Chapter Eight: Fight for a Clue

Batafurai stretched, sore from sitting so long in school. "MAN, those classes can sure be a drag! What WERE they thinking, putting history right after lunch?"

Devin screeched, fighting for balance upon her shoulder. "Batafurai, you need to PAY ATTENTION in that class! One day, you'll value all that information they'll teach you."

"Stick it, Devin-baka. I've got to learn about myself, find my friends, discover and help my team, AND get the heck back to my own timebefore I can worry about all that jazz."

"Yeah, you say that NOW. Boy, if your father could hear you now…"

Batafurai stopped, now mad. "Do NOT use my parents against me. You know darn well that I can't remember a thing about them."

Devin honestly looked a bit empathetic. "Batafurai…what do you mean?"

"Look. I have no memories from before I was six. I, unlike other children, can't remember all those tender little moments from their toddler years that somehow stick. My memories start around my firstweek of school, and that's it."

"Get over it and move on, we have serious matters to attend to right now!"

Eyes wide open, she glared at him. "How DARE you! After I spill out a piece of my HEART to you about my past, you go off and say it's not worth…"

"NO!" he yelled, jumping off of her shoulder and pointing a paw ahead of them.

She turned her head and saw a human-like youma. "…Okay, you were right. That is DEFINITELY more serious than my little pity party…"

"DON'T JUST GAWK AT IT! TRANSFORM, BAKA!"

"LITTLE CRYSTAL POWER!" As soon as she was transformed, Little Moon rushed over to the youma, charging a rose bud along the way. Yelling "ROSE BUD EXPLOSION!" she tossed the bud at it. It exploded, filling the youma's eyes with smoke and light. "Tremble, youma-scum, 'cuz I'm here to take you down! For your attacks on Crystal Tokyo and your interference in my life, I, Sailor Little Moon, shall punish you!"

The youma turned, glaring daggers at Little Moon. "So, YOU'RE that little brat. My, it has been a long time…"

She stepped back, nervous. "Wait a…since when did the nasties TALK?"

"Your so-called "nasty" doesn't talk. I do." A young man stepped foreward from behind the youma. He had brown hair, spiked with green tips, and frightening eyes of emerald. He wore a black denim vest over a dark brown tank top and black army pants tucked into black army boots. A medallion, bearing an emerald-colored stone which had swirlds of black within it that changed constantly, hung by a gold chain around his neck. "You, dear Senshi, may call me Jealous Dreamer…"

Little Moon laughed. "MAN, pathetic name!"

He glared, energy charging on his left hand. "I didn't pick my name. And if you make another crack like that, I'll assist my little friend here in blowing you sky-high."

Bracing herself, she retorted, "I'd like to see you try, Dreamer!" Little did she know that he had the youma unleash an energy beam while she was talking. Little Moon could only close her eyes and brace herself as the blast flew towards her…

"SILENT…WALL!"

Little Moon opened her eyes and saw a purple energy shield block the attack. She turned and found a Senshi clad in an outfit much like Chibi Moon's. Everything but her front bow was purple, with the body suit being white and the front bow a deep, blood red. She held a frightening weapon in her hands: it was a long, thin staff with a large, sharp blade at the top. She had chin-length black hair and violet eyes.

"Watch what you're doing next time," another Senshi, this one wearing a sailor outfit of navy blue and gold, commanded. She was much taller than the one who had saved Little Moon and had short, straw blonde hair and blue eyes. Next to the tall Senshi was a third Senshi, clad in marine blue and navy blue. She was taller than theone with the glaive but shorter than the blonde.She had teal hair and blue eyes.

Dreamer was obviously not happy at this turn of events. "WHAT? Who are you people, and what are you doing here?"

"Invited by the New Era, Sailor Uranus, appearing magnificently!" the tallest one said.

"There's also, Sailor Neptune, appearing gracefully!" the one in marine blue echoed.

"Protected by Saturn, Planet of Silence... I am the soldier of destruction and rebirth...I am Sailor Saturn," finished the one in purple.

Little Moon's jaw dropped. "Would…one of you like to clarify exactly HOW many of you are there?"

Uranus looked over her shoulder at Little Moon. "Focus on the task at hand instead of trivial facts." Before Little Moon got the chance to unleash her frustration upon Uranus, she had summoned forth an ornate sword.

