What if the Starlights Appeared in the R Season of Sailor Moon?
Act 6: Chibi Meet Chibi
Sora Kazeno AUTHORS NOTES: Please change your bookmarks and author alerts. I had problems with my old account, and had to create a new one…. cries it took all the reviews with it! pouts
Will it be a Seiya and Usagi ending you ask? Sore wa himitsu des!
Slowly Setsuna raised her arm to knock on the wooden part of the shine door. What she was about to do was extremely difficult, yet it had to be done.
Getting up from her seat on the floor, Rei stood to open the door, a bit surprised by the unexpected visitor. "May I help you?"
Before Setsuna could respond, a certain pink haired girl ran over and threw her arms around Setsuna's legs. "PUU!"
Rei looked at Chibi Usa, then at Setsuna, Haruka and Michiru. It was apparent that Chibi Usa knew the woman, so she assumed it would be all right to them in.
Usagi glanced up from her food, nearly dropping a cookie. "Haruka-san! Michiru-san! What are you two doing here?"
"We came to talk to you," Haruka spoke quietly.
"Whoa. Hold on… what is going on?" shouted Minako jumping up.
"Chibi Usa-chan, who is she?" Rei asked, gesturing towards Setsuna. Chibi Usa was about to explain, but Setsuna put her hand on her shoulder to silence her.
"I shall explain, Small Lady," Setsuna said at she glanced over toward the five Inner Senshi.
"Small… Lady?" Repeated Ami. 'I know I've heard Chibi Usa-chan called Small Lady before… but by whom?'
"I suppose you do not recognize me in this form," Setsuna said. Gesturing with her right hand, a henshin wand appeared. Several gasps filled the room. Raising her wand, she shouted, "PLUTO PLANET POWER, MAKE UP!"
After the swirling lights vanished, Sailor Pluto stood before them. Ami and Minako both rubbed their eyes in disbelief. Sailor Pluto, the guardian of time, here before them? Standing right in front of them?
Looking over at Michiru, their choice was quite clear. They should transform as well. Glancing towards Haruka's direction, Michiru nodded her head revealing a teal henshin wand.
"NEPTUNE PLANET POWER, MAKE UP!"
"URANUS PLANET POWER, MAKE UP!"
Waves of teal, aquamarine, and emerald surrounded Michiru replacing her clothes with those of the senshi embrace, Sailor Neptune.
Circles of royal, azure, and cobalt wrapped around Haruka molding the fuku of the senshi of skies, Sailor Uranus.
Rei and Makoto readied their own henshin wands expecting a battle.
"There will not be need for those," Sailor Pluto said softly. "We have come here to inform you of the events taking place…time has changed its course."
"How can that be possible?" Asked Luna, walking over to Pluto. "You have always remained at the gates… how could something like that happen?"
"The appearance of those three," Uranus spoke with venom her voice, "is the cause of this."
Nodding her head, Neptune continued, "It should have been another year and a half before the Starlights appeared on Earth. We are not yet strong enough to face the evil approaching us and the evil they have brought with them."
"Not strong enough…?" Artemis repeated slowly. "You mean the senshi are supposed to have another power-up?"
"The evil they have … brought with them?" repeated Usagi in shock, "what do you mean?"
"Sailor Galaxia, and yes the senshi are not powerful enough yet. As the silence draws near… Sailor Moon you lack the power to stop it." Pluto said her eyes facing the floor. Looking up she continued, "there is a chance time can be set back, however…. I must have the consent off all parties involved."
Uranus gasped, "Why not set it straight now?"
"Even I can not break the ancient laws set by Queen Serenity herself," after a pause, she continued, "Queen Serenity found it necessity for the royal court to know it time was ever to be… 'tempered' with… in order to ensure everlasting peace … while I look into this matter…. Princess … you must stay away from Seiya," warned Pluto, "Crystal Tokyo hangs in the balance."
"What about my mom and dad?" cried Chibi Usa. "What's going to happen to them? Are they going to be all right? They have to be!" Chibi Usa cried hysterically.
"They are fine Small Lady," Pluto reassured her. "I must move quickly though. We shall meet again in a few days. Until then, remember my words, Princess." With a gesture of her garnet staff Pluto returned to the Time Streams.
Neptune nodded to her head towards Uranus' next question; she headed towards the door.
"Wait!" shouted Rei chasing after them. "What you two going to do in the mean time?"
Uranus turned around for a moment to answer, "the same as we always do…"
"Look for the pure heart crystals…." Neptune finished as turned around walking out the door without looking back.
"Pure…" Rei repeated.
"Heart …" Makoto murmured.
"Crystals…?" Ami finished. "What are those?"
'Hmm.' Esmerado frowned at the surroundings before her. The school. She knew that some of the senshi came here, judging by the previous encounter. If only she could put an end to Sailor Moon … she was such a nuisance.
