Since Chloe really was a part of whatever was going on, Clark decided to let her in on everything, and he did.
"So you're an alien?" she asked in disbelief.
Clark nodded.
"You came down during the meteor shower?" she asked.
Clark nodded.
"Where's your spaceship?" she asked.
"In the storm cellar." Clark told everyone.
Then everyone started buzzing about how cool it would be to see a real live spaceship, so Clark led them all down to the storm cellar and showed them.
Chloe was dumbfounded. "How could I have been so blind?" she asked.
"You're not the only one who was fooled." He said. "So are you okay with it? I mean, I'm not going to hear about this tomorrow am I?"
"Normally I would say yes to that, but since I learned all I did today and since I got all those memories back, I think I'm pretty much okay with it."
Clark smiled. Chloe melted. They walked out and latched the storm cellar. Then Chloe explained to everyone what the Wall of Weird was. Everyone had a great chuckle at that.
Then everything went serious again. Usagi spoke up. "I didn't think I had a weakness," she stated.
"Well, you genetically are half Kryptonian, no matter where you were raised," he told her. "So you can expect to have the same weakness as me. I'm surprised that it never crossed my mind earlier though. Oh yeah. You might want to watch out for the red kind too. It'll make you go berserk."
"Well noted." She said.
"What about this entity?" Michiru asked.
"I think that we should sleep on it and discuss it tomorrow. After all, tomorrow is Saturday." Clark stated. "I'll let my parents know about this tomorrow because they are probably asleep right now."
Everyone nodded. Chloe left, promising to come back tomorrow. Mamoru left to go to his apartment. Clark ran into his house to scrounge up all of the pillows and blankets he could find, and then brought them back to the loft. With that, everyone had a good night's sleep, and hoped that tomorrow a plan would surface.
Next: Who's the entity? Who is the mysterious lady visiting Lex and how does she fit in? (She should sound familiar).
