Hey guys, welcome back to Trump of the Moon!

Been a little while for this story, and funny part is, Timeless and I tried to work on some other stories as well.

... Let's just say we have no clue what to do for those other ones, but we won't forget them, we'll probably try working on them after new years.

But anyway, enjoy this chapter guys, because it's a double feature, and if you can count your episodes, you know who's showing up.


"Wow! There are so many people!" Ami said as currently she, Usagi, and Kensuke were spending some time just walking around the local shopping district. The three were here, partly because it was the weekend, and partly because Luna recommended they take the time to do a bit of team bonding, something Kensuke agreed fully with.

"You've never been to a place like this?" Usagi asked in surprise.

"No, I just read about them in books," Ami said.

"Wow, I knew life could be busy when you're in cram school, but that's something else," Kensuke blinked.

"Yeah, you need to go out more," Usagi said with a chuckle. "Since we're here, let's have all the fun we can window-shopping!"

"O-Okay!" Ami nodded, while Kensuke followed after them with a light chuckle. The time spent was enjoyable as they went from shop to shop, simply looking at what was available, trying a few things like sunglasses, various clothes, even playing a few games that weren't available in the Crown Arcade. Overall it was a greatly enjoyable time.

"Well, I'm having fun," Kensuke chuckled as they were currently eating crepes.

"Yeah! We should do this more often!" Usagi said in agreement.

"Well...I did have a lot of fun," Ami admitted with a small smile. The group continued walking, until Usagi noticed something new. A shop holding an opening sale with a 50-70 percent discount.

"Huh, that's a pretty big sale," Kensuke mused.

"Look at all the people!" Ami marveled.

"Well, at a discount of that much, its so cheap anyone would want to see it," Usagi smiled. "Why don't we check it out?"

"I already have the watch my mom bought me though." Ami said.

"It's fine, we can still look after all." Usagi waved her off before dragging her into the story, with Kensuke following them in amusement.

Inside was well...it was a clock collector's paradise, seeing as there were all sorts of time keeping pieces, from watches, to clocks of all shapes and sizes. There were rather comical looking clocks, fancy ones, cute ones, and…

"Hey, this one looks just like Luna!" Usagi chuckled when she spotted a clock shaped like a black cat.

"Hey, it really does. Get rid of the sneaky look and add a moon on the forehead and you couldn't tell the difference," Kensuke chuckled.

"Everything's so cheap as well. Do watches normally cost so low?" Ami asked as she looked at several watches lined up under a glass casing.

"Pretty sure they cost… a LOT more." Usagi said, raising an eyebrow at the rather low price.

"Think any of these could make good presents for my parents?" Kensuke mused as he looked at the watches.

"I don't know your parents personally, so I can't really answer that." Usagi pointed out.

"Eh...it'd be hard to send it all the way there anyway, so I'd better stick to smaller things," Kensuke decided after a few minutes. "What about you two?"

"Well...I wouldn't mind the cat but…" Usagi sighed opening her wallet. "I'm a little tight for cash. Not to mention I've not been late much lately, so it should help...though it would be nice if I could use that so Mom doesn't need to keep waking me up every day…"

"I'd lend you some money, but I need to be able to pay for groceries this week." Kensuke said with a sheepish laugh.

"Guess we're all a bit short on money," Usagi laughed sheepishly.

"My allowance is rather small." Ami admitted softly.

"Well, it can't be helped. We WERE planning to window shop anyway," Kensuke chuckled.

"True," Usagi chuckled, and with that they soon left the shop. Later however…

"I'm home!" Usagi called as she walked in.

"Hey sis, mom has something for you in the kitchen." Shingo told her as he was reading a manga in the living room.

"Thanks." she shot back at him as she walked into the kitchen, looking up as her father was on a step ladder and installing something it seemed "Hey mom, hey dad."

"Oh! Usagi, perfect timing. I was out shopping with Naru and Umino's moms, and I found this new shop that had a sale going on." she said.

"Oh, you mean Clock Lock right? We stopped by and looked around a little earlier." Usagi said with a smile.

Her mother smiled "Well, I figured, even though you're getting better at waking up early, and you have your new friend Ami to help make sure you're at school on time, I figured a new clock might be good for you, so, here, I got you this." she said as she handed Usagi a wrapped package.

"Oh cool! Thanks mom." Usagi said with a smile as she opened it up, before laughing a bit at what she saw "This is the same clock I was thinking of buying for myself." she said while holding up the cat shaped clock.

With the clock in hand, she quickly went to her room and showed it to Luna. However...she was...less than pleased. "In what way does this clock look like me? I'm much cuter than this, and I don't look nearly as sneaky," Luna said.

"Funny, Kensuke said the same thing about the sneaky part," Usagi chuckled.