'How many driods should I summon?' Thinking it over a moment, she finally came up with a number. 'I'll start with three… once the sailor senshi show up I'll summon the rest and catch them off guard! I'll finally put an end to them!' Satisfied with her plan she laughed. Her next task to find the most powerful driods she could… after all this is going to her last battle.
Removing her hand from the mirror Hotaru shivered. She could have sworn she had seen a shadow in the mirror. Trying to dismiss the thought she walked into the kitchen to make herself a snack. She froze seeing an advertisement on the table.
Stepping forward her eyes began to burn. She griped the countertop to stop herself from tumbling over. Why had that name affected her so? Hearing footsteps heading towards her, in a shaky voice she called out, "who's there?"
"It's all right Hotaru-chan," Sailor Pluto said emerging from the darkened hallway. "The time has come for you to awaken. Without Sailor Saturn time can not be restored."
"Awaken… Sailor… Saturn?… Who are you?"
A breeze knocked the sheet of paper off the floor. It flipped over in mid-air… uncovering the name… Dead Moon Circus.
Esmerado looked down at the students below at break for lunch. It was an excellent time to lure out the senshi. They were goodie goodies and would not let harm come to their fellow students. She had planned her attack perfectly. She had to. She was going against Prince Desmando's orders. Her plan had to be flawless. Accompanying her she had four droids. The only problem she could see was not having more droids. But her own power was nearly unmatched throughout the Black Moon. Desmando and Wiseman were the only two that could defeat her single-handed. She knew this, yet she was not obeying them. If she didn't succeed at her current plan, there would be huge consciences. Glancing around the schoolyard one more time Esmerado slowly exhaled her breath. It was time. With a flick of her fan she was gone.
A woman with angel wings appeared at the north end of the school, a woman with angelic wings appeared at the south end of the school, and at the west side of the school a woman with demon wings appeared. Screams echoed throughout the school. Students ran everywhere.
"What's going on?" Makoto asked. Students were running and screaming everywhere, but the source was unknown. Then she saw it. Looking for a secluded area she darted behind some trees.
"JUPITER STAR POWER, MAKE UP!"
As soon as Makoto had finished her transformation she pulled out her communicator and contacted Usagi and Ami. Once she had spoken to Ami, she almost wished she hadn't. The situation was a lot worse than she first thought. Ami and Usagi discovered another droid. Well trying to get away and find a plan to transform, another one was found not too far away.
As it stood, the Lights, Moon and Mercury were grouped together. To be more effective the group decided to pair off into groups of two. Jupiter and Mercury, Star Healer and Star Maker, and finally Star Fighter and Moon. It was going to be a very long day for them.
Michiru's eyes narrowed. Setting her glass down she looked up at Haruka. Haruka let out a huge sigh before getting to her feet. "We're always on the run aren't we?" She asked softly.
"Always."
"Leaves little time for us."
"We always mange," said Michiru with a wink. "Shall we?"
Jupiter bit down on her lower lip. Three droids and six senshi. Judging by the strength of the droid, they were going to need Sailor Moon's scepter to destroy the droid. Mercury was typing frantically on her mini computer hoping for a solution. A weakness, something that could be use to their advantage.
Quickly moving to the right Jupiter avoided what looked like a fireball. Jupiter put her hands together in front of her chest and slowly pulled them apart. Lighting crackled between her hands. "SPARKLING WIDE PRESSURE!"
The droid looked amused. In a blink of an eye her wings had expanded and she was air-born. "Surely you can do better than that," she taunted. With a smirk she sent down a firestorm.
Healer slowly stood up. Dodging the previous blast took a lot out of her. The side of her arm had been scrapped and blood was present. Maker wasn't in much better shape herself. She was beaten quite badly. Even after the two Starlights hit the droid dead on, it was still standing with barely a scratch on it.
Time was running out and their attack did little damage if any.
"What are we going to do?" Healer asked. "Staying here will be suicide. If Fighter were here we wouldn't have such a problem."
"I know. The best we can do would be to regroup and try to have that thing follow us. Maybe with the four of us we can stop one of them," said Sailor Star Maker. "Let's give it a shot. Come on!"
Fighter winced. All she wanted was a normal school day. No hassles, no tests. She was dreading tonight. There was a concert scheduled for tonight. The concert was with some famous Japanese violinist named Michiru Kaiou.
The droid was too strong for Sailor Moon's scepter to be used at the moment. Moon and Fighter needed to find a way to weaken it. Things were not looking the greatest.
The droid smiled. Stretching out her wings she flapped them twice. A gust of wind charged at Sailor Moon, Fighter was to far away to get her out of harms way.
"Odango!"
Sailor Moon closed her eyes waiting for the blast to hit. It never did. Opening her eyes she found a red rose between her and the droid. She fell to her knees.
"Tuxedo Kamen-sama..." she said softly. Tears threatened to emerge.
