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Disclaimer: Sailor Moon (aka Tsukino Usagi),Sailor ChibiMoon/ Chibiusa (aka Chiba Usagi), Tsukino Ikuko, Tsukino Kenji, Tsukino Shingo, Sailor Mercury (aka Mizuno Ami), Dr. Mizuno, Sailor Mars (aka Hiro Rei), Sailor Jupiter ( Kino Makoto), Sailor Saturn ( aka Tomoe Hotaru ), Sailor Uranus (aka Tenou Haruka ), Sailor Neptune ( Kaiou Michiru), Sailor Pluto (Meiou Setsuna), Sailor Saturn (Tomoe Hotaru),Tuxedo Kamen (Chiba Mamoru), Oosaka Naru, Uwara Ryo, Kenichi, Kumada Yuuichirou, Umino Gurio, Palla-Palla/ Sailor Pallas, and the Hikawa Shrine/ Cherry Hill Temple (Americanized) and Juuban Junior High School are the copyrighted Property of Takeuchi Naoko, Toie, and DiC. They are not mine.
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The next morning, Minako, Motoko, Naru, and Usagi met at the Hikawa Shrine
before school. Rei looked around. "Where's Ami ?" she asked.
"She should be here !" Minako said.
"Hai !" Rei said. "We cannot afford to loose anymore Senshi."
"AnyMORE ?" Mokoto asked.
"Hai." Rei continued. "I did a fire-reading early this morning. There's trouble.
And it involves Setsuna-San ! And Ami-chan's brother !"
"His name is Kelly." Naru said between her teeth.
"What was that, Naru-chan ?" Minako asked.
"I called Setsuna-Sama on the communicator after the fire-reading." Rei said. "I
could not reach her."
"You can't." Usagi said.
The Senshi stood in stunned silence.
"Why ?" the Senshi asked.
"I'm not certain, but I think Kelly may have caught her."
"That's it !" Minako snapped, "We need Ami-chan here ! After all, Kelly-san is
her brother ! She knows him better than we do !" She then looked to Naru.
"Well.. better than MOST of us."
"Hai." Makoto said dejectedly. "She does know him better than we do. So, we
should have listened to her when we were listening to Meiou Setsuna-san. But, we
didn't. That is why she is not here."
"Nani ?" Minako asked.
"I said that Ami's not here because we did not listen to her about her brother!"
Makoto told the Senshi. "I tried to apologize to her last night for the words
I said yesterday. She told me she accepted my apology, then told me she would
not take part in the hunt for her brother."
"NANI ?" Asked Minako, Rei, Luna, and Artimis in shocked unison.
"She would leave Usagi ALONE to face her brother ?" Minako shouted.
"Iie !" Naru said. "I am with my sister ! For now. Ami and I have advised Usagi
as much as we're allowed to."
"But what about US ?" Minako asked Naru. "How are we supposed to fight him ?"
"You're not supposed to." Usagi told Minako point-blank. "Anyway, we need to get
to school. Grammer test today." Usagi, Makoto, and Naru headed to Juuban Jr.
High as Mina and Rei headed t their schools.
"I should really get used to being tested", Usagi said a bit dejectedly.
After school, Rei unpacked her books to study when she felt a strange presence
in the courtyard of the shrine. She came outside to investigate as Minako
appeared at the gate.
"Hey ! Rei-chan ! What's up ?" Minako asked.
"Mina-chan !" Rei said in a hushed tone, "I felt something out here. I think we
are under attack !"
"Rei-chan !" Kumada Yuuichirou called out. "What's the matter ? You come in from
school, and leave as quickly and quietly as you came in ! Is something wrong ?"
"I think," Rei said, "there is someone else here, Yuuichirou-san ! Get back
inside ! Quick !"
"Will not harm Yuuichirou-sama !" A chuckle came from the hill. "It is you and
Mina-chan I seek, firebird !"
