"Hey, thanks for helping me carry the groceries, Jim,"
Candra said.
"No prob. I'm always ready to help."
Jim, Candra, and Luna-P stopped and looked at each other. Jim gave
an embarrassed smile. "That and I need fifty bucks."
"I
knew it." Candra just shook her head as they started walking
again. "I shall think about it."
Jim leaned closer to
his sister. "It's just that. . ."
Candra put her
hand up to stop him. "I'll think about it," she said
in a tone that meant "Drop it".
Jim sighed. "Okay.
. .Hey! Look at that car!" The two were passing a car garage
and Jim had spotted a red sports car. "Wow! I think that's
the 1990 model!"
Oblivious to the fact that Jim was even
talking, Candra kept walking. "Hey, Jim? Can we trade bags?
Mine's getting heavy. Jim?" Candra looked back at Jim, who
was already standing next to the car. "Hey! Don't touch it!
It probably has a car alarm!" Candra ran over to him.
The
sunlight in the garage suddenly disappeared. The two look towards
the entrance. "I didn't know parking garages haddoors,"
said Jim.
Candra sensed they were not alone. "They don't!
Get away from the car!" she yelled. However, her warning was
too late. The car transformed into another monster. "Driver
Girl!!!" Jumper cables came out of the palms of her hands.
They grabbed Candra and threw her against the cement
wall.
"Candra!" Jim started to run over to help.
"Not
so fast!" The jumper cables released Candra and rapped up
Jim. "Driver Girl knows you know about the Princess! Where is
she?"
"What. . .what Princess?" asked Jim even
though he knew.
"You know what Driver Girl means! Princess
Serenity! Tell Driver Girl!" When he refused to answser, she
dropped Jim. "Fine! Then give Driver Girl your energy!
AGGGGGH!!" Driver Girl screamed as Candra rammed into the
monster's side with her head.
"Luna-P! Make Jim a portal,
then get Sailor Moon!" yelled Candra. As that was happening,
she was tied up with the cables again.
"Driver Girl will
just have your energy then. Seems that you have enough."
Driver Girl raised Candra above her head. Candra grabbed the
cables and, swinging her legs, kicked the monster in the jaw. The
cables untied themselves and Candra did a backflip, landing on the
ground unharmed.
Driver Girl was knocked to the ground.
Angrily, Driver Girl got back up and threw tar at Candra. The tar
pinned Candra to the wall and started to burn her skin. She smiled
wickedly as Candra screamed out in pain.
"Hold it right
there!"
The burning stopped. Candra stopped screaming and
started panting for breath. Both the monster and Candra looked
over as the garage door dissolved. There was a silhouette of a
girl with long hair in two buns and a long dress. "Serenity?"
gasped Candra.
The girl came into focus. "Agent of love
and justice! Soldier in a Sailor Fuku! Sailor Moon! In the name of
the moon, I will punish you!"
"Driver Girl has heard
of you, Sailor Moon. Driver Girl has heard your head is full of
moon rocks!"
This pissed off our blonde heroine.
"What?!?!?! It is not! How dare you insult someone as smart
and as pretty has me!"
"Well, Driver Girl wouldn't go
THAT far."
"You saying I'm not pretty?"
"That's
right! And Driver Girl don't know how, but Driver Girl is going to
make you uglier!" She shot more tar at Sailor Moon.
Candra,
after somehow breaking through her own tar, ran in front of Sailor
Moon. Her brooch opened by itself and a bright light came out,
creating a force field that protected the both of them.
Question
marks surrounded Driver Girl's head. "Nani?"
Sailor
Moon looked at the back of Candra's head. "Uh, what was
that?"
Candra looked back at her. "I was aspiring
towards being an unknown guardian, but. . ." She turned her
attention back to the enemy. ". . . sometimes you just can't
have it your way!" She raised her brooch above her head.
"Moon Starlight Power! Make UP!"
Candra's brooch sent
ribbons around her; first the body suit, then the gloves, then the
gray boots that stopped at the knees, then, on the forehead, a
crescent moon appeared, then it became her tiara. She ended by
putting her left hand on her hip and right hand peace sign above
her head. "I am the American Champion of Justice! Princess in
a Sailor Fuku! Sailor StarMoon! On behalf of the Moon and the
Stars in the Sky, I shall punish you!"
"Kami-sama!
You're Sailor StarMoon?" asked Sailor Moon.
The other two
formed sweatdrops on the back of her head. "Well, duh,"
said StarMoon.
"Enough clowning, Princess!" The
monster threw even more tar at the girls. StarMoon jumped out of
the way, pulling her comrade with her. "Moon Starlight
Attack!" The attack slammed Driver Girl into a car.
"Why
is she saying you're Princess Serenity?" whispered Moon.