Tuxedo Kamen stood on a tree branch behind Sailor Moon and Sailor Star Fighter. For once he skipped his minute long speech. He jumped down from the tree branch and walked over to Sailor Moon. Once there he asked, "Are you all right?"
She felt numb all over. Her voice trapped in her throat. She could only manage a nod. Carefully putting his arms around her, he helped her up.
Fighter bit her lower lip. If it was up to her and they weren't in battle, she would punch Tuxedo Kamen for being so close to Sailor Moon. Recalling everything that had happened to her because of him enraged Star Fighter.
Sailor Moon stood there frozen. She was confused. Tuxedo Kamen always came to help her before when there was distance between them, but never helped her up. Ever since that day. His arm was still against her waist, holding her tight.
Finding her voice again Fighter said, "took you long enough, Odango and I are practically dying here."
Tuxedo Kamen's eyes narrowed hearing someone else refer to Usagi as Odango. He might have called her Odango Atama, but it was the same to him. "I came here to help Sailor Moon, not you," Tuxedo Kamen said.
"Stop it!" Sailor Moon said moving away from Tuxedo Kamen. She stood between the two. "We shouldn't be fighting each other. We have that droid to worry about!"
As if on a cue, a blast a wind headed towards Sailor Moon. Tuxedo Kamen had his back facing the droid, were as Fighter was able to see the attack coming. The blast was aimed at Sailor Moon. There was no way he could get both of them out of the way in time. So he did the next best thing. He stepped in front of the blast.
"SEIYA!"
Mercury accessed the situation around her. Mars and Venus weren't able to get away to help them.
The droid was about to attack the duo, it froze.
Dozen of cherry blossoms flew threw the air.
"The plant of the Sky God, Uranus is my guardian, the soldier of the wind, Sailor Uranus!"
"The planet of the Sea God, Neptune is my guardian, the soldier of the sea, Sailor Neptune!"
"Uranus!"
"Neptune!"
"We were told you needed help," Neptune said with a wink. The droid came charging after her. Moving to the side she gracefully avoided it. Water surrounded her, gathering the water together she yelled, "DEEP SUBMERGE!"
Neptune's attack stunned the droid. It wasn't expecting an attack that powerful. Slowly getting to her feet she glared at Neptune.
Uranus took the opportunity she had and used it well. "WORLD SHAKING!"
The droid saw the attack coming. She spread her wings out preparing to fly. But her wings were soaked, they were too heavy. There was nothing the droid could do.
Healer and Maker heard Sailor Moon's scream in the distance. It wasn't good.
Healer had an uneasy feeling in the pit of her stomach. Knowing Star Fighter she was going to protect Sailor Moon even if it meant she would be severely injured.
Maker looked over at Healer her expression mirrored hers as well.
Mars paused a moment to catch her breath. Once news spread of a school attack her school had dismissed classes and ordered the students to return home immediately.
Taking advantage of the situation she quickly transformed and headed to Usagi's school.
When she reached the site her stomach leaped into her throat.
A blast just hit Fighter which knocked her into Sailor Moon. Sailor Moon caught Fighter before she fell. Fighter was badly injured.
The droid prepared to attack again.
"BURNING MANDALA!" Mars' attack startled the droid.
No longer focusing on the battle Tuxedo Kamen looked at Sailor Moon and told to her to leave Fighter alone. "It's his problem that he's injured." Sailor Moon carefully set Fighter down and stood up.
"You just don't get it do you?" Sailor Moon asked angrily. "Fighter was protecting me… Seiya would rather be hurt than see me hurt," in a small voice she finished, "just like what you use to do..." Sailor Moon looked over towards Sailor Mars. She needed help. "Watch over Fighter for me," she said heading over to Sailor Mars.
The droid made a screeching sound and another droid appeared right behind Sailor Moon. Before anyone could react a blast hit her. The blast re-injured an old wound.
"But there are still more droids," Jupiter complained after she heard the news that Uranus and Neptune where about to leave.
"There are other places we must be," Neptune said as she walked away behind Uranus.
"You should be fine, there's one less now. Besides you have another senshi on the way."
Mercury and Jupiter looked at each other confused. Looking back to where Uranus and Neptune once where they realized they were gone.
"What did she mean by that?" Mercury wondered out loud.
Venus turned the corner and joined the duo out of breath.
The scene wasn't looking to good by the time Healer and Maker arrived. Close behind them was a third droid. Moon and Fighter were both injured, Mars and Tuxedo Kamen each had their own droid to fend off.
Mars was relieved for a few moments seeing Star Maker and Star Healer. Her relief soon turned into horror seeing the droid following them.
They were in deep trouble.
Esmerado watched the battle from above a twisted smile plastered across her face. From the look of it she might be able to finish them off once and for all.
Mars bit her lower lip. The attack she just dodged nearly took her arm off. Glancing to her right Maker and Healer weren't fairing much better.
Shaking her head a little bit Sailor Moon slowly sat up.
