Disclaimer: I Do Not Own Sailor Moon! It's very sad I know, but it's the truth.
I wanted to thank you all for your great reviews. It gave me the warm fuzzies to get them. You all are great. I hope you like this installment of my story. I thought I would get it out quickly because you all have been so great with the reviews.
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As Serena arrived at the arcade, she instantly understood why she had such a feeling of foreboding. There were twin youma terrorizing the patrons of the arcade. The teens who frequented the Crown were cowering in terror, most under the table tops crying and screaming for help. The monsters did not care about their screams, in fact seemed to welcome the terror, inciting them to do more to the teens. Serena was glad that she had called for Amy. She knew there was no way that she could handle this on her own.
"Hey you two uglies!" screamed Sailor Moon. Both monsters turned at this statement. Serena had noticed before that the youma tended to relate to whatever item they resembled. These twins seemed to be some sort of hair accessory, meaning that they were most likely vainer than some of the other monsters had been.
"And who would you be, with your horrible meatball hair style? That style is so last week."
Serena smiled. They thought they could use the same tactic on her that she used on them to distract them. She didn't care what they thought of her or her appearance. They were simply something that she had to eliminate. "I am Sailor Moon. I fight for love and justice. Terrorizing these teens simply trying to relax and have a good time is unacceptable. In the name of the Moon I will punish you!" And as she said this she prepared to fight, taking an offensive stance and continued to assess the situation. Suddenly she noticed that she was not alone with these two monsters, but they had a leader with them. The man, Jadeite, that she had encountered in the park a few evenings ago.
"So, you did come Sailor Moon. I somehow knew that this little demonstration of power would bring you here to me." And with that statement he started to softly cackle. Serena knew this wasn't a good thing. He was expecting her, possibly arranged the whole battle simply to capture her. The only thing keeping her from freaking out was that she knew Mercury was coming and hopefully bringing Luna and Mars. She knew that she would need them to defeat this clown.
"Does that mean you arranged all this for me? I'm truly touched. But now that I'm here, why don't you let these people go? They have done nothing to you."
"I can't do that Sailor Moon," replied Jadeite. "They have something that I need, possibly many things that I need. The most important is energy. At this moment my youma are draining the energy of the screams of these children. Soon they will be nothing more than shells huddled under those tables. With that energy I will be able to find what we are looking for and be able to reclaim this world as ours."
Serena had no idea what he was talking about. She understood that he needed energy, but what were they trying to find? She had seen no evidence of a pattern to their madness, but she knew that if she gave the information to Mercury and Luna that they should be able to help her decipher what the Negaverse would need to regain its former glory.
"That will never happen Jadeite, no matter what you gain you will loose in the end."
"Strong words there, Sailor Moon. You hid behind a mask always, letting no one know who you really are. At least we are strong enough to show ourselves."
Those words hit home. She knew that it was something she would have to work through after the battle, but now she simply had to save these people, her friends, and send Jadeite home crying.
"Enough talk Jadeite."
"You are absolutely right Sailor Moon. Youma attack her!"
Serena turned back to the monsters just in time to dodge their attacks. They were throwing ropes of hair at her to bind her. Each strand of hair was teeming with electricity and would wound heavily on contact. Just then a rose ripped through the air and through one of the ropes of hair headed towards Sailor Moon. Serena looked up to see Tuxedo Mask atop the building.
"You are not alone Sailor Moon. Attack when ready."
Just as Sailor Moon was preparing to throw her Tiara a flood of bubbles raced towards the two electric hair monsters, starting to short circuit their attacks. Serena looked to see that Mercury had arrived with Rei right beside her. Rei seemed to be in her trance that had overtaken her when the temple had been attacked. Instantly Luna was by their side, jumping onto Mercury's shoulder. Then the girls were off again, headed in a completely different direction.
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"Mercury!" yelled Luna as she jumped onto Amy's shoulder. "This girl is Mars. I need to get her somewhere out of the way so she can transform."
"You got it Luna." And Mercury grabbed Rei's arm, forcing her to follow. They ran to a nearby alley way that had been cleared out because of the terror at the Crown.
As they hid in the alley, Luna turned to Rei. "You are Mars, but I think you already knew that in the state you are in. This transformation pen will help you again harness your powers of flame to help Sailor Moon in her quest to rid the world of evil and regain the Moon Princess. If you will accept your former duties, grasp the pen and yell 'Mars Power' but know that once you do there is no turning back."
Immediately Rei grabbed the pen and yelled the phrase. Rei was transformed into Sailor Mars, complete with a red fuku and heals. She shook her head at the end of the transformation, having been released from her trance. "Thank you Luna. I knew there had been a part of me missing for quite some time, but was unable to realize what it was. We will talk more after the fight, but now we are needed. Come on Mercury!" And they ran back to Sailor Moon's side.
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Sailor Moon felt a huge jump in power as she released her tiara at the youma. She instinctively knew that Rei had become Sailor Mars. They were stronger now, strong enough to take on this battle. She somehow knew that with each scout that came back, the power was amplified in all of them. They fed off each other, needed each other to be a fully functioning team. Without the full team they would never be able to defeat the Negaverse. Serena knew she would have to discuss this with Luna. They had been left in the dark long enough about their past.
As the tiara hit one of the youma, it screamed and broke, becoming again a simple hair clip. Just as Serena was going to begin to hit the other one, a burst of flame engulfed the creature, causing it to scream in pain. Serena knew that she needed to finish this youma, just as she had finished the twin after Mercury's attack. She threw her tiara again at the monster and it broke just as its twin had. "Thanks Mars!" Sailor Moon yelled.
"No problem Sailor Moon. Glad to be of assistance." replied Mars.
Serena looked back to where Jadeite had been, to see him locked in battle with Tuxedo Mask. That must have started while she was defending herself against the youma. "Jadeite!" she screamed. "We have defeated your monsters. Was that all you could do?"
Jadeite broke off fighting long enough to see she wasn't lying. "Impressive Sailor Moon. You exceeded my expectations, but then I didn't know there were three of you pesky scouts. I won't be so ill prepared again." And with that he made a hasty retreat to wherever he came from.
"Congratulations Sailor Moon," said
Mask. "Till we meet again." and with that Tuxedo Mask also left. Serena always
felt a part of her go with him.
Serena looked to see that the
teens were starting to calm down and crawl out from under the tables. She knew that if they didn't make their exit
now, they never would. The gossip at school had been bad enough, but to have
Sailor Moon in their midst would be something these teens couldn't forget. They
would want proof of the encounter, such as autographs, pictures, whatever. The
three needed to leave and leave now. She looked up to see Mercury and Mars were
motioning her to follow them. That was all the incentive that she needed, and
started to chase after the two girls. There was much to talk about. Serena knew
that somehow Darien and their
'date' was just going to have to wait.
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Lita stood in the background. She had seen it all. She knew that there was a reason she was pulled to the arcade, but she had no idea what. She felt somehow connected to this heroine. She also recognized the evil without knowing why. As the battle finished and the sailors started to race off, she knew there was much she needed to find out about herself. Why would she be pulled here? Who were these girl heroines that could go against such monsters as those? What kind of magic had she just seen? For someone who dealt only in reality, this mystical battle was something she was going to have to think long and hard about. She slowly turned around and started to walk home.
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Well, that's all for now. Sorry so short, but I didn't want to get into the debriefing quite yet. Next time will cover the after affects of finding Mars and Luna sensing Jupiter but not knowing where she was. They will also have to find out more what's going on with the Negaverse and what they are trying to find. I'm sure you all can guess. Happy New Year!!