THE SECOND MOBIUS

Book Two of Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon CosmicStars

by Nashie (aka ShadowSamurai)

May 2000 – September 2000

Revised - Winter 2001

Disclaimer: Sailor Moon and her friends belong to Naoko Takeuchi. The author takes no credit for any of the original storyline. However, all the new characters belong to me and I'd appreciate it if you didn't take any without requesting permission.

Episode 221: The seven soldiers unite! A pretty gift for the princess

"Chibiusa!?"

The pink-haired stared at her. "I used to be called that. But I'm no longer a chibi. I'm not a little girl as you can see." Usagi stared at Chibiusa...or um, Lady Usagi.

"Lady Usagi," Usagi whispered carefully, the name sounding funny on her lips. "Why'd you come back? Where's Luna Sphere and Diana? Why did you change your name?" Lady Usagi glared at the blonde odango-atama.

"What's with the third degree?" Lady Usagi asked sharply. Her red eyes were surprisingly dark and mature. "I came back because I felt like it, okay, baka? If that's a problem with you, then DEAL with it." Usagi then realized that the tragedy of losing both Setsuna and Hotaru had affected her so much it had turned her into this spiteful young woman.

"Where's Diana and Luna-P?" Minako asked, noticing that neither of the two had come with Chibiusa...or, that is, Lady Usagi. Lady scoffed.

"Luna-P? That childish toy," she muttered. "I destroyed it when I got back. I didn't even bother asking Diana if she wanted to come. She was getting on my nerves anyway."

The five young woman stared opened mouthed at the Lady who used to be so sweet. But who was this girl in front of them now? It couldn't be Chibiusa. Ami took a minute to study the faces of everyone else. They all looked so desolate and sorrowful ever since the tragedy occurred.

Just then, Hogoshi walked into the room. Her green eyes were wide with worried. "Usagi-chan!" She didn't notice Lady Usagi giving her an evil eye. She ran over to Usagi and hugged her tight.

"God, don't you ever do that to me again," Hogoshi sobbed. Tears fell down her cheeks. "Don't you ever scare me like that again." Lady Usagi's fury against the taller girl rose.

"GET AWAY FROM HER!" Lady Usagi screamed, her face pink with effort. She stormed over to Hogoshi, her red eyes burning. "Don't you touch her, you murderer!" Hogoshi stopped in mid-hug and pulled away from Usagi in shock. She turned and faced the shorter girl.

"Chibiusa?" she asked, her voice trembling. Lady Usagi's eyes were burning with an internal flame.

"I said get AWAY from her!" she screamed. "You TOOK away Setsuna and Hotaru and you expect me to let you anywhere near my MOTHER? The person responsible for my very existence!?" Hogoshi backed away from Usagi.

"I…"

"Stop it right now Chibiusa!" Usagi screamed. Everyone turned toward the girl in surprise. Her mature blue eyes were torn with grief and anger. Lady Usagi stared at the odango-atama, her red eyes huge.

"What?"

"You know good and well that Hogoshi-chan is NOT responsible for their deaths," Usagi fumed, getting out of bed. "You know it Chibiusa. You are NOT Lady Usagi, as you say. You are scared and you are sad. We've all been through it. Their loss affected us and shocked us to the core. It's been a year and we think we should be getting over it. But we can't because we lost four of our closest friends in death! And you think that you're sad, losing your two best friends, well what about the rest of us? Chibiusa, look at Hogoshi! She lost all four of them and they left a void in our hearts. A void that hasn't been filled in a year. A year! You CANNOT blame anyone. Because that wouldn't be fair, okay? Death isn't fair, but we get used to it. We get used to it..." By this time, Usagi was nearly hysterical with grief and had to stop speaking. She collapsed onto her bed and began weeping.

Lady Usagi stared at her future mother. This wasn't the same clumsy crybaby she had left nearly a year ago. No...this was someone new. A more mature and graceful person who had been affected by tragedy was the Usagi in front of her now.

"My name…is Chibiusa," the tiny girl whispered. "I miss them. I miss them so much." Quietly, the little girl left the room. She didn't even look to see if anyone was following her. She didn't care.

Chibiusa walked outside. It was bright outside and the rain from last night was drying up. She stared at the sun. Her home was so far away. Not in miles, but in years. What if she could go to the past and stop Pu and the others from dying? No. Impossible.

But why not? She could travel through time and space easily. What's so different then going back by a year?

