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Chapter 7

Usagi woke up to Martha yelling out for her and Clark to get up. She knew it was Monday again and she didn't want to move out of bed. Turning onto her stomach, she had a surprise. She was floating. Then, she fell down, cracking the bed like Clark had.

"Why is this happening to me?" she thought. "I can fly, that's the same thing as floating, isn't it?"

She realized that after being in this universe for so long, maybe the kryptonian things about her were becoming evident. She didn't want to have to tell Martha about the bed, but that was that.

At that same time Clark had stood up and was getting dressed in super speed. As he walked through the door, he heard the same crack that plagued him from time to time, and running in he saw that indeed, Usagi had broken the bed. He told her that he'd tell his mom while Usagi got dressed.

Meanwhile, Usagi dressed, showered and using her newfound speed, she zipped to the kitchen and sat on the chair in front of her breakfast. To Martha it seemed as though she appeared in the seat, and if she didn't know better that's what she would have assumed happened. Clark was already outside when Usagi finished her meal. She stood up to get a drink. Martha glanced at Usagi from the corner of her eye.

"Glass." She said.

Usagi held one up. "Got one. See?" And she proceeded to pour a glass of orange juice for herself.

Martha smiled. "Sorry. Force of habit."

Usagi smiled back. "I know. Clark never uses a glass." She said. Then, swallowing the glass of juice in two gulps she ran out to door to find Clark, her long pigtailed hair flopping behind her.

He was easy enough to find. After all, how many other guys did she see shoving fence posts into the ground with their bare hands? She ran over to him as he shoved the last post in.

"That takes care of that." He said.

Usagi grabbed his arm with urgency and lugged him up to the loft.

"Alright. We have tons of time before school. So tell me, how do you do the heat thingy?" she asked.

Clark groaned. "One more morning. That's all I ask." He said.

"Nope. Today!"

He sighed. "What do you think of when you think of your boyfriend?" he asked.

Usagi drifted into a dreamland of kisses and hugs, among other things. "I don't think you want to know..." she said. "Besides, what does that have to do with anything?"

"It has everything to do with it." Clark answered, looking uncomfortable.

When he looked at Usagi he saw the same sign on her that he normally had when he was going to burn something...orange irises. Realizing there was no metal in the barn he rushed out desperately looking for one. In less than a second later, he was back with a small piece of metal. Then he pinned it up somewhere that it wouldn't catch fire.

"Clark..." Usagi began.

"Just look at the piece of metal." He said.

She did, and was amazed to see the metal turn orange, yellow then eventually white. Finally the burning behind her eyes subsided. Jumping up and down she yelled, "This is so cool!"

Clark laughed. "Let's go outside and practice with the scarecrow." He said. "The bus doesn't come for another half an hour."

Before they knew it, time had flown, Usagi had learned how to use heat vision and they were on the bus with Chloe.

"Something you want to tell us, Chloe?" Clark joked.

"What do you mean, Clark?" she responded.

"Well you've been eyeing Usagi for the past two minutes."

"There's the fact that she's starting to share your fashion sense." Chloe said.

"My fashion sense?" Clark asked, confused.

"Yeah. Flannel and plaid." Chloe joked.

"Hey! I happen to like this jacket!" Usagi exclaimed. Then she looked down again, examining her outfit. She was wearing her black school shoes, along with a black skirt and sleeveless, covered by a thin, plaid, red and black flannel jacket. She had even made the point of putting red barrettes in her hair.

"Well I think she looks cute!" Pete piped in.

"She has a boyfriend, Pete, but nice try." Chloe said mockingly.

"You can't blame a guy for trying." Pete said, shrugging.

Then the bus stopped, signifying arrival at school. Everyone stood up and left, single file, immediately going to their lockers to prepare themselves for the first class.

It was difficult that day to concentrate on school. All Clark could think about was how to stop that entity. Usagi was distracted too. Math class rolled around and both were staring dimly at the wall, which became increasingly interesting with each passing minute. But this class promised to be different. Out of nowhere, a figure appeared in mid-air above the class. She floated down to where the teacher was. Clark and Usagi immediately went into offensive mode.

Chloe cried out in surprise, along with many other students. About half filed out of class before the teacher could say, "Settle down."

"It's the entity! I never noticed before but she's almost half youma..." Usagi began.

"...half meteor freak." Clark finished.

The figure had a crackling laugh that had he not been, well, super, would've definitely burst his eardrums, maybe even his head. When he glanced at Usagi he noticed that everyone in the room appeared to be frozen by fear.

"Run!" he yelled.

This broke the trance that many of them were in and they piled through the small doorframe as fast as they could. However, the math teacher stood her ground.

"Who are you, miss?" she asked.

"You have spunk, I'll give you that." The figure said to the teacher. "I suggest you run before you get hurt. I'm here to get Chloe and I'm pretty sure I'll be faced with some resistance."

"You got that right." Usagi said. Not caring that the teacher would know about her, she closed her eyes and pictured her wand and crystal. With a sparkle, it appeared in her hand, along with the moon insignia on her forehead. "Don't come any closer." She stated to the youma/meteor freak as she held her wand out threateningly.

