NOTICE: I do not own Sailor Moon. I did not create Sailor Moon, Naoko Takeuchi created Sailor Moon, and I am not Naoko Takeuchi. El Dorado High School is a real high school in Placentia, California, their school colors are black and gold, and their athletic teams are the Golden Hawks. The school represented in this story is a fictional version of said school.
SAILOR MOON:1987
NOVEMBER 18, 1986
As usual, Usagi Tsukino was awoken from her dream by the sound of her alarm clock. She dreamed about a beautiful princess who was in love with a handsome prince, a dream had by many girls through the ages. However, for Bunny, the dream felt familiar, not because she had dreamed it many nights before, but because she was certain she'd lived it before because she had that dream before.. And although she had that dream before, there was one other difference this particular time: a black cat, with a crescent moon shaped bald spot on its forehead. The presence of the cat wasn't the most surprising thing about its presence, it was what the feline was doing. The cat was singing. More particularly, the cat was not only singing "Aces High" by Iron Maiden, but also singing in Bruce Dickinson's voice. It took Usagi a few seconds to realize the reason the cat was singing was that it was the alarm on her clock radio going off, and that it was set to the heavy metal station in town.
"Sammy!" Usagi yelled, as she got up.
"Is anything wrong?" Ikuko Tsukino, Usagi's mother, asked, as she came into Usagi's bedroom."
"That little twerp did it again!" Usagi yelled.
"Did what, dear?" Ikuko asked.
"Set my clock radio to KNAC," Usagi said. "And turned the volume all the way up."
"How do you know he set it to the metal station?" Ikuko asked.
"Because I had it set to KROQ," Usagi said.
"Wasn't me, I swear," Sammy Tsukino, Usagi's younger brother, said, as he came into the room. "At least, not this time."
"Who else could have done it?" Usagi asked.
"Sammy didn't do it," Ikuko said. "I did."
"And why would you do something like that?" Usagi asked.
"Because I'm tired of having to wake you up every morning," Ikuko said. "I noticed whenever Sammy sets your clock radio to KNAC, you never hit the snooze alarm, you get up right away."
"Just be thankful I don't set it to Power 106," Sammy said, putting his finger in his open mouth, as if trying to induce vomiting. "Someone should tell them that disco went out with the seventies."
"Anyways," Usagi said, "You mind getting out, so I can get dressed?"
CHAPTER 1: PRETTY AND KIND WARRIOR OF THE MOON
Later, after Usagi got dressed and had breakfast(Malt-O-Meal, 2 frosted brown sugar cinnamon Pop-Tarts, and pineapple juice), Usagi went to school.
A few minutes later, when she got to El Dorado High School, Usagi met up with her friends Molly Hogan and Susan Fairchild. "Hey, Usagi," Susan said. "Did you hear the latest about what Golden Hawk was up to?"
"I heard," Molly said. "There was a robbery at Maxi Mart, they took hostages, Golden Hawk came in, defused the situation in a matter of minutes."
"I heard nobody got hurt," Susan said. "Not even the robbers. He just swooped in there, and disarmed them quick as anything, just with his bare hands. By the time the cops got there, he had them wrapped up, nice and neat."
"I heard he just happened to be in there at the time, in his secret identity," Susan said.
"Secret identity?" Usagi asked.
""Superheroes always have a secret identity," Susan said. "Anyways, from what I heard, he was in there in his secret identity when they came in, he managed to transform, or change into his costume, or whatever, because reportedly nobody saw him enter, and the police had the place surrounded."
"Makes sense," Usagi said. "That would explain how he could get in without anyone noticing. And there's one other thing I've heard about him."
"What's that?" Molly asked.
"I heard whoever Golden Hawk is," Usagi said, "he's either a student or recent alumni of El Dorado."
"That makes sense," Susan said. "His costume is in our school colors, black and gold, and our school's team name is the Golden Hawks."
As Usagi went to her first class, she passed by her friend John McCoy. "Hi John," she said.