"Hmph. At least someone has an idea of what I look like," Luna snorted as Usagi set the alarm and soon went to sleep. The night was peaceful at first, but when the clock struck midnight, it began to glow.

Luna quickly woke up when she noticed the bright light, looking around in confusion, before climbing up onto Usagi's bed and staring at the glowing clock with narrowed eyes "What is that thing doing?" she wondered.

Her surprise didn't stop there however, as she then noticed usagi's face scrunching up in her sleep, before, to her further shock, a glow came from her forehead, and spread quickly through her room, with Luna racing out of it and seeing as the glow spread to the rest of the house, including in the room of her brother and her parents, both of which had clocks installed in them as well, the clocks all now giving off a faint glow that seemed to be trying to move outwards.

Looking around in wonder, Luna quietly returned to Usagi's room, finding the blonde girl to be sleeping peacefully with a smile, the glow now gone from her forehead.

Luna looked at her curiously "Usagi… what was that?"

The next morning, the household woke up...albeit earlier than usual.

"Its lousy that the clocks are fast, but at least we can have a relaxed meal today," Kenji said as everyone had woken up and seeing the time, gotten ready...only to see the other clocks all show its only 6:30, leaving more time than normal.

"Still, its bad they sold us faulty clocks. At least they were cheap," Shingo huffed as he ate his eggs.

"I just hope it doesn't become a habit," Usagi sighed as she finished up her meal. When the time struck 7, she was ready as Ami came so they could walk to school together.

"Morning, Usagi. Did you sleep well?" she asked politely.

"Sleep was good, though the clocks woke us up earlier. I think they might be faulty," Usagi grumbled a bit.

"Oh dear. Well...I suppose it's good that they were cheap then," Ami said as they walked to school. However, along the way they noticed something odd.

"Huh...I thought the shops usually open later than this," Usagi blinked.

"You're right. It's far too early for them to be already open," Ami frowned.

That wasn't the only oddity they found. When they got to the school...well… "Where is everyone?!" Usagi said in alarm as all the classes were empty.

"This...something is VERY wrong right now…" Ami frowned, having checked the other classes as well.

"Do you think it might be the Dark Kingdom again?" Usagi asked, worry creeping into her voice. She hoped it wasn't another kidnapping plot.

"It's certainly possible." Ami said with a frown "We should contact Kensuke and regroup."

"Right." Usagi nodded, before pulling her sleeve up a bit and opening her communicator "Kensuke! We've got trouble!"

"Does it involve people all over town acting abnormally impatient to the point of forsaking common sense and safety? Cause I just nearly got ran over by a bus this morning that decided the lane I was on was a two way," came Kensuke's less than pleased voice...though that was probably more from how he nearly got turned into a street pizza.

"ARE YOU OKAY?!" both girls shouted in alarm.

"Considering I'm talking...yeah, I'm good. Still, what's the situation on your end?" He asked with a sigh.

"The school is completely empty, with not a single student and teacher in sight." Ami told him.

"Yeesh, you too huh? University looked like a ghost town when I got there earlier… oh, and I'm seeing Mamoru walking back and looking confused, guess his school was empty too." Kensuke said.

"So it's not just us then," Usagi frowned.

"If I might suggest, get Luna and meet up at the arcade. Either we use it if its empty, or we find somewhere else to discuss," Kensuke suggested.

"Sounds like a good plan," Ami nodded.


"Okay, so we're all here. Though...isn't that the clock you were looking at yesterday?" Kensuke asked as they were gathered at the arcade.

"Yes it is. Mom bought it yesterday," Usagi nodded.

"And I found there was something rather suspicious about it, which is why it's here." Luna said as she looked at the clock with narrowed eyes.

"Why is it suspicious? You know, besides the fact it rings early?" Usagi asked with a raised eyebrow.

"You didn't see it, but it started glowing last night, it was pretty eerie, and it looked to be trying to do something to you, till you started to glow as well." Luna explained.

Usagi blinked at that "I glowed? Why would I do that?"

"Perhaps it's your powers protecting you. From what I understand, you and your family were all unaffected despite getting several clocks," Kensuke suggested.

"That makes sense," Usagi nodded, quite glad to know she and her family weren't affected.

"First things first though, we need to check on this clock," Luna said. "But before that…" she did a flip and what appeared to be a palmtop computer appeared. It was colored an aquatic green, with the symbol of mercury on it, making it clear who it was for.

"This is?" Ami blinked.

"It's a miniaturized supercomputer for Ami," Luna said. "It's actually part of Sailor Mercury's equipment."

"It's so easy to forget how ahead the Silver Millennium was from our current era," Kensuke couldn't help but whistle as Ami took the object. After initializing it, she was set. However, when she opened the clock...there was nothing inside.