Looking away from the droid for even five seconds proved to be a costly mistake. A powerful blast headed her way but she did not have enough time to react.
"SHINE AQUA ILLUSION!" Mercury's attack canceled out the droid. Mars was never so happy to see Mercury. Her smile grew brighter when she say Venus and Jupiter a few steps behind her.
"Seven to three. I like these odds better now," said Sailor Mars.
"Sailor Moon, now!" Sailor Star Healer said. Once of the droids were dazed by hers and Makers attack.
Not missing a beat, Sailor Moon pulled out her scepter and prepared her attack. "MOON PRINCESS HALATION!"
The droid turned dust. Two more droids left.
Looking at the droid with bat wings Maker said, "our powers had no effect on that. Healer and I will take the other one."
Sailor Moon quickly went back to where Fighter was. Slowly she sat up.
"Seiya!" Sailor Moon exclaimed as she threw her arms around Star Fighter. Tuxedo Kamen's eyes narrowed behind his mask. His stomach tied itself in knots. He felt horrible. His plan was to drive Usagi away from him for the time being until he knew she would be safe. This plan was not to drive her into the arms of someone else. Things got out of hand.
Mercury looked around assessing the battle. There were only two droids left. For their sake she hoped there wouldn't be any more.
A man appeared in the sky. He wore a dark blue shirt and white pants. On his forehead was a black crescent moon turned upsides down, a sign of the Dark Moon. He was furious. "ESMERADO!" He bellowed.
Seconds later she appeared twenty feet or so from him. "Yes, Sapphire?" She said in a sweetly sickening voice; her pink fan covering her mouth.
The battle below had ceased. Once the droids saw Sapphire they froze. Confused the senshi waited to see what the droids next course of action would be.
"What are you going Esmerado?" Asked Sapphire, "Prince Desmando ordered all attacks to be postponed until further notice."
"But if we get rid of them in the past Crystal Tokyo will be a cake walk in the future. We have to get rid of Sailor Moon now!" Esmerado argued.
"It's not that simple Esmerado. The Prince wants her alive," Sapphire explained losing patience.
"If you take out the Queen the palace will crumble!" Esmerado shouted in an attempt to change Sapphire's mind.
"It doesn't matter what you think, or even what I think. Sailor Moon is not to be harmed … at this time. Return back Esmerado. Prince Desmando wishes to speak with you." Sapphire vanished from sight.
"This is FAR from over!" Esmerado yelled to the senshi below. With a laugh she disappeared. The two winged droids vanished with her.
"What just happened?" asked Sailor Jupiter as she walked over to Sailor Moon.
"She referred to you as Queen, Usagi-chan." Mercury said as eh kneed down next to Sailor Moon. "It would make sense," Mercury said. "It explains why Chibi Usa has the crescent moon mark on her forehead."
"What are you saying, Ami-chan?" Sailor Moon asked her eyes wide.
"What she is saying Usagi, is that you are the future Queen of Crystal Tokyo, and Chibi Usa is your future daughter," Mars spoke softly.
"But who would the King be …" Sailor Venus' voice trailed off as she looked from Tuxedo Kamen to Sailor Star Fighter.
Sirens wailed in the distance.
"We better get out of here," said Sailor Star Maker. "The last thing we want right now is interference by the police."
"We'll go back to my shrine," Mars said as she pushed a few loose strands of hair out of her face. "It's empty for the day. They're training in the mountains."
Fire colored butterflies flew by. The young girl began to chase them. As they flew red sprinkles fell from them. Acting as most children her age she followed the butterflies since she was curious.
As quickly as the butterflies had started, they faded away. The little girl stopped in her tracks and turned in a circle looking for the trace. She looked down at her feet and found a small incent burner. It was black. The girl picked it up and looked at it. She was her reflection and smiled. "Chibi Chibi!"
Luna gasped when she heard the news of the school attack. Usagi's mother was frantic until she received a call from Usagi. Usagi has called to say she was alright and she was at Rei's. After some a few minutes her mother finally agreed.
Overhearing the news, Luna bolted to Usagi's room to inform Artemis. The two cats headed over to the shrine.
Somewhere between the walk from the school to the shrine Tuxedo Kamen disappeared. Rei looked around worried. Venus' words rang in her ears. 'But who would the King be…' Before hangs down it would have been Mamoru. Now it could be Seiya. Rei froze when a sudden realization hit her. She remembered Pluto's warnings from yesterday to stay away from Seiya. Looking ahead sure enough Usagi was talking with Seiya. Rei frowned.
"Rei-chan, are you okay?" Ami asked her noticing the looked of worry on her face.
"I'm fine Ami-chan, its nothing really," said Rei with a fake cheerful smile. Everyone was now in the spare room. Rei closed the door.
"So what's our next move?" Asked Rei. "From what it sounds like we won't have to worry about Esmerado for a while."
"There is still Galaxia to worry about," said Taiki with an icy tone in his voice. "But she wasn't been active as of late."