"Or you'll what?"

"Don't tempt me." Usagi threatened.

"Ooh. I'm scared." The girl mocked.

Before everyone knew it, the crystal began to sparkle and glisten rapidly. Usagi then held the wand at arm's length, straight out, concentrating. It shot a ball of transparent pinkish white light that blinked and then engulfed the room. When everyone could successfully see again, they noticed that the girl was still standing.

"How...?" Usagi mouthed. She knew that was one of her strongest attacks. "I'm going to have to call in reinforcements." She said to Clark.

"Let me try something." Clark said, and began to use his heat vision on the entity. However, she dodged, and Clark was then running around putting out the fire on the walls.

Chloe wondered whether there was anything she could do as a result of her past life. Looking at Usagi, she was met with a slight nod, as if Usagi knew exactly what she was thinking.

The girl then launched an attack at Usagi, who successfully dodged it, due to her training with Clark. Then she formed a blue-green henshin wand with the symbol of a heart and a cross and slid it across the floor toward Chloe. "You can't power up here," she said, "but that will awaken your power."

Chloe picked it up and it disappeared in her hands. "What do I do now?" she yelled.

Before Usagi could answer her, the girl threw an attack Chloe's way. She tried to dodge but was too slow. However, just as she thought she was going to be killed, Clark pulled her out of harm's way. She snuggled into him, scared, when he set her down. Pete, who had been silently watching everything, and learning a hell of a lot of new things, now ran up to Chloe and told her they should get out and leave this to Usagi and Clark. Chloe nodded. Perhaps that was a good idea. First though, she ran over to get the teacher, but the teacher was frozen with fear.

Behind her, Clark, using the muscles in his legs and his speed, jumped to the height of the entity and into her, knocking her to the ground. Clark then quickly zipped around the room, looking around for a piece of something bendable to tie the girl up.

Usagi went to call everyone on her wristwatch, but she realized that it didn't work in this universe. "Crap." She said.

Out of luck though, Rei and Ami came running into the class. "Need any help?" Rei asked.

"Oh thank god." Usagi breathed, for once aware of exactly how useful Rei's telepathy was.

Rei and Ami noticed the girl on the floor, apparently knocked out. "She's waiting for you to come over there so she can spring a trap." Rei whispered to Usagi.

"I know, but what can I do?" Usagi asked.

"You could've asked me for help." said a voice from outside the door. Then Keiko walked in.

Usagi's mouth opened in surprise. The entity then sprang up quickly and uppercut Clark, who fell unconscious almost immediately. Usagi looked back at Clark and realized that the entity had green kryptonite in her hand.

Ami shot a stream of fog from her hands to slow the entity down. It didn't. She could see completely through the fog and lashed out at Ami. She was hit in the arm and fell over, noticing the huge gash she had. She then felt another one on her legs. Rei ran over to her. "Ami are you alright?" she asked.

"I-I..." Ami gasped before fainting.

Rei then noticed the puddle of blood on the floor and the huge gashes on Ami through the fog. "Usagi! Ami's losing blood fast! I have to get her to the hospital!" Rei yelled.

But the entity was advancing on Usagi and she began to feel weaker and weaker than before. "Oh god..." she gasped stumbling backwards.

Then Keiko stepped in front of Usagi with her arms held out. "Don't take another step!" she yelled.

"And you're going to stop me?" the girl cackled.

"You're damn right I am!" Keiko yelled.

Then she held up the bracelets she was wearing and shot two yellow discs of light at the entity, knocking her off her feet instantly. Keiko held up the sapphire crystal that she wore around her neck. It began to glow, and glow, until it became extremely bright. When the light subsided, the entity was encased in a long crystal. Keiko waved her away and the entity disappeared.

"Where did you send her to?" asked Usagi. "You can't just send her away like that! She'll come back!"

"Oh be quiet. I saved you didn't I?" Keiko answered. "Besides, that wouldn't have completely stopped her anyway. It just bought us some time."

Across the room, Ami was drifting in and out of unconsciousness. Usagi ran over and placed the crystal over Ami. It gave off an essence, a warmth, which healed her. Her eyes fluttered open and she sat up slowly. "For awhile, I thought..." Ami began.

"I know." Usagi said. Her eyes turned second to Clark, who had been knocked out. He was slowly returning to consciousness. Suddenly, he sat up and walked over to where Usagi had been. "That was some hit." He said. "Ow."

Chloe and Pete came out of hiding, along with the teacher, who looked very unhappy. But Usagi had a burning question that had to be asked now. "Why did you help us?" she asked Keiko.

"I told you not to think that my intentions were the same. I was born again in this universe, without being bonded to that evil being, but I could later sense it somewhere. Finally I pinpointed its location – Smallville. I couldn't pinpoint exactly where it was in Smallville, though. I came here to stop it. That's my 'business' here. If you weren't so stubborn and hadn't assumed..."

"Me, stubborn? Now just wait a minute..." Usagi said. "I have a right to assume when you killed my friends..."

Keiko sighed. "Can we just forget about that? Please?"