"Its empty?" Usagi blinked in surprise.

"Just as I thought…" Luna frowned.

"If this doesn't just SCREAM 'Dark Kingdom', I don't know what would," Kensuke sighed. "Well, sorry Ami, but no point analyzing it. I think we all know where they're hiding with how they're operating so far…"

"The clock shop," Usagi and Luna nodded in agreement.

"Eh? They'd seriously hide in the very place they're distributing these?" Ami asked, as it seemed too...obvious…

"Trust me, they aren't the brightest." Kensuke said dryly.


"Here we are. What'll it be? Front entrance or back entrance?" Kensuke asked as he inserted the Change Beetle card into his Blay Buckle, letting it wrap around his waist and pulse lowly.

"Well...they might have traps in the back, but the front is the same too…" Ami frowned.

"...maybe we should go through the front. We can't let this go for longer or someone might get REALLY hurt," Usagi suggested in worry.

"You...might be right," Kensuke mused.

"True...with how everyone is rushing without a care, it's only a matter of time. I don't think we have the luxury to be careful this time," Luna admitted with a frown.

"Then the front door it is," Ami nodded.

"Moon Prism Power, Make Up!"

"Mercury Power, Make Up!"

"Henshin!" "TURN UP!"

And with that, Sailor Moon, Sailor Mercury, and Kamen Rider Blade stood ready, before rushing out of the alley and towards the store.

"Moon Tiara Action!" Sailor Moon called as she threw her tiara at the shutters, breaking a hole through them that the three jumped through, followed closely by Luna, the hole sealing itself back up shortly after.

"Be on guard, we're in enemy territory now," Blade said.

"Right," both girls nodded.

The group kept running, till they saw the saleswoman in the distance. "So you've arrived. You're earlier than I expected," she said, obscured by the shadows. "No matter, you've all come...to your doom!" she smirked, revealing her true form. It was...actually fairly normal compared to some of the things they'd seen, being a woman-like figure with blue skin, a white face with red lines over her eyes, pointy ears, and a black star on her cheek and dark blue hair.

"...surprisingly normal," Blade blinked.

"Hey you're right. Normally we get more crazy and scary looking Youma," Sailor Moon mused in agreement.

"Talk all you want, but I will be the one to show you where you will die!" the Youma said, before the large grandfather clock behind her moved, the hands turning until they hit the 12 o'clock position...though for some reason the numbers were inverted. The clock face glowed brightly before the body turned into some kind of gateway which the Youma vanished into. "Come and get me if you dare!"

"...well...if that doesn't just scream 'trap', then I don't know what will," Blade deadpanned.

"But...she went in there. Should we follow her?" Sailor Moon asked.

Mercury frowned, before taking out her computer, and a visor appeared over her eyes. Scanning the gate for a moment… "It seems there is only one way in or out," she frowned.

"So we HAVE to enter it seems…" Luna frowned.

"Well...here goes something," Blade sighed as they ran in. The view that met them was...a void. There was no other way to say it, although there were several clock shapes floating around, and the sound of ticking clocks could be heard for miles.

"Well… this place is freaky." Sailor Moon summed up.

"I suppose it makes sense for the inside of a clock though." Luna added.

"Be careful. She's no doubt left a few unpleasant surprises for us. Why else would she want us to go in here," Blade sighed.

"You'd be correct," Mercury nodded, scanning again. "There's a strange energy running through this space. Hang on," she said, carefully examining the information, before her eyes widened. "Be careful! The time in this space is erratic. If we enter a wrong area we may be negatively affected by it!" she warned.

"Negatively affected how?" Moon asked worriedly.

"If I'm right…" Mercury muttered as she looked down at her computer "There are several possibilities, time moving slower, faster, or even moving in reverse."

"So… we could become like really old ladies, or turn back into babies?" Moon summed up with a nervous swallow.

"That's...very bad," Blade gulped. "Please tell me there's a pattern to this which you can use."

"Actually...yes there is. A safe route seems to be...this way," Mercury said, pointing the direction, and with her as their guide, they managed to avoid most of the traps. However…

"Huh?" Mercury blinked after a few minutes.

"What's wrong?" Moon asked.

"The energy...its...shifting," she gasped.

"I'm gonna guess that that's bad for us," Blade groaned, to which she nodded.

"The trap positions have changed...if I recalculate, the route should be...this way," mercury said, but this time they didn't get far before… "Again?!" she gasped. "The signals, they're starting to change rapidly. At this rate, I'm not sure what path will lead us out and which won't. Even if I find one, its changing rapidly!"

"Wait, does that means we're lost?!" Moon asked in worry.

"It would appear so." Luna said fearfully.