"It makes me worried," Yaten said. His emerald eyes solemn. "We've only seen her minions once or twice…" Yaten sat up quickly. "You don't think she found her yet… do you?"
"Never." Taiki said loudly. "Our princess is much stronger than that."
"I saw one of the butterflies earlier," said Seiya quietly, "but it vanished too quickly."
"When was this?" Taiki asked.
"Last night."
"So we are going to sit here and wait until something happens?" Makoto asked in annoyed tone.
"There isn't much we can do now Mako-chan," Rei said.
"That's it then," Yaten said as he stood up. "We still have tonight's concert to worry about." Seiya and Taiki stood up preparing to leave.
"… Odango, can I talk to you for a minute?"
"We'll wait outside," Minako said. Looking over at Taiki and Yaten she added, "all of us."
Usagi was nervous. The tone of Seiya's voice had her worried. It was something urgent he had to talk to her about. Usagi checked her watch. It was looking like one of those few times in her life she would be on time.
Seiya smiled as he saw Usagi approach. He was finally going to tell her how he felt. He was still conflicted by it. Usagi was the not the Princess that he, Taiki and Yaten were searching for, but she was special. He couldn't hold it in anymore. He had to tell her.
"Odango!" Seiya said as she came closer, his arm waving in the air making it easier for her to spot.
"Why did you want to talk to me?" asked Usagi pouting. "I was about to go home and sleep after this morning."
"I wish I knew what that was about. You seem to know how to find trouble," said Seiya.
Usagi's lower lip started to tremble. It was only a few more moments until the wailing began.
"Oi, Odango I was only joking," Seiya said as he pulled her close to him. Usagi froze. Other than Mamoru, no one has held her close. It was a feeling she had missed. She wished she knew what happened between Mamoru and her. She wanted to know why things ended so badly.
"Odango, do you know why I called you?" asked Seiya a bit hesitant as to what was about to happened.
"Not really," said Usagi.
"Odango, I…" Seiya froze. This was a lot harder for him to say than he thought. Expressing one's feelings to another was never easy, especially when the other did not know the person in question's, feelings (if any) toward them.
Usagi shifted uneasily on her feet. She was a bit nervous as to what was happening.
"Odango I…I… how do I say this… Odango… I… can I ask you a serious question?"
Not sure what he was getting at, she said, "yeah, sure."
"What would you say if I told you… I was attracted to you?"
Usagi froze. She didn't know how to respond to what he just said. How do you react to that? Swallowing the lump in her throat she started to speak, "Seiya…I"
Usagi was cut off by Seiya, his mouth over hers. At first she wanted to resist, but brushed that thought aside. It felt different compared to Mamoru's kisses, but it still felt wonderful.
Seeing the Queen enclosed in crystal was always hard to bear. She should be use to this by now, one would think. Pluto sighed. What was about to happen; she was at a loss of words. How could she, the guardian of time that is suppose to know all time and space allow this to happen? The future of this planet, and her princess hung in the balance. How could she be so careless?
Resting to staff on the wall, she continued to circle the room. She thought back to the formation of this once great city.
Setsuna took a sharp intake of breath as cold wave passed over her. Her surroundings became a haze. Swirls of amethyst, indigo, ruby and olive consumed her. Voices echoed phrases, a child cried, cars honked, the noise became deafening.
It stopped.
Silence.
Shakily rising to her heads, she heard a laugh. It was unmistakable… Galaxia.
Time was lost.
Her eyes lay unblinking where Neo-Queen Serenity once lay enclosed in crystal. Instead she witnessed hundreds of Starseeds. The starseeds once belonging to the Sailor Senshi of their respective galaxies suspended in air.
The apocalypse was at hand. She had only 24 hours to stop it. Her thoughts focused on one senshi in particular. "Small Lady!"
Setsuna flinched, her garnet orb was tinted a darkened shade. Small aspects of black appeared. Once her orb turned completely black from its once garnet color, time was up. She had to talk to Seiya. She hoped she could reason with him before it came to drastic measures. The symbol on of her planet flashed on her forehead for a moment.
Mamoru's hand began to shake. Within a few moments, the tremble was so great he could no longer hold the coffee mug in his hand. It crashed to the floor, the contents quickly absorbed by the carpet.
Mamoru clutched his chest as he felt a sharp pain. Something was wrong. The pain was replaced by dread. A hard lump appeared in at the back of his throat. Something was wrong with Usagi that much he could figure out.
Luna P dropped from her hands and rolled away. She felt sick to her stomach, her knees trembled. A soft blue light began to flash from underneath her school uniformed. Confused she peeked down her blouse immediately discovered the cause of the light. The time key she had gotten from Sailor Pluto.
"Rei-chan?" Usagi called out when she entered the main room.
Surprised to hear her voice, Rei quickly rushed into the room. "Usagi are you okay?"