Clark walked up to her. "Well, the entity is in the caves."

"Is it really? Well that makes my job so much easier. Thanks, uh, Clark, is it?"

"Yeah, it's Clark."

With that, she gave him a huge hug. Clark blushed, embarrassed.

Suddenly there was an "Ahem" coming from the teacher, who stood there, tapping her foot. Keiko put her finger to the teacher's forehead, and then removed it leaving a glowing galaxy symbol, causing the teacher to remain in a trance like state. Then dust formed in Keiko's hand and she blew it into the teacher's face.

"Forget." Keiko whispered.

The teacher then got this incredibly dumb look on her face like she had no clue what was going on. An announcement came from the PA system.

"Due to the extensive damage caused by the unusual battle today, school will be cancelled for the rest of the day. You may leave as soon as you are dismissed."

Clark looked at the teacher. "Can we go?" he asked.

"S-sure." She replied.

As they walked out, Clark looked at Keiko admiringly. "Now that's something I'd like to be able to do!" he exclaimed.

She laughed.

Upon reaching the parking lot, Usagi had many questions for Keiko, and she wasn't shy about holding back.

"How come you're on our side? How can you do anything? You're not even a real senshi! And are you saying that the entity is Chaos?"

"I was born a new senshi – Sailor Galaxia. But my title has new meaning now. In order for me to stay a senshi I must help to defeat Chaos."

"By whose command must you help to defeat Chaos or be stripped of your title?" Usagi demanded.

"Neo Queen Serenity's." Keiko responded.

"Y-you're from the future?" Rei blurted.

"No, I am not. It's a long story." Keiko sighed.

"We have all day." Usagi said.

Not surprisingly, they all went to Clark's house to discuss the events of the day, since Lex's house wasn't the best place to discuss anything. Keiko had a lot of explaining to do. Clark was having a problem following the discussion, but luckily for him, Mamoru had brought Chloe up to date yesterday, and she was now explaining things to Clark. They had also explained to Pete what they knew and he was listening intently.

"I was just a normal person before," Keiko explained, "But Chaos appeared and offered me power beyond my wildest dreams. Foolishly I accepted and began the Sailor Wars, thinking that I was the legendary senshi. I was later destroyed by Usagi, in her ultimate sacrifice. When I was reborn, it was safe to say that I was surprised to end up in this universe, and even more surprised to find out that apparently I had a Sailor Crystal. I was also reborn the same age I had died. Seeing this as a chance to start anew I decided to begin a life for myself. I made a name for myself with a chain of businesses I started and met many other colleagues, such as Lex Luthor. One day, I met the famed Sailor Pluto. She told me that I was an anomaly and wasn't supposed to have a Sailor Crystal at all. And what was more, she told me that I had to give it up and face the court for the crimes I had committed. Well, I have a rather quick temper and fought and wounded her, to which she brought me to the future of Usagi's universe and threw me before Neo Queen Serenity. However, I was lucky, and the Queen didn't punish me. Rather, she told me that I must defeat or help to defeat Chaos. She said that only then would my crimes be forgiven and my Sailor Crystal preserved. When I returned, everything was the same, except that I could sense Chaos. I began to train, and search for it. Finally, I located Chaos in Smallville. Lex allowed me to stay with him, and the rest is history."

Everyone sat in silence. Finally Rei spoke up. "You still have those bracelets."

"A 'gift' from the Queen, to make sure I do my duty. Like handcuffs." Keiko answered meekly. "If I do, she will remove them and I can live peacefully here or in your universe."

"So this entity is Chaos?" Rei asked.

"Definitely. I could sense it a mile away." Keiko told everyone. "But that wasn't its pure form. It must have combined with someone or something."

"I'm afraid that's my fault." Chloe chimed in, and began to tell her story.

When all was said and done, everyone sat in silence, wondering what their next move would be. Suddenly, the entity appeared out of nowhere.

"That casing couldn't hold me forever!" she exclaimed, "And now I'm pissed!"

She disappeared and reappeared next to Usagi, pulling her into a headlock. Clark started to run over to save her when the entity looked directed at him.

"Didn't I tell you what would happen if you interfered?" She asked.

"I don't care!" Clark yelled. He was knocked back with a punch.

"Carmen, stop it please!" Chloe yelled.

Carmen dropped Usagi. "How did you know my name?" she asked.

"You told me, remember? You told me a long time ago."

Carmen contorted her face in disgust. "That was a long time ago, Chloe. You stole my life, and for that I can't forgive you."

Clark stood up to try again. Immediately Carmen grabbed Usagi by the neck and held out a red piece of something. Clark cried out in surprise and pulled back.

"Oh, man, this is bad!" Pete exclaimed.

Rei, Ami and Keiko were on the offensive but neither could try and hit Carmen with anything because Usagi was a hostage. Usagi's eyes then lit up with a red tint and she slung Carmen over her shoulder. Carmen grabbed Usagi's foot and teleported them both out of the loft, leaving everyone who was left to deal with the aftermath.

AN: Sorry so short. I tried to upload earlier but it wouldn't work. I'll try to get the next chapter up soon.