"That's bad… is there anything we could do?" Blade asked with a frown beneath his helmet.

"Well, if one of us could somehow stop time, we'd be able to actually do something." Mercury said with a sigh.

"Stop time huh?" Blade said, before growling in annoyance "Dammit. Time Scarab could have done that. And unless the rider who sealed it up somehow finds this place…"

"You mean… our only hope is like this hyper tiny chance of a coincidence happening?" Moon asked, honestly about to cry as it seemed there was no hope for them.

Fortunately, it seemed hope WAS there, as outside of the pocket dimension, a figure had walked into the store. "So this is the place," he mused, before going to a case at the side of his belt, and pulled out a Rouze card, revealing it to be the 10 of Spades: Time Scarab. "It's no surprise you'd be attracted here. This anomaly isn't exactly...subtle for you," the figure seemed to chuckle as the card began to glow. "Alright then, if that's what you want," the figure mused, before hurling the card into the pocket dimension. "Use his powers well, Blade."

Back inside the pocket dimension, Blade's Blay Rouzer glowed suddenly, to which he pulled it out, and suddenly it opened, the cards fanning out and the empty slot for the 10 of Spades started to glow blue. "What the…?!" he blinked, before the sound of something spinning through the air was heard, and from the darkness a card actually flew in, curved, and inserted itself into the slot. "This is…!" he gasped, almost not believing what he was seeing, but the proof was right there. Sitting in the rouzer was the Time Scarab card.

"W-what just happened?" Mercury asked in confusion.

"Hey… isn't that the card that got sealed by another rider the other day?" Moon asked in recognition at seeing the number and suit of the card.

"It is. I dunno who sealed it, but somehow they found us," Blade mused. "But I'm not looking a gift horse in the mouth. Mercury, where's the exit path right now?" Blade asked.

Mercury quickly analyzed again, and pointed in a direction. That way!"

"Got it! Hold on to me when I do this!" Blade instructed, to which everyone did as they were told and he pulled out and scanned the card. "Time!"

Immediately the void turned monochrome, save for themselves, and not wasting time, they immediately went running down the path, Mercury leading the way, aiming to make EVERY second count.

At the exit, the Youma was gasping in surprise. Her control suddenly not responding in her pocket dimension. "What is-?!" she gasped, but right at that moment, the three exited the pocket dimension and…

"Moon Tiara Action!" Moon called out, not wasting a moment to throw her tiara which had already been removed AND charged up as they ran. Kensuke's training had made it clear that one should NOT waste any time when finishing an enemy, lest they get a chance to counter. The youma was dust before she could even fully process what was happening. With her death, the space around them started to fade and they were soon began to fade, and they were soon back in the clock shop, the Grandfather clock's face having broken with its master's defeat.

"Well...that was an experience," Luna sighed, hoping they didn't encounter such troublesome Youma again. "It was fortunate you got that card when you did."

"Yeah...it was…" Blade sighed...before his rouzer glowed again. "Huh?"

The Blay Rouzer floated out of its holster, the cards fanning out, before the Time Scarab floated out and flew away.

"What? Hey wait!" Moon said in alarm as she chased after the card, to which the others chased after her. They ran out of the store, just in time to see the card arch upwards and fly to a nearby building, where it was caught in the fingers of a new figure.

They couldn't make out much of the figure as the sun was setting, but from what they could see, he appeared to be dressed in black, with antennae on his head. His body armor was silver, with a notable red heart design to it, the same with his visor which looked like a red heart as well, making his identity clear.

"Kamen Rider...Chalice…!" Blade said in surprise. "So the other rider who was here was the rider of the Black Turtle Clan."

"So he's the guardian of the Heart Suit Undead," Luna mused, having not expected to run into another rider so soon. However, before they could say anything, Chalice looked at Blade, gave a small nod, and soon walked away, disappearing into the city.

"So… he's an ally… right?" Moon asked a bit unsurely.

"He appears to be… at least I hope so." Mercury said with a frown.

"He is… guess he just has reasons to be alone at the moment." Blade guessed. "At any rate, we should get out of here," he said, to which they did.


A few days soon passed after the incident, and like always, the town soon regained its air of normalcy. However, that did little to calm Kensuke. It wasn't that he didn't know, but the recent events have made it clearer and clearer that the Dark Kingdom were ready, able, and willing to whatever it takes to gather energy, and if the entire city had to pay the price for them to get it well...that was just too bad for the citizens…

"If only we could take the fight to them…" he frowned. For now they were able to hold the fort, but how long before the Dark Kingdom gets tired of setbacks and decides to just charge en mass? Or come up with a plan that would cause irreparable damage? They may not be the smartest, but then...and idiot doesn't know when to draw a line.