"I just wanted to talk…" Usagi said as she walked over to Rei.
"What about?"
"Seiya… I… Rei-chan…" Usagi fumbled with words as she attempted to form a sentence.
"Usagi, what happened between you and Seiya?" Rei's voice was full of concern and worry.
Usagi hesitated for a moment before she told her story to Rei.
"I'm not quite sure how to react. What about Mamoru-san? How do you feel about him?"
"I don't know anymore. Rei-chan, I like them both."
Mamoru walked to the shrine as quickly as he could. Something wasn't right.
A few blocks from the shrine he ran into Usagi. His throat went dry. Usagi's eyes widen for a brief a moment as she realized it was him. The smile slowly faded from her face.
Taking a deep breath Mamoru opened his mouth to speak. "… Usako… I…"
Usagi froze. It had been weeks since she heard Mamoru call her Usako. She didn't know how to react. She realized how much she missed being called that name.
Usagi opened her mouth to speak, but an image of Seiya appeared before her. What happened between them made her feel warm inside.
"What do you want…Mamoru-san?" It took a lot of control. She nearly slipped and called him Mamo-chan.
"I wanted to apologize."
"For what?"
"For what happened."
"What did happen?"
Mamoru bit his lower lip. Avoiding her because of dreams sounded rather stupid at the moment. "For how you were treated. I shouldn't have been so cold." Until he came up with a better reason and or at least figure out how to word it, he figured he would end the conversation for now. "I have to be somewhere. Take care Usako." Mamoru said with a slight smile as he walked away.
Did Mamoru want her back now? Usagi wasn't sure. Part of her wanted to run back to Mamoru and jump into his arms, the other part wanted to see Seiya. She didn't know what to do.
Mamoru kept walking and thinking about just happened. He needed to talk to Rei. Rei was one of Usagi's closest friends.
He knocked on the door and waited for a response. After a few moments he heard footsteps and the door opened. "Can I help…Mamoru-san?" Rei's voice trailed off as she realized it was him.
She gestured for him to enter. Once he did so she asked, "what brings you here?"
"I wanted to talk to you about Usako."
Rei eyebrows rose for two reasons. The first because he called her Usako and the second because he was finally ready to talk.
"I was wondering how long you would keep up your facade Mamoru-san. Ami-chan and I saw threw it long ago, Usagi was too gullible to notice."
"You do have excellent intuition. Why didn't you say anything before now?"
"You had a reason for doing what you did. That I couldn't figure out. What is that reason anyway?"
Mamoru took a deep breath before he began to explain. He told Rei about the nightmares he had.
"I could see why you did what you did that Mamoru-san, but you should have told Usagi. Usagi suffered so because of you being pigheaded. You need to talk to her. Before it really is too late."
Rei got up from the floor and left the room Mamoru stared at the floor in front of him as he tried to figure out what Rei meant by her last remark.
Seiya took a deep breath. He looked at his watch and realized he had one more hour before the concert was to start. Stage make up hid a lot of the cuts he and the others had.
"We're running out of time," Taiki said. Galaxia is here and she's going to act soon, but we're still without our princess."
"She's so close," said Yaten.
A knock on the door interrupted their conversation.
Taiki got up and opened the door. A young woman in a pale orchid dress with purple bows stood there. Her aqua colored hair stood out the most to him. She reminded him of someone he had met before. "Can I help you miss?"
"Hello. I thought I would introduce myself before the concert started. My name is Kaiou Michiru."
"Ah, Kaiou-san, please come in for a moment."
Michiru smiled and accepted the invitation. Seiya and Yaten introduced themselves.
"I've heard a lot about your work," Seiya said making polite conversation.
"Thank you," Michiru said. "Most of the fans here are to see you tonight."
Seiya blushed. Michiru let out a small laugh.
"Michiru?"
Michiru turned around too Haruka standing in the door way.
"It's almost time," Haruka said as she looked around the room at the three Lights.
Michiru walked over to Haruka. "Haruka these are the three Lights," Haruka looked at the three and merely nodded her head acknowledging the three. Michiru's eyebrow raised at the look on her face. The two left the room and headed back to Michiru's dressing room.
"You know who they are don't you?" Asked Haruka.
"Of course, but I thought it was the polite thing to do. Besides they don't know who we are."
"Clever as always Michiru."
Usagi can I talk to you for a moment?" Rei asked as Minako, Ami, and Makoto went on ahead.
"What is it Rei-chan?" asked Usagi.
"I want to talk to you about Seiya-san. Usagi, Setsuna-san wanted you to stay from Seiya-san."
"That's not fair Rei-chan! Why should I?" Usagi shouted. Tears threaten to show.
I've been trying to figure it out too Usagi," Rei said quickly trying to calm her down. "Think about it though. The Starlights show up and there are major problems. Setsuna-san wanted you to stay away from Seiya-san because he is practically behind it.
"What do you mean Rei-chan?'
