"Friends come and go. Enemies accumulate."
Thomas Jones
Chapter 4: Cosmos and Earth's Appearance
Usagi also known as Max, smiled at Té a and linked her arm through hers, talking a mile-a-minute while Té a stared at her dumbfounded at how bubbly and energetic Usagi was, "What song do you want to use?"
Té a looked baffled. "For what?"
"We're going to dance, silly!" Usagi giggled through saying it, "I brought… um… hold on."
She pulled out several thin cased CDs from her purse, "Okay… Masquerade. It has the songs: Reality, Drug, Grey Matter, Unforgiven, Fire and Ice, Imaginary, Reflections, The Love of a Cold Blooded Murderer, Just An Illusion, and Casanova …. Um… the only other CD I brought with me is an old CD… titled Tears of the Moon… it has Awakened, Life, What Do You See, Caged, Pieces of Me, Everything, Secrecy, Here Comes the Rain, Time and Blood Written. Which song,… or songs do you want to use? Personally, I don't care!" 1
Té a thought about it. "How about Reality from Masquerade and Time from Tears of the Moon?"
Max smiled. "They're some of my favorite songs!"
Max/Usagi put her Masquerade CD into the boom box and everyone began listening to her newest CD. Max and Té a moved the tables around while singing.
"It brought me
Out of the fairytale
I was living in
How foolish - of me
To believe in love
The illusion
I was living in
Was of a hopeful -little- girl
Living
In her fantasyland
Believing in -true love- that surrounded her
Reality
Somehow made her way
Inside my mind
- a cruel entrance- she made
And it was
That shattered the drams
Of my knight
In shining armor
Reality
Whispered in my ear
"Welcome to the REAL world, child,"
Before everything
Was destroyed
Before my very eyes
Reality
Changed me
Made me a realist
Maybe
I shouldn't have grown up so fast
But it was all Reality's fault…" 2
About half way through the song, Té a and Usagi/Max were dancing. Shortly there after, Mai and Ishizu joined the two girls. Usagi felt a presence of evil and shuttered. What was going on? Usagi jumped and sputtered out,
"ExcusemeIhavetogotothebathroom!Pleaseforgivemeforleaving!Iwillberightback!"
Ishizu quietly excused herself, followed Usagi, catching up with the shaken girl as they headed towards the bathroom.
"Max-chan!"
Usagi and Ishizu ran into the bathroom, checked that no one was inside and locked the door. While they caught their breath, Ishizu gasped out, "I felt it too! I'm Sailor … Earth…"
Usagi and Ishizu stood up. Usagi put her arms in front of chest in a cupped position, cried out, "COSMOS ETERNAL LIGHT! MAKE-UP!" 3
Ishizu followed Usagi's lead, "TERRA VINES ENCASE! MAKE-UP!" 4
Her brooch, an eight-pointed star with wings, centered itself on her chest. Silver ribbons seemed to explode from the brooch and covered her now naked form. After covering her body, the ribbons fused together creating a white, skin-tight body suit. But instead of ending so a skirt could form, they continued to make a matching white skirt as well. A silver sailor collar attached itself around the shoulders and a white choker with a eight-pointed star positioned itself around her neck. Her silver hair automatically put itself up into heart shaped buns with streamers flowing down. White high heels adorned her feet and a eight-pointed star appeared on her forehead. Her Crystal Tier changed shape to a spherical staff with wings on the side and a eight-pointed star in the middle. The staff part was about as tall as the senshi and white in color. The staff ended with a white ball on the bottom with a gold ball on the bottom of the white one. Sailor Cosmos stood where Usagi/Max had just stood.
Ishizu's brooch was a sapphire with emeralds surrounding the 5 karat gem. It was centered in the middle of her chest. Blue, green and brown ribbons surrounded her, exploding from her brooch and encased her like vines. When the lights died down, the vines merged to form a green bodice. A sailor collar in white with one blue stripe, one green stripe and one brown stripe merged and her brooch was placed on a brown bow. A white skirt formed from another set of vines, with one blue stripe, one green stripe and one brown stripe on the end. A copper choker wrapped itself around her neck as a copper tiara with the symbol of Earth in blue attached itself to her forehead. Her grasped the ends of her elbows and a pair of white gloves elbow length gloves formed. She pressed her legs together and a pair of blue knee-high boots with a two inch heel appeared. Her hair wound itself into a braid as her navy eyes snapped open. Next to Sailor Cosmos stood Sailor Earth.