It was right as he was thinking that, that he heard the police sirens, making him look to see police cars passing by "I don't like the looks of that." he said with a frown, before continuing to walk, eventually spotting Usagi, Ami, Naru, and another of their schoolmates, just managing to hear the fourth girl talking about how some busses would disappear around these parts at 6 PM and the police had just now revealed their investigation to the public.

Frowning at that, he got closer "Those monsters look like their getting bolder." he said as he got close, getting their attention.

"You think it's like that monster that replaced my mom?" Naru asked in worry.

"Considering how pretty much every recent event seems to have been linked to those things one way or another, I wouldn't be surprised if it was," Kensuke frowned.

"Makes sense if you ask me, I just hope nothing bad is happening to the people that disappeared." Usagi said with a frown.

"Hey, maybe we should get good luck charms, just to be safe?" the other girl suggested nervously.

"Oh yeah, there's a shrine near here that sells charms." Usagi remembered "Well, it's not a bad idea."

"Could you get one for me? I'd go get it myself but my bus should be here soon, at least, I hope so, it might be delayed with all the police officers in the area." Ami requested.

"Sure, just leave it to me." Usagi told her with a nod.

"I think I'll go with you girls, just to be on the safe side." Kensuke told them.

"Are you the university student Usagi keeps talking about?" the still unnamed girl asked him.

"I most likely am." he said with a chuckle while Usagi blushed in embarrassment, before they headed towards the shrine.

Like with most shrines it was on a hill to which they had to climb a decent set of stairs, though thankfully nothing as bad as some of the things you could find in old shrines on the mountains with thousands of stairs. When they got to the top, the sign 'Hikawa Shrine' was visible, revealing a fairly standard look for a Shinto Shrine, what with its offering box, place to put prayers and pray to the local Kami, and of course a main building for the residents and a shop to sell charms and the like.

As they finished climbing, some girls from another school walked past them, talking about one thing or another, though it seemed there was some odd mention of some old man...and the love charms they just got, but the group more or less ignored it.

Heading towards the charm shop, they waited in front of it for someone to come.

"Oh! Aren't you girls all beautiful!" a voice said, making them turn to see a rather short old man standing before them, wearing typical robes of a priest "I bet you could make some fine shrine maidens. And you young man! Would you like to learn the mystical arts!"

They only had time to blink in confusion before a girl with long black hair arrived, wearing a typical shrine maiden outfit "Grandfather, stop harassing people would you? We have enough issues with the rumors going about, we don't need your antics adding to the flames," the girl scolded.

"Woah, she looks so cool." Usagi whispered in awe.

"She does have quite a strong air to her," Kensuke nodded in agreement, before he tensed as suddenly he felt some kind of...flare...of energy occur. However, before he could even think to try and find it…

"An evil aura?" the girl's eyes narrowed, and before anyone could react, she reached into her robes and pulled out a talisman, one to dispel evil. "Evil Spirits Begone!" she suddenly shouted, before throwing the talisman...right at Kensuke who was too surprised from the sudden flare to react and was nailed in the forehead, his body freezing up and he fell over.

'Da fuck?!' was the words going through Kensuke's head when he realized he couldn't move, even as Luna hopped down from Naru's arms and nudged him.

He could even hear Change Beetle growling in annoyance from within his mind, making him mentally frown 'I blame you for this.'

"Um… are you ok Kensuke?" Naru asked in worry.

"That's… strange… my tags usually only work on those with wicked hearts or spirits." the shrine maiden said with a frown.

Usagi sweated a bit as she realised if she didn't think of something Kensuke might get branded as a monster, having to wrack her brain, before she thought of something good "Well, you see, Kensuke actually told me that one of those weird monsters going around town attacked him before the new heroes managed to save him, so, maybe some of its aura lingered around him?"

'Nice job Usagi!' Kensuke cheered in his head, grateful for the quick thinking.

"I… see… it's certainly possible." the girl said, before she went and pulled off the tag from Kensuke's forehead, releasing him from the paralysis as he slumped down.

"Oh thank the dragon, that was uncomfortable." he muttered as he got back up with a groan.

The girl bowed before him "My apologies for attacking you in such a manner, my name is Rei Hino, and I wish to make up for my mistake. Please, let me offer you some tea."

Luna's ears perked up at the girl's name, before she nudged Kensuke slightly and he picked her up, climbing onto his shoulder and whispering lowly "I think the pattern may hold up."

Kensuke hummed slightly, considering that, before nodding to the girl "It's fine miss, it was just mildly uncomfortable, though if you insist, I suppose we could accept some tea."

The group was soon enjoying some tea and cookies, to which Rei began explaining. "Normally I can sense when evil auras and the like approach and even tell the future when I use the sacred flames, but lately my powers have been going haywire. I can sense such an aura being close, but never where it is exactly, and now I've even attacked someone by mistake," Rei sighed.