"Hi Usagi," John said.
Later on, after school, while Usagi was walking home, she came across several young boys mistreating a black cat. "Hey you little twerps," Usagi said, "Leave that poor cat alone!"
"Meow," the cat said, as the boys dispersed.
"Are you okay, kitty?" Usagi asked, picking the cat up. She saw the cat clawing at a bandage on its forehead, trying to remove it. "Don't worry, I got that," she said, removing the bandage from the cat's head. "That's odd," she said, noticing a bald spot on the cat's forehead shaped like a crescent moon. The cat leaped out of her arms, and climbed a nearby tree.
Meanwhile, in another dimension, a young man in a military style uniform was standing in front of a cauldron. "Arise, my pet," he said. "Steal the energy from these pitiful humans, so we can awaken our queen, and she can take her rightful place as ruler of Earth." As he said that, a shadowy figure, with the appearance of a beautiful middle aged woman, arose from the cauldron.
Back in Usagi Tsukino's bedroom, she had just finished polishing her toenails, when she felt a draft. "That's funny," she said. "I don't remember opening the window."
"You didn't open the window," a female voice said. "I did."
"Who said that?" Usagi asked, grabbing a baseball bat that was in the corner. "I find it only fair to warn you that I have a Louisville Slugger and PMS."
"I did," the voice said again. Usagi looked around, and saw nobody in her room. Nobody human, that is. She saw a black cat with a crescent moon shaped bald spot on its forehead, the same cat she saved earlier that morning from a group of boys.
"Can't be," Usagi said. "Cats don't speak, they just meow."
"You're going to find," the cat said, as she climbed onto Usagi's bed, "I'm not your garden variety feline."
"I'm just imagining this cat speaking to me," Usagi said. "Yeah, that's it. I'm just stoned from that lid of Acapulco Gold I scored this morning. Only one problem with that, I don't smoke pot. Must be the fumes from the nail polish. That's it, it's the fumes from the nail polish."
"I can assure you that you're not hallucinating," the cat said.
"How else can I explain the fact I'm talking to a fucking CAT?" Usagi asked. "Listen, kitty, just so I can tell my friends about this crazy dream once I wake up, can you at least tell me your name, and what you're doing here?"
"How rude of me," the cat said. "My name is Luna."
"Makes sense," Usagi said, noticing the bald spot on the cat's forehead, shaped like a crescent moon. When she saw it, she realized it was the cat she had saved earlier. "Hey, wait a second," Usagi said. "Aren't you...?"
"The cat you saved from those boys earlier," Luna said. "Thank you for that. Anyways, I'm here to tell you your destiny."
"My destiny?" Usagi asked.
"You're destined to be what humans call a superhero," Luna said.
"How can I be a superhero?" Usagi said. "I don't have any superpowers. Than again, neither does Batman, and Green Lantern's are all in the ring."
"I'm here to give you powers," Luna said.
"Okay, everything is starting to make sense," Usagi said. "You're radioactive, and you're about to bite me, and transfer the proportionate natural abilities of a cat to me. Just like Spider-Man, except I'm a girl, and instead of spider powers, I'll be getting cat powers. Anyways kitty, let's get it over with. Just don't bite too hard."
"You'll be happy to know that's not how it's going to work," Luna said. "I only bite in self defense, or whenever I find it necessary to hunt for food. I'll actually be giving you a present."
"A present?" Usagi asked. "But my birthday was back in June, and Christmas is next month."
"Just hold out your hand," Luna said. As Usagi did, Luna pointed her tail at Usagi's open palm, and a jeweled brooch appeared.
"Pretty," Usagi said, trying it on. "Thank you, Luna. But I don't see what this has to do with me becoming a superhero. Wait a second, the brooch is telling me something."
"Hold the brooch up and touch the large gem in the middle," Luna said, "and repeat what the brooch is telling you."