"Kelly-san !" Rei jumped at the sound of the voice. "What are you doing ? Where
is Setsuna ? And where are Haruka and Michiru ? And where is Usagi ?"
"I here in preparation, Rei-chan !" Kelly said. "Setsuna, Haruka, and Michiru
alive ! As is Hotaru-chan !" Rei paled at the mention of Hotaru being with
Kelly. " Hotaru better conditon than Setsuna, Michiru, or Uranus." Kelly giggled
at that. Both Rei and Minako felt suddenly ill. "As for Usagi, test not yet."
"What is this 'test'?" Minako exclaimed.
"Something should not be taken," Kelly said as he appeared from out of a grove.
"Something destiny demands be taken now !"
"But what IS it ?" Rei demanded.
"Answer questions later !" Kelly than turned to Yuuichirou. "Yuuichirou ! You
tell Ami, Usagi-chan, Makoto-san, and Naru when get here what transpire. You
give Ami and Naru this message." He handed Yuuichirou a paper wrapped in a silk
thread.
"So ! Ami works for you, now ?" Minako glared.
"Only because she understand why I do what I do ! Naru understand even better !"
Before either woman could even transform, Kelly attacked "Mercury sands encase
!"
The sand around the feet of Mars and Venus quickly entombed them and hardened
into a tough, thin crystalline prison. Kelly then disappeared in a sandstorm,
taking the captive Senshi with him.
When the others arrived at the shrine, Yuuuichirou relayed the messages.
"What's going on, Usagi-chan ?" Yuuichirou asked. "Will Rei-chan be alright ?"
"I pray so, Yuuichirou !" Usagi said. "I pray so."
The remaining Senshi and Naru met at Usagi's house amid the worried looks of
Shingo, Usagi's parents, and Mrs. Graham.
"We shouldn't have come here." Mrs. Graham said. "Kelly was right. We brought
too much pain here."
"Iie, Billie-sama !" Ami spoke up. "That is not true."
"Ami-chan is right." Usagi said. "I do not know fully what or why this is
happening, but I feel this test, whatever it will be, is badly needed. It scares
me. But I will not be frightened away ! My friend's happiness depends on it !
Besides," Usagi smiled and held Naru's hand, "my sister needed to find her love
again."
"I guesss this means that I'm next on the hit-list." Mako-chan said. "But why
come after us ?"
"Because," Naru said calmly, "this is a test for Usagi alone !"
"Usa-kaasan?" Chibiusa wrapped her arms tightly around her mother.
"I am scared"
"Hai." Usagi said, then whispered. "So am I."
Nakoto walked home after the Senshi-meeting. Her head still filled with what
Mrs. Graham, Ami, Usagi, and Naru had said. And she was remembering how shy
Kelly had seemed a couple of days ago. Shy, at least, until confronted by
Setsuna. Setsuna. What did she have to do with this ?
Ami had grown surprisingly hostile towards the Senshi of Time. And Pluto, even
if she were there, would probably not have answered the "why ?" of that puzzle.
"I HATE these puzzles." Makoto muttered as she made it to her apartment
building.
"Understand how Senshi of Thunder feel !" Kelly said from the dark. "Never like
people-puzzles !"
Makoto spun around. "How did you fiond me ?"
Kelly laughed a little. "Senshi easy to find ! Like following bloodtrail !"
Makoto paled a bit at this comparison.
"Well ... let's get this over with !" Makoto said.
"Never wish I fight," Kelly sighed, "not fighter ! Wanted Senshi to come
peacefully ! Uranus and Neptune force fioght ! Pluto ready for fight ! Mars and
Venus think of fight ! Energy wasted !"
"Where are they now ?" Makoto asked Kelly.
"Alive." Kelly said. "Dead bait no good !"
"'Bait'!" Makoto exclaimed. "You're using us for bait ?"
"Hai ! Partly !" Kelly said. "Usagi need be tested ! But ! She need reason !"
Then he added, "And ! Usagi must be tested alone."
"Bait." Makoto repeated darkly. "I call upon the power of Jupiter - Jupiter...