"That doesn't sound good," Usagi frowned.

Luna however was feeling more and more convinced that Rei could be either another Sailor Scout, or perhaps even the Princess herself. However, as things were, she'd need time to confirm that. However, any further conversations were cut short when a middle aged woman barged into the room and demanded for the head priest. Apparently she was the mother of one of the victims of the bus rumor (or not a rumor at this point), and was suspicious of his supposed special ceremony at 5:30, and thought that he was trying to force people to use the bus at 6, the very same one from the rumors. Needless to say, Rei...didn't take that well, and the woman was soon cowed before Rei's rather strong aura.

"...well...isn't she just the type you don't want to piss off," Kensuke sweat dropped, to which Usagi and her friends, and even Luna, could only nod slowly in agreement.


"...okay, I think we can all agree this REEKS of the monsters," Kensuke said as he was with Usagi and Naru outside the temple.

"I think you're right. If Rei can actually sense things like this, then maybe one of the Monsters is hiding somewhere," Naru agreed.

"Well, we can probably agree they're using the 6 o'clock bus...but the next question is how they're using it…" Usagi frowned.

"Well, why don't we start by going to take a look? It's almost 6 PM after all." Kensuke said as he looked at the watch installed on the communicator.

"We're not getting on that, are we?" Usagi gasped.

"What? Of course not. I just want to see what's going on. Knowing how...callous...these monsters can be, I doubt they'll skip a day or two to avoid suspicion," Kensuke said.

"...how is it still a rumor if it happens every day?" Naru sweat dropped.

"Never underestimate the human ability to make themselves dumber," Kensuke said flatly.

With that said, they left the shrine, heading to the area where the bus was said to disappear, and the could see several girls, a lot of them Usagi and Naru recognized from their school, all waiting at the bus stop.

"They all have charms from the shrine." Usagi noticed curiously.

"Do you think those monsters are trying to put the blame on the shrine?" Naru wondered.

"It's possible. And look at their eyes." Kensuke pointed out, the girls looking at the eyes of the ones at the bus stop, only to see they looked blank.

When the bus came on time, they all entered, the bus driving away for a bit...before the view seemed to distort and the bus actually...lifted off the ground, and vanished into what appeared to be a wormhole or some kind of portal. When it was over, the three of them were looking almost blankly at where the bus had been, their mouths hanging wide open.

"...you're right, humans really CAN make themselves stupider," Naru said blankly at the sight that only an utter idiot would dismiss as some random rumor seeing how BLATANT it was.


The next day…

"Here you go Phobos, Deimos, eat up." Rei said to a pair of a crows, holding some dried berries in her hand for them, before turning her head as she heard footsteps coming closer, blinking in surprise at the person that came "Oh, you're... Usagi right? What can I help you with?"

Usagi fidgeted a bit, wondering if this was the best idea, before figuring she probably should "Um, listen, I don't want you to take this the wrong way, and I'm not blaming you or the shrine or anything like that. But, I actually saw the bus disappear yesterday! It just lifted off the ground and entered this weird black hole looking thing."

"You saw it happen?" Rei asked in surprise, before thinking on it "A black hole is what's taking people then?"

"Well, me and my friends think it has to do with those monsters around town these days, from what we understand they like to drain people of energy." Usagi added.

"I see… so those strange monster are kidnapping people to drain them." Rei mused.

"Not just that. We saw they had charms from this shrine, so we think they might be trying to pin the blame on the shrine...or one of the monsters is hiding here and doing something to the charms," Usagi explained. "It's what they did a few times before too."

Rei frowned at that, the gears in her head turning. She HAD been having issues lately, and now that she thought about it...they WERE selling more charms lately, especially the ones to help with love. And all the factors that tied into it? She looked to where they sold charms and noticed the live-in helper, and realized...hadn't that all started when HE came around? It was then that he happened to glance her way and she quickly averted her eyes. "Mysterious eyes like ice…" she muttered, remembering the vision she had shortly before her powers went haywire.

"Is...is something wrong?" Usagi asked, worried.

"I...its nothing," Rei said, waving off her concerns. "I...thank you for the information. If one of those monsters is indeed here, then I will have to take extra precautions," she said.

"Well...alright. If you're sure," Usagi nodded hesitantly. "I'll see you another time then," she said and soon left.

Rei sighed...before noticing something on the ground.

"Did she drop this?" she wondered, as she picked up a red pen with a gold colored cap that featured the mark of Mars on it.


"So you told Rei?" Kensuke checked.

"Yeah, though she seemed suspicious about something," Usagi said.

"Perhaps she has an idea of who or what might be the Youma, but isn't comfortable with saying it," Ami mused.