"Small Lady, time traveling is a very dangerous thing. You cannot go to an era where you already exist. Two people cannot exist in the same place at the same time. Rules forbid it so."

Chibiusa remembered when Pu had told her that, when she had first come back to 20th century. Sighing, she sat down on the front porch and buried her head in her hands. Never again. Never again would she let someone take away the people closest to her.

"Abracadabra, poof!" a sing-songy voice whispered. Chibiusa looked around and felt that something was nearby. She looked up at the sky. Nothing there. Who was singing?

"Abracadabra, poof!" the voice continued. Chibiusa felt something around her. As if something or someone was hugging her. Chibiusa looked around, but saw no one. She shivered. Weird.

"Abracadabra, poof!" the voice continued. Chibiusa began to get scared. What on earth...? Chibiusa thought she had enough of it and tried to get up. But something was holding her down. Physically.

Chibiusa gasped and began to struggle. "Oh, god. Let me go..." But the invisible force kept her down. The voice kept singing the song over and over again. Chibiusa, scared stiff, looked around one more time. No one was there!

Suddenly, something began appearing around Chibiusa. A haziness, so thick she couldn't see through it.

"Abracadabra, poof!" the voice was louder this time. Chibiusa looked around. She was no longer on the porch, but in the middle of a large room. There were huge floor to ceiling windows, or doors, that extended to a promenade outside. She looked out at the promenade, which seemed to encircle the entire room. Chibiusa gasped when she saw the Earth from her view.

"Abracadabra, poof!" the voice said again. Chibiusa looked down and saw that she had somehow transformed into her princess dress. "Abracadabra… hello!" Chibiusa twirled around, the gossamer dress twirling around her feet. Her jaw dropped.

Standing behind her were the four princesses of the outer planets. They were staring at her gleefully. Chibiusa stared on, her mouth still hanging open.

"Don't look like that now, Usagi Small Lady Serenity," the princess of Neptune whispered. Her aqua satin dress was gorgeous on her, of course. She giggled. "It's rude to keep your mouth hanging open like that." Chibiusa immediately clamped it shut.

"H-how? No, w-what?" Chibiusa sputtered, staring at the four outer princesses. "W-who? B-but..." Princess Uranus shook her head, groaning.

"Just like her mother," she said, her sandy blonde locks tossing back and forth. "Always a one for words."

"But, you're..." Chibiusa began, but then found a loss of words. She stared at the four princesses. "You're...not supposed to be...you're...a year ago..."

"Abracadabra, poof!" Princess Pluto whispered, approaching the chibi princess. Chibiusa stared at Pluto. This was the voice that had called her? Setsuna raised her hand in the air and something glistened above it. Chibiusa stared on.

"Say this when you're sad," the princess of Pluto said as the form above her hand began to darken. "And you won't be sad anymore. It's a magic spell." The form above her hand transformed into a very familiar shape.

"Luna Sphere!" Chibiusa cried in a mixture of delight and excitement. The cat's head floated down towards her and she happily grabbed it. Her eyes were full of tears. "I thought..."

"It's okay, Small Lady," Pluto whispered as her figure started disappearing. Chibiusa stared in horror as they began to dim quickly.

"Wait, Hotaru-chan! Pu! Haruka-san! Michiru-san!" Chibiusa called. She ran towards them. "Don't go!" A ghostly smile flashed over Saturn's face.

"Good-bye, Chibiusa-chan…we'll be waiting for you." Then, all four disappeared in a shower of sparks. Chibiusa stared on as the scene shimmered and was replaced by the front porch of the house.

Was I dreaming? Chibiusa thought, but then looked at the robotic toy in her arms. No, it wasn't a dream. So that means, she had actually seen the outer soldiers? But…

How?

Author's Note: Wow, talk about some serious bipolar disorders for Chibiusa. Total pissy one minute, and the next she's crying like a baby. Actually, if you didn't guess by Usagi's swansong, Chibiusa was putting on an act. She wasn't really Lady Usagi, but coming back to the past meant having to face reality. She couldn't face it as she had been a year ago, so she mentally tried to prepare herself by changing her name, and leaving behind the things of her childhood, namely Luna-P. She wanted to be mature enough to deal with the deaths of her two closest friends. But Usagi, being her mother, saw through her act right away when Chibiusa reverted to her burning hatred of Hogoshi.

Explained well enough? All right. Time for the next chapter.