Oak... EVOLUTION !" Electified oak leaves swirled around Kelly...
Only to be redirected at the Senshi. "EEEEEEIIIIIIIIIAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHH !"
Jupiter slumped to the ground.
"Hmmm !" Kelly bent over. "Only stunned ! Good ! Usagi hate Kelly for killing
friends." He picked up the stunned Senshi and teleported to the teahouse with
his prize.
The night was not kind to Chibiusa. The dream was there again. She was running
through the Royal Palace. And she was running scared. "Mommy ! Mommy !" She
screamed to the heavens. She was trying to find the only safe place in the world
she knew of. "Mommy ! Where are you?" Finally tiring, Chibiusa turns to face a
regal form with odangos flowing. She turns her face to Chibiusa. But... where's
her face ?
Chibiusa awoke with a start. She wanted to cry, to scream, but her voice refused
to come out. She turned to see Usagi asleep. Then, after a quick hug to Usagi,
Chibiusa ran out of the bedroom. She was about to go out of the house, when
Chibiusa turned back- and took the Ginzuishou with her into the night.
Chibiusa ran in the night to the park.
Kelly was waiting for her.
"Bad dream come again ?" Kelly asked Chibiusa.
"Hai." Chibiusa whispered, then looked at Kelly through teary eyes. "Did.. did
you send that dream ?"
"Iie." Kelly answered. "Dream come from somewhere else. Had dream, too ! Not
tell mother every dream me have. Or tell Ami."
"I am scared !" Chibiusa cried.
"So am I", Kelly said. He cradled Chibiusa. Then he took her trembling form to
the teahouse.
Chibiusa woke up as Kelly entered the Teahouse-Prison, and she saw the Senshi.
tied to a semi-circle of crosses. Chibiusa gasped. "Why ?" was all she could
say.
"Senshi-tachi being tried", Kelly said. "Especially Senshi Pluto, Uranus, and
Neptune." It was then that Chibiusa noticed the faces of the three Outer Senshi.
Pluto, Uranus, and Neptune were numbed from the testimony or the garnet and
bloodstones. Venus and Mars were still dealing with the shock of seeing the
Outer Senshi. Jupiter was lost in thought, taking in all she saw. Saturn was the
only Senshi who seemed to take all this in stride.
"Why.. is Chibiusa here ?" Makoto asked. "Why must she see this ?"
"Make sure Senshi not start down same doomed road !" Kelly said. "And, Chibiusa
witness against Senshi."
"Nani ?" Rei asked. "What did she witness ?"
"Find out when time come !" Kelly told Rei. "Now time to sleep."
"Iiada ! Iiada ! Iiada !" Chibiusa cried out in terror. "PLEASE don't make me
dream again !"
"Dreams ?" Makoto asked, to be echoed by Rei and Minako. "What dreams ?"
"Senshi learn later. Saturn ! Chibiusa is friend ? Reassure her for now."
With that, Kelly gestured. Chibiusa disappeared, then reappeared on a cross.
"Chibiusa catch much-needed sleep now." Kelly took some loess-sand from his
cloak, and blew it in Chibiusa's direction. As Hotaru Tomoe comforted her,
Chibiusa's eyes started to droop, and she lost all signs of conscienceness.
"Sleep-sand of Mercury", Kelly smiled, "narcotic ! Hopefully, Chibi get rest she
need. Been troubled by same dream I have. No tell all my dreams."
Than Kelly sat the Ginzuishou amid a circle of stones in the middle of the
floor.
"How did you get THAT ?" Rei snapped out.
"Chibi give." Kelly pointed to the sleeping Chibiusa.
"And WHY," Minako demanded, "would she she give you the Ginzuishou ?"
"To save her mother !" Hotaru shot back. Venus and Mars were struck silent.
Kelly gestured, and the Ginziushuo was disguised.
Chibiusa hung from her cross, in a thankful stupor.
Naru, Ami, and Usagi met at Juuban Jr. High.