"Understandable. It's not exactly something you'd want to scream to the world, especially if you're not sure," Kensuke sighed. "Though if nothing else, that more or less confirms the idea that the Dark Kingdom is using the shrine somehow," he sighed in annoyance. "Dammit, at this rate we'll HAVE to get on that bus."

"But, if nobody has been able to get back, how will we?" Usagi asked with a frown.

"That's why I don't like the plan," Kensuke admitted. "Any ideas, Luna? Maybe some magic we can use to either keep the portal open or reel us back in like fish if needs be?"

"The analogy aside...I MIGHT have an idea," Luna mused. "Perhaps if we can analyze the portal, then there may be a way to either unlock it ourselves, or as you say, make a tether of some kind."

"Well...it's almost 6, so...perfect timing I guess," Kensuke shrugged, to which they soon got into position.

"By the way, I was wondering something," Ami said as she got the computer ready.

"What is it?" Kensuke asked.

"It's about the Time card from the other day. Why did it suddenly fly out of your hands?" she asked.

Kensuke sighed "It's kind of an annoying thing. The cards, even when sealed, are still sentient to a degree, and usually respond to the rider that sealed them. Obviously, I wasn't the one that sealed Time Scarab, so while he allowed me to use his power, he sees Chalice as his actual holder till they decide otherwise."

"Ah...that's kind of annoying…" Usagi blinked.

"Eh, it's not THAT bad. Just gotta make do," Kensuke shrugged. "Anyway, the bus is coming, so get ready."

"Right," the girls nodded as Ami had the computer ready. Like clockwork the bus came, the hypnotized looking people went in, and the bus was soon on a trip to who knows where. "I see…" Ami frowned. "I think...I think this might work…" she said after a few minutes.

"What did you find?" Luna asked.

"There's...a certain I guess...signal...that this portal locks on to. If we use it, we should be able to force it open. Furthermore...I think it might be possible to use the tether as well," she said.

"Okay, then we've got a plan. Some of us go in, while at least one of us has to stay outside," Kensuke nodded.

"But...who should do what?" Usagi asked.


"...why do I have to go in there again?" Usagi asked miserably as it was the next day, and here they were once again waiting for the bus.

"Because of the three of us, Ami's our best bet to not only opening the portal, but possibly pulling us back too if necessary," Kensuke said. The previous day, Ami had been able to decode the energy signature needed, and with Luna's help, they'd prepared a 'tether' of magic between Ami's pen and Usagi's brooch. Furthermore, with some work, they'd even managed to calibrate the communicators to HOPEFULLY be able to work inside wherever they were going, though that one was a dice roll. "So swell your chests and let's get on the bus to whatever insane plot the Dark Kingdom cooked up next," Kensuke sighed.

"No…" Usagi sighed, but knew there was no getting out of this. Kensuke would probably drag her in if she tried chickening out now, especially since it was already agreed on.

With that the two and Luna boarded the bus, the bus went off and into the portal they went.

Meanwhile…

Rei was ready. After the previous day, she had consulted the flames again, with her suspicions and the information she'd gained, she felt the clarity of her vision return as if pushing away the fog that had settled. Chanting an incantation, the flames soon revealed an image, the image of the very man she was suspecting as the source of the evil aura. When she saw that, she felt anger that this man had been using the temple, her home, as a means for his evil. However, she remembered what Usagi had said. If this was indeed the actions of one of the monsters that had been plaguing the city lately, then it would not be wise to act rashly. That was why now she was ready. She made sure her grandfather was safe, and that the man was indeed in the room before her. Making sure the charms and talismans were ready, she opened the door.

"Ms. Rei, what seems to be the problem?" he asked.

"You can drop the act. I know you're the source of the evil aura that's been plaguing the shrine, and I can guess you're also the one behind the recent incidents with the cursed bus!" she said with a glare, her crows, Phobos and Deimos, flanking her and looking less than pleased with the man before them as well. "Now, reveal your true nature! Evil Spirit Begone!" Rei called out, drawing a talisman and hurling it towards the man...who smirked as the talisman was stopped dead and turned to ashes before it even touched him.

"Not bad. To think you actually saw through me. No matter, you too may join the others!" he smirked before a dark portal of some kind opened up, and before Rei and her crows could react, she was sucked in, her protective charms and talismans all burning away as they tried to resist the dark power.


At the same time, the bus that had entered the portal came to a halt...revealing another pocket dimension.

Buses were just floating around in the air, with strange green orbs strewn about, while the ground appeared to be made of sand.

Everything seemed silent for a moment, until…

"Turn up!"

Kamen Rider Blade kicked the bus driver out by the window, jumping out of it, followed by Sailor Moon.