They grasped hands and searched for the yoma. When they found it, it was attacking Max's new group of friends. Sailor Cosmos glanced at Sailor Earth, "Go ahead."
Sailor Earth pulled a lean aquamarine trident, which was at least half of her height, out of thin air, pointed it at the yoma and conjuring up a tidal wave, called out, "Sea of Poseidon, Tsunami!"
She jumped in front of Marik, who knew that it was his sister. Sailor Cosmos kissed her right palm, pulled out a rainbow colored ball and threw it towards the yomas; following Sailor Earth's attack with, "Butterflies of Light, Kiss!"
Yugi was now Yami and Ryou was now Bakura with the rest of the gang in protective positions of everybody. The yoma divided into two, sending the two attacks back at the girls, who then proceeded to deflect them with their shields.
"Crap!" Sailor Earth cursed underneath her breath, eyes narrowing at the two yomas.
"You can say that again," Sailor Cosmos told her partner.
The two girls looked at the yomas, then back at each other a couple times and then, in uniform, raised their right arm high, spread out their hand and closed their eyes.
Sailor Cosmos closed her eyes, and just before she realized they weren't able to merge, she pulled out a sword out of thin air: Artemis's Sword. She jumped in front of Sailor Earth and placed the sword in front of her left hand and shouted, "Sword of Artemis! AID ME!"
A silver wind spun out of the sword and began to absorb the attack of the yomas on the senshi of Earth.
She heard a "MIND CRUSH!" as she ran towards the lone yoma.
"NEVER COME BACK! YOU HEAR ME?"
Sailor Cosmos whispered, "Father, hear your daughter's cry!"
She then pulled the sword above her head, "SEAL OF ORICHALCOUS! TAKE YOUR CHILD OF DARKNESS AWAY FROM THIS DIMENSION! NEVER TO RETURN!"
A white circular object began to fly down upon the yoma, as soon as it reached the earth, it had the signs of the planets in color with a band of silver and gold around them. Sailor Cosmos aimed the sword towards the ground. Center. That's where the sword landed - perfectly in the center of the seal. It stood straight up, with the silver hilt pointing to the sky. Sailor Cosmos entered the seal and shouted, "BY THE POWER OF THE GALACTIC COUNCIL OF THE COSMOS, I BAN THEE TO HELL!"
Everyone in the gang made a collective gasp. Sailor Earth's navy eyes widened as she mumbled, "Not the prophesy. No…."
Sailor Cosmos raised her head towards the sky and her silver eyes glazed over. Pure white wings shot out of her back; with no screaming. Her fuku began to unravel, as a white spaghetti-strap Egyptian dress with two long slits went above mid-thigh replaced her Cosmos' fuku. She was bare foot with silver bindings around her arms her wrist to elbow and then one of each of her upper-arms. The seal appeared on her head as ice blue Lunarian and Egyptian letters formed on her back. Cosmos snapped out of her trance, as the yoma vanished. She glanced at Sailor Earth with a watery smile, the huge seal dissolved, and she began to collapse.
For some reason, Yami felt complied to save her from crashing on the ground. He ran, swiftly catching the Lunarian princess as she de-transformed into the girl known as Max Pegasus.
Chapter 4:
1 Reality, Drug, Grey Matter, Unforgiven, Fire and Ice, Imaginary, Reflections, The Love of a Cold Blooded Murderer, Just An Illusion, and Casanova. Awakened, Life, What Do You See, Caged, Pieces of Me, Everything, Secrecy, Here Comes the Rain, Time and Blood Written.
Reality, Drug, Grey Matter, Unforgiven, Fire and Ice, Imaginary, Reflections, The Love of a Cold Blooded Murderer, Just An Illusion, Casanova, Awakened, Life, What Do You See, Caged, Pieces of Me, Everything, Secrecy, Here Comes the Rain and Blood Written are my songs, go to fiction press to read them.
Time is Sarah McLaughlin's song from her Afterglow CD.
2 Reality
My song.
3 Cosmos Eternal Light! Make-up!
Spur of the moment for Usagi's new transformation.
4 Terra Vines Encase! Make-up!
Again, spur of the moment for Ishizu's counterpart, Sailor Earth.