"Chibiusa's GONE !" Usagi cried. "What could have happened to her ?"
"I telephoned Makoto's before I came here," Ami said, "she wouldn't answer the
phone."
"Or couldn't." Usagi muttered.
"Usagi !" Luna cried, "The Ginzuishou ! It's gone !"
"Why should I care ?" said Usagi. "My daughter is missing, Luna.. and all you're
worried over is some ROCK ?"
"But, without the Ginzuishou," Luna said defensively, "you cannot resurrect the
Moon Princess."
"Hai," Usagi said darkly. "And why should I want her here ? She is the reason
we're here now ! Besides," she continued slowly, "Naru has said this test,
whatever it is, is for me alone. Neither Sailor Moon, nor the Princess, can help
me now." Usagi hung her head and slowly went toward her class.
"Usagi ?" Naru called out. "After school, head straight home ! We will be
alright." Usagi turned at that last troubling comment, but Naru reassured her
with a smile.
Then, Naru turned to Luna and Artimis. "We shall go to Kelly now," She told Ami
and the cats. "The time of preparation shall end tonight !"
The afternoon sun was dropping over the mountains when Ami and Naru, along with
Luna and Artimis, came to the garden and teahouse.
"Are you sure the Senshi are here ?" Luna asked Ami.
"They are here !" Ami answered the cat.
"What of Kelly-san." Artimis asked.
"He is here," Naru replied, "I can sense him- a sadness hangs over him." Ami
felt more than a touch of sadness in herself at Naru's remark.
Ami and Naru entered the garden.
"I'm scared, Ami !" Naru whispered. "Neither me or Kelly are fighters ! I have
gotten used to this.. but what of your brother ? I know his heart ! He cannot
STAND this ! It will break him ! And he has been broken too much already !"
Ami and Naru entered the teahouse.
"Good !" Kelly said. "Last stones taken ! Testing ready !"
Ami looked with some dread at the semicircle of crosses. Then her eyes rested on
Chibiusa.
Ami gasped and shivered slightly.
"No worry of Princess !" Kelly smiled. "Getting much-needed sleep. Rest stolen
by dreams."
Naru's face went ashen. "I was afreid of this", was all she could whisper.
"What.. are these.. dreams ?" Rei asked. "What is this.. test.. about ?" Her
anger was barely under control.
"Does Senshi really wish to know ? Find out soon. Now ! For cat-advisors !" Luna
and Artemis were transformed to their human
"Senshi and Miko now go to crosses." Ami almost rebelled at that request, until
she heard Kelly's voice. "Usagi must come here for last test. Senshi must be
here for test. If not here, Usagi not benfit." Kelly then gestured, and Ami and
Naru appeared on the crosses. Kelly then moved toward Naru.
Kelly took the Dragon of Mercury from around Naru's neck with a violent snap of
a string.
"W.. Why ?" Naru stammered.
"Take.. back.. Dragon," Kelly turned away, "save.. Miko trouble.. of throwing
Dragon back at Kelly." Then he softly added, "Along.. with heart." Naru started
to cry.
So did Kelly.
Early next morning, Usagi was frantic. Neither Dr. Mizuno, Mrs. Graham, nor Mrs.
Oosaka had heard from either Ami or Naru. And neither Luna nor Artenis had
appeared since the previous morning. Usagi was feling as though all the youma of
time and space were set to attack her at her weakest spot. Over-riding her fears
of her own safety, however, were her fears for Chibiusa.
"Everything will be alright, Usagi !" Shingo tried to reassure his sister. "Will
it, Shingo ?" Usagi wondered. "I pray so."
Usagi started out for school when she was met by an elven gentleman in ragged
clothes.
"Usagi-chan !" Kelly announced. "Test awaits ! Friends in teahouse at foot of
mountain there !" He pointed to the specific mountain. Wait 'til school over !
Then test begin !"
By.
Kelly Paul Graham
To be continued in.
Chapter 7
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