"I'm
making them believe that I am you so that, if the enemy tries to
kidnap Serenity, they'll get me and not you," StarMoon
whispered.
"Good thinking. . . .I think."
"But
they think you are a new Senshi; protect me!"
"Huh?"
"Well,
it looks pretty obvious if I'm always protecting you."
"Oh,
yeah." Moon popped in front of StarMoon, then, having second
thoughts, popped back. "But that means I'll get
hurt!"
StarMoon formed sweatdrops, puffs of smoke, and a
"Duh!" face. "Well, yeah."
Sticky oil
slammed Moon to the wall. "Sailor Moon!" yelled StarMoon
before she was (once again) grabbed by the cables.
Driver Girl
pulled her close. "Driver Girl sees that cross on you choker;
Driver Girl know what that stands for."
"Huh?"
Sailor Moon stained her eyes to see, but she could see a little
cross hanging from the moon on her choker.
"Do you believe
in God?" asked Driver Girl.
"Of course! Why?"
asked Sailor StarMoon, a little more than suspicious.
"Let's
make a deal: Driver Girl can kill your little friend here and take
you back to my master as planned or Driver Girl can be your
servant and spy on Sir Grety for you and protect you if. .
."
"If?" asked StarMoon.
"You denounce
that God of yours," Driver Girl finished.
StarMoon gasped
and looked at the enemy with wide eyes. "What? Denounce . . .
?"
The oil suddenly slid off Sailor Moon and her weapon
appeared in front of her. "Sailor Moon! Use it!"
"What?
Are you nuts? I'm strong enough to kill you!"
"I
know! Nevertheless, I would rather die than know I turned against
God! I am not a coward!"
"Well then, Driver Girl is
not sticking with you!" Driver Girl let go of StarMoon and
turned to leave.
"Oh, yes you are! Crescent Chain!" A
chain came out of StarMoon's wrist and tied the two together.
"Now, Sailor Moon!"
Sailor Moon started to object,
but then saw the determination in StarMoon's eyes. Taking a deep
breath, she yelled, "Starlight HoneyMoon Therapy
Kiss!"
StarMoon looked away as the attack came. Serenity.
I wanted to spend more time with you!
Cynthia! There was so
much I wanted to do with you! I'm sorry!
The attack made
Driver Girl disappear and sent StarMoon flying. When she hit the
floor, she bounced a few times before she stopped.
"No."
Sailor Moon dropped her weapon and fell to her knees. "Cynthia!
I'm so sorry." She buried her head into her knees. "I am
so sorry." Moon started sobbing uncontrollably.
Someone
put their hand on her shoulder. "It's okay. I'm all
right."
Sailor Moon looked up and saw Sailor StarMoon
standing over her. "Candra?"
StarMoon smiled, then
pointed at her glowing brooch. "We must have been thinking
the same thing at the same time and the Ginzuishou took care of
the rest." She helped Sailor Moon up and sighed. "You
haven't changed; as beautiful as ever."
"Like you
aren't?" asked Moon.
The two hugged. "It's just like
you to cheer me up," StarMoon said.
"You always did
the same," said Moon with tears in her eyes.
The two cried
for a few moments; suddenly StarMoon pulled back. "Sooooooo,
how are things between you and Endymion?" she asked sweetly
in a sneaky sort of way.
Sailor Moon fell backwards into one of
those funny poses, then got back up. "We haven't seen each
other in over 1,000 years and all you are worried about is me and
him?!?!?!"
StarMoon placed her hands on her hips. "That's
what little sisters are for!"
Moon burst into laughter. "I
guess so!" Sailor Moon un-heshioned.
"Oh, my God!
Usagi-san?" gasped StarMoon. "You are Sailor
Moon?"
"Well, yeah," mocked Usagi. Then, she
looked at StarMoon with the same surprised expression she was
getting. "This means that. . ."
". . .you're my
sister." finished StarMoon.
In Senshi form, each knew that
the other was her sister. That was no big deal. However, knowing
the girl behind the Fuku was suddenly made the whole thing hit
home.
"We thought it would be cool. . ." said
StarMoon.
"Turns out we are. . ." said Usagi.
Sailor
StarMoon unmorphed. "Well, I can't think of anyone better to
be my sister. I'm so glad I finally know!"
"Why
didn't we just ask each other in the first place?"
"I
don't know," laughed Candra. "What a farce! We spent,
like, a month fighting along side each other. We could have just
asked then. Ha! Oh, gosh! I had better get back to the apartment
and see if Jim made it home okay. You wanna come
along?"
"Sure!"
"And Usagi-san? Is it
alright if I call you Serenity?" asked Candra as the two
started to walk out of the parking garage.
"Well, that's a
silly question. Of course you can if you want! Let's go!"
Chapter Six: Candra's History Lesson