"It means … you're supposed to end up with Mamoru-san, but it's looking doubtful. Usagi I'm worried about what will happen."
"… but Seiya is really nice to me…"
"He's not suppose to be the King of Crystal Tokyo Usagi."
"Usagi-chan, Rei-chan, hurry up or we're not going to get good seats!" Minako shouted back at the two while she flailed her arms to get their attention.
"Gomen!" Rei said. She grabbed Usagi's wrist and quickly moved threw the crowd in an attempted to catch up.
The crowd cheered as her named was announced. She exhaled slowly, smiled and began her walk across the stage. Michiru Kaiou was used to this. She performed in concert hall constantly but never for an audience this big.
The pianist signaled he was ready whenever she was.
Michiru raised her violin and placed it under her chin. Her left hand in fifth position for the first note. She placed her bow on the E string. She counted to three and began to play. A few measures later her accompanist joined in an octave lower.
Seiya stared at his folded hands in front of him. Michiru had finished her first piece and was preparing to start her second.
"I have a bad feeling about this," Yaten said as he shifted around uncomfortably in his seat across from Seiya.
"We haven't found our Princess, or the Light of Hope. Surely I thought we would have found out Princess by now," Taiki said as he leaded back on his chair.
"Maybe we should come up with a new approach. And I'm sure the others would help us," said Yaten. As he now edged to the front of his seat.
"What's your plan?" Taiki asked.
"Simple actually, after the concert tonight, we—"
A knock on the door cut off the conversation. "Kaiou-san finishes her piece in ten minutes. Please come to the stage." A stage hand said as he opened the door.
"Let's go," Seiya said as he stood up.
Taiki and Yaten got up and left. Together the three started their walk over to the stage.
Michiru played her last note, a b flat on the A string. She looked over at her accompanist. Lowering her instrument down slightly, she signaled the cut off. The crowd roared. The audience stood and cheered. Michiru smiled at the standing ovation she received. She waited a few more moments before she walked over to the microphone. She stood there as the crowd began to die down.
"Thank you everyone," Michiru said as she bowed to the audience. Another round of applause erupted. "I would now like to introduce out next set of performers, Seiya-san, Taiki-san, and Yaten-san. The Three Lights."
The crowd erupted with applause. Some of the females in the audience screamed.
The stage lights dimmed. Three spotlights focused on the three as they walked across the stage. Each performed walked over to their own instrument. The crowd noise died down. Seiya looked over at Yaten and Taiki. They both nodded their heads. Seiya quickly looked over at Michiru and she was ready as well.
Michiru was taken aback. The vibes she was receiving from the Light's music was incredible. She also picked up another emotion, desperation. They really wanted to find their princess. For a brief moment she pitted them. Before she knew it she was on the last line of the song. The crowd continued to cheer.
The song ended. While the crowd cheered Michiru scanned the audience. 'Princess?' Looking at the girls next to the right of her she saw the Inner Senshi. She wasn't surprised to see the others in the crowd.
The noise died down as Seiya lifted the microphone to his lips. "Thanks everyone. How about another round of applause for Kaiou-san?" Another round of applause sounded.
Once the crowd died down Michiru left the stage to allow the Lights to perform a few songs to end the concert.
Michiru sighed as eh looked at the dressing mirror. Pluto had told her and Uranus to keep the Princess away from the Seiya. She wished she could have shadowed Usagi more… but she had appearances to keep up with Mugen. The attack at Juban made everything more complicated. She to choose between Pluto's wishes or her mission.
A knock on the door interrupted her thoughts. "Yes?" said Michiru said she pushed a few loose hairs to the side.
Haruka entered the dressing room. "I was wondering what was taking you so long."
Michiru got up from her seat and walked over to Haruka.
"What a prefect way to end the day!" Minako said with a smile plastered across her face. Her joyous mooed didn't last long. The girls ahead of her stopped.
They were in a secluded area. Twenty feet away were the three Sailor Star Lights with a woman they had never seen before. She had bright red hair. The Starlights rested on one of their knees before her.
"Who is that?" Makoto asked as she started at the woman in the red and yellow dress.
"She is beautiful," Ami said admiring her.
"Their princess…" Said Minako as her voice trailed off.
Chibi-Usa ran down the street as fast as her legs would carry her. The sky above was cloudy and extremely dark. It was only a matter of time before the rain fell. Something hit the top her head. It was cold and wet. Looking at the pavement before her she noticed a few dark circles. Rain. Chibi-Usa ran another twenty-feet before she had to stop and wait for the traffic light to change. It was pouring now.
Chibi-Usa felt a tug on her skirt. Alarmed she let a loud burst. Jumping to the side she turned around. To her amazement she found a little girl next to her wearing a school uniform.
"Who are you?" Chibi-Usa asked the litter girl.
"Chibi?" the little girl responded back.
Becoming annoyed she asked, "is that your name?"
"Chibi Chibi?"