Little Moon, catching something out of the corner of her eye, turned her head to see Neptune summon forth a beautiful mirror. "SUBMARINE…" she yelled as she held the mirror close, "REFLECTION!" She turned the mirror out, beams of light reflecting off of it. The chest of the youma, along with the medallion around Dreamer's neck, both glowed. Neptune then nodded to Uranus.

Uranus yelled, "SPACE SWORD" as she raised her sword above her head. "BLASTER!" she finished, slashing it diagonally in front of her. A blast of energy flew foreward from the sword, severly weakening the youma.

Dreamer, now a bit panicked, pressed the jewel in his medallion. It surrounded him in a ball of energy, which shrunk into nothing. He was gone.

Little Moon called forth her wand. "MOON FLOATING BUTTERFLY SMASH!" Her attack destroyed the youma as it let out one last cry.

Uranus, Neptune, and Saturn then turned to Little Moon. "So, who are you, and what are you doing here?" Saturn asked.

"My name is Little Moon. I come from Crystal Tokyo to aide you in the battle against this enemy."

Uranus, not looking convinced, retorted, "If you are a Senshi from Crystal Tokyo, then why hasn't Chibi Moon mentioned you?"

"She doesn't know me. She and I met only a few days ago."

"Why do the battles happening in this era concern you, Little Moon?" Neptune asked.

Finally, a question I know the answer to… "The enemy, who are from my time, are planning to take over the future by setting up a base here, in the 21st century. Here they will grow in strength, then travel to the future and overwhelm the Senshi there. If they can, they will even try to alter the course of time. This I cannot allow. I am here to find my team and destroy this threat before they can travel through the Time Gate once again."

Uranus now looked irritated. "Look, Little Moon, or whatever your REAL name is, we don't need your help. We,the Senshi of this era, have destroyed all the previous threats, and do not need help from those who pretend to come from Crystal Tokyo. Do yourself a favor and stay out of our way." She and Neptune thentook off.

Saturn, however, remained. "Sailor Little Moon, I am unsure if you speak the truth or not, but I thank you for your assistance today. Do not take offence to what Sailor Uranus said to you. She is very untrusting of those not of this time or universe. I hope that we can meet again." Finished, she followed the path that Uranus and Neptune took.

"Nicely done, Little Moon…although your little trip into the stratosphere was totally uncalled for!" Devin said, jumping up onto Little Moon's shoulder.

"…Devin…why don't the Senshi of this era trust me?"

Devin smiled, closing his eyes. "A few years ago, a group of people called the Black Moon traveled through time and attacked this era. This sparked a bit of mistrust to anyone from the future that they do not know. Also, Uranus is an Outer Sailor Senshi, along with Saturn, Neptune, and Pluto. Their duty is to protect this system from any invaiders. They bear a natural mistrust to all outsiders. Don't take it too personaly; they're just doing their jobs."

Little Moon, who had hid herself behind a bush during Devin's explanation, detransformed back to her school uniform. "Sailor Uranus sounds like she mistrusts me more than Sailor Saturn does. Will I ever be allies with these strange girls?"

"That I cannot tell you, Batafurai. During your mission, there will be many things you won't understand. You need to learn of those things on your own, with a few exceptions. Some of those few will be taught to you by me, other of them will be taught to you by the people you encounter."

"I don't like this, Devin. I don't like it one little bit. I just want to find my friends and figure out just who I am."

"That's only one tiny part of this whole ordeal, Batafurai-hime."

"I'M NOT A PRINCESS!"

Man, 189 hits and counting! Totally amazing!
I humbly apologize that this took me so long to get out. I wanted to have Uranus and Neptune's Japanese entrance speeches accurate, and it took me over a week just to find those. That, and combinedwith an insanely busy week at work and writers block makes for a rough go writing this.
On another note, I'm preparing to enter one of my original Senshi in Starlight's and Sakura's Tuxedo Wars! This is another thing that is taking up a chunk of my spare time. For those of you who don't mind spoilers to SM:LS and want to support me, please vote! Heck, I don't care WHO you vote for, just get out there and vote for up-and-comming otaku senshi!

EDITED August 7, 2005.
-Corrected grammatical errors, along with an incorrect reference to Neptune's height. Also fixed a VERY inconspicious bit that add to the overall plot.