"You freaks are getting crazier with every scheme!" Blade snarled as the bus driver landed on her feet and smirked, transforming into her true Youma form, a rather zombie looking monster that appeared to be wearing armor over most of her body, with shoulder length red hair.

"So, you followed me did you? Well, when I defeat you, I'm sure Master Jadeite will be happy to know your identities." the Youma said with a grin.

"Okay, first of all, if by some miracle you DO manage to beat us, revealing our identities will be completely moot," Blade said dryly. "And second of all, you say that like we're gonna let you get away."

However, before they could actually DO anything, another portal appeared, and out came Rei. "Wait, what?!" Moon gasped in surprise.

"Heh, another human for me to harvest," the Youma smirked and moved to catch Rei...if not for Blade stopping her.

"Oh no you don't!" he growled, pushing the youma back. However, this had the side effect of leaving Rei to keep falling towards well…

"Huh? Wha! I got ya!" Moon panicked...only for Rei to land on top of her, pushing her to the ground and now lying face planted on the ground.

"Ouch...what did I...land on?" Rei groaned.

"Please get up." Moon said with a groan, making Rei look down, before quickly getting off.

"Oh my god I'm so sorry." she said apologetically.

"It's fine." Moon said as she got up, before grabbing her tiara "Moon Tiara Action!" she shouted as she threw it, with Blade jumping out of the way at the last second, right as the tiara seemed to expand and wrapped around the Youma, trapping her as he stepped back.

"Alright, time for the finisher," Blade said, reaching to unfold his cards. However…

"Wait!" Luna said, causing him to stop, while Rei gasped in shock.

"Th-the cat talked!" she gasped.

"Yeah, she's a magic cat," Moon said, hoping that would help calm her down.

"Don't worry about that right now. Take out the pen you found earlier!" Luna instructed.

"This?" Rei blinked, pulling out the pen from before.

"Yes, that's the one. Raise it up and call out 'Mars Power, Make-Up'. I believe that you are one of the Sailor Scouts, Rei. You are Sailor Mars, who commands the power of fire!"

"I don't really understand what's going on… but alright." Rei said as she held up the pen "Mars Power, Make Up!"

With a burst of flame from the pen covering her, just a second later, and she was transformed, wearing her own sailor outfit, with the skirt and collar being red along with the bow on the back, while the one on the front was purple with a red gem in the middle, the jewel on her tiara also being red, with star shaped earrings on her ears, and wearing red high heels on her feet.

"So Rei was the third Sailor Scout after all!" Moon said in awe when the transformation was done.

"Heh, maybe that pattern is going to be helpful after all." Blade couldn't help but smirk, right as the Youma forced the Tiara off, and set her sights on Sailor Mars.

"Wh-what's going on?!" Mars gasped in surprise, looking at herself. However, she didn't have long as the Youma went for her, Blade tensing, ready to intercept, but his instincts were telling him to stand back for now.

Mars saw the incoming Youma and her gaze hardened. "Evil Spirit, I won't allow you to get away with this!" she called out as she brought her hands together in a way that almost looked like a pistol, and flames began forming at the tip of her fingers. "Fire... Soul!" she called out, the flames shooting forward, the Youma, who was caught mid-dash, the flames engulfing her and she was soon ashes in moments.

"Wow...once again, never piss HER off," Blade sweat dropped.

"Wow…" Moon gasped at the power just displayed. However, that's when she noticed something. "The portal is closing! We gotta call Ami!"

"Right!" Blade nodded as both of them took out their communicators. "Ami, get us out now!"

"Right!" came the voice from the other end, and back in real world, Ami focused on her Henshin Pen. The blue glow emanated from it, and the Portal began opening again, sustained by her power. "Now everyone, get out of there!"

"Wait...how do we get out of here?!" Moon realized.

"Crap! We didn't think that far!" Luna realized, as the portal was up in the sky and they were down here. Their answer came when another bus came through the portal, and sitting in the driver seat was…

"Tuxedo Kamen!" Moon cheered, seeing the masked man driving the bus towards them.

"...where the heck did he get that?" Blade blinked in surprise as the bus touched down.

"Are you actually asking questions or are you just going to get on?" Tuxedo Kamen asked him with a raised eyebrow.

"Yeah, ok, fair point." Blade relented, before they hurried up and tied all the buses together to tow them out.

"Friend of yours?" Mars asked curiously.

"Technically… I think… he's really awesome though." Moon said with a small cheer, while Mars rolled her eyes as the group made their escape with all the victims.


And there's the chapter!

Yeah, we already got Mars, considering there was only one episode between her and Mercury.

Also, Chalice appears before Blade!

There's a lot of stuff going on behind the scenes of the battles, which will get explained later, but for now, see ya next time everyone!