"Go back to your house," said Chibi-Usa. The light turned green. Chibi-Usa quickly walked across the crosswalk to the other side of the street. Turning around to look at the younger girl once more she realized she was gone.
Chibi Usa became frightened. The little girl that had "talked" to her also had her hair up in odangos, but they were shaped like little hearts. For a brief moment Chibi-Usa wished Usagi was with her and not at the three Lights concert with Michiru Kaiou. After making sure that the little girl was indeed gone, she continued on her way back to the house.
The woman with the Starlights began to walk over toe the group. Healer, Maker, and Fighter followed a few steps behind her.
Usagi became more anxious as the four approached.
The woman stopped five feet from Usagi.
"Princess Serenity?" she asked. She looked at Usagi as she spoke.
Usagi looked at her hesitantly before she spoke, "yes?"
Bowing down on the floor before her Princes Kakyuu said, "My name is Princess Kakyuu and I request a favor of you Princess Serenity. As you know Sailor Galaxia has appeared here is attempting to take control of the galaxy. I ask you to help us find the Light of Hope so we can put a stop to Galaxia."
Usagi looked at her a moment unsure of how to answer. She was supposed to keep away from the Lights, but at the same time if she didn't help her Galaxia would take over.
At that moment Sailor Pluto appeared before the group. "You must come with me Princess, there is not a moment to waste."
"But Pluto, the Starlights… and Princess Kakyuu. They need our help," Usagi said looking over at Pluto.
"That is not your concern. There is a great threat than Galaxia at this moment. In fact if you come with me we can kill two birds with one stone. Galaxia will not be a problem anymore." Pluto explained as she walked over to Usagi.
"What do you mean?" asked Ami.
"Come with me and all shall be explained."
He looked around the room and found it empty. He looked over at the test tubes and smiled. Another daimon was ready to be released.
"Kaolinite-kun."
"Hai," Kaolinite said as she appeared behind the man in the lab coat.
"You know what to do with this."
She smiled. Ninety-five percent of the starseeds belonged to her. Why should she not smile?
"Quickly find the remaining true starseeds Iron Mouse," Galaxia forcefully commanded the petite white-haired girl.
"Hai." Sailor Iron Mouse vanished from sight.
Galaxia stood up from her throne. She out stretched her right arm causing her bracelet to flash. The ceiling lit up like hundreds of stars.
"Very soon indeed," Galaxia said with a smile.
Setsuna looked around the room. The five sat there quietly.
"So unless time is corrected…" Makoto's voice trailed off.
"Yes. We are running out of time," said Setsuna. "I will be back tomorrow morning at nine o'clock. I have last minute… details to take care off. I wait your answer then." Setsuna stood up and left the shrine.
"But why didn't she just go ahead and fix it? Why does she need Usagi-chan's permission?" Minako asked Artemis who sat on her lap.
"Queen Serenity was to be informed if anything happened to the Time Streams. It is an ancient law that was set between Pluto and the Moon. It's rather difficult to explain, and right now we don't have time for it."
The three froze as they saw her. What happened at school this morning was enough. She appeared at the concert, and left with all the other senshi to discuss something and now she was before them again. What was the business she had with them? Yaten and Taiki immediately took a defensive stance eve though it was quite obvious they had been beaten up pretty badly already.
"My business is with Seiya-san," Pluto spoke in a t one that was very harsh and cold. She meant business.
Looking at the senshi before him, Seiya knew Pluto was not to be messed with. Judging by her appearance it was serious.
"What is this about?" Taiki asked his eyes narrowing.
"Forget it," said Seiya as he faced Taiki. "That isn't going to get you anywhere. You guys go ahead, I'll catch up."
"Make it quick." Yaten said giving Pluto a look.
"What I about to say and show you is a very serious matter," Pluto said as she carefully watched Seiya's movements.
"Odango… is she?"
"She's fine," Pluto cut off Seiya, extremely confused at the point.
"The Starlight's were not to arrive on this planet for another two years. By doing so time has become unbalanced. Certain events occurred prematurely and others now may not happen if this path were to continue its course."
"What do you mean time is unbalanced?"
"For example, Uranus, Neptune, Saturn, and I were not supposed to have been awakened for this time period yet. We should have had an additional four months before the Death Busters were to occur," Pluto shifted the grip on her staff before she continued. "Almost a year and a half before Neherenia, then Galaxia. As a result there are four evils on Earth. Dealing with them on at a time is difficult enough, let alone all four at once."
"So basically what you're saying is, because the three of us are here time has become messed up."
"Precisely."
"…so it's your problem not mine."
"It is everyone's problem. Within twenty-four hours the entire course of events will change. And I will not let the Princess die because of it."
"Odango…"
Ha! There! Took me long enough! ;
One more act left! Heh heh… and I have a clue how to finish it!
For the life of me I'm going to try to have it finished by the end of August the latest. I really want to finish this.
goes back to writing