"Okay," Usagi said, touching the gem. "Pretty Soldier of the Moon, Make-Up!" When Usagi said that, she was transformed. Instead of the white turtleneck, blue miniskirt, black nylons, and black ballet flats she was wearing, she was wearing a form-fitting long sleeved white shirt with a blue sailor collar, blue tights tucked into knee high red boots with a medium heel, red fingerless gloves, red neckerchief with her brooch as a clasp, white choker, a gold tiara with platinum crescent moon on her forehead, and red caps with white borders on the buns in her hair, and her fingernails were polished red. "I look like something out of a Japanese cartoon," Usagi said, when she saw herself in her mirror.
"Congratulations," Luna said. "You have now accepted the mantle of the Pretty Soldier of the Moon."
"I just thought of something better," Usagi said. "I mean "the Pretty Soldier of the Moon" is kind of a mouthful. I thought of something shorter, snappier, more to the point. Something that fits better on a newspaper headline."
"What did you come up with?" Luna asked.
"Sailor Moon," Usagi said.
"Sailor Moon," Luna repeated. "I like it. Okay, you're now Sailor Moon."
"Look out world," Sailor Moon said, "Here comes Sailor Moon."
"I think it's time for the world to meet Sailor Moon," Luna said. "Trouble at Cavern Music."
"My friend John works there," Sailor Moon said. "I hope he's okay. Now how do I get there before whatever is causing trouble decides to eat him for dinner?"
"Teleport there," Luna said. "Just think about where you want to go, and imagine yourself there."
"It can't be that easy," Sailor Moon said.
"This is one of the few things about being Sailor Moon that is easy," Luna said.
Sailor Moon and Luna teleported to Cavern Music, an independent music store in her hometown of Placentia, California. When she got there, there were several customers lying on the floor, their energy having been drained by a demonic looking creature who somehow bore slight resemblance to Dianne Hansen, the owner of the store. "Good," the demon said. "New blood. Now give me your energy, so that I may give it to the rightful ruler of the Universe."
"I don't think so!" Sailor Moon said. "How dare you steal the energy of the people of this planet? I stand for love, I stand for peace, I stand for truth, justice, and the American way. I am Sailor Moon, the Pretty Warrior of the Moon, and guardian of the people of Earth, and in the name of the Moon, I shall punish you!"
"Sailor Moon," the demon said. "I'll make sure to carve that name on your tombstone myself."
The demon fired a blast of energy at Sailor Moon, that Sailor Moon easily evaded. "Sailor Kick!" Sailor Moon said, as she launched a flying kick, that hit the demon in the face, her heel scratching the demon's face.
"You'll pay for that," the demon said, firing another blast of energy, that knocked Sailor Moon down. As she went down, the customers in the store arose, and moved towards Sailor Moon, as if they were zombies. As Sailor Moon got up, she saw the people coming towards her, she screamed, which caused sonic waves to be emitted from the caps on her hair buns. The sonic shock waves repulsed the people, and caused the demon to recoil in pain.
The demon transformed its right arm into a sharp blade, which it intended to use to cut Sailor Moon in half. As it advanced towards her, a young man in a black karate gi, the sleeveless jacket trimmed in gold and worn over a long sleeved hooded yellow T-shirt with the hood worn up, pants with yellow stripes down the sides, and worn tucked into yellow jika-tabi boots, yellow mask that covered his entire face, including his eyes(which he could still see out of), and yellow web belt with several pouches, slid into the shop. He had a pair of tonfas attached to his back, and an extendable yellow staff worn strapped to his right boot. As he slid towards the demon, he unsheathed one of his tonfas, and hooked the demon's ankle with the side handle, tripping it. As the demon went down, the young man got up, and offered Sailor Moon a hand up. "I see we're both on the same side," he said.
"As soon as the demon gets up," Luna said, "throw your tiara at it."
"Okay," Sailor Moon said, removing her tiara. "Moon Tiara Boomerang!" she said, throwing her tiara at the demon, which caused it to disintegrate, which caused the customers to return to their normal selves. "Thanks for the help there," Sailor Moon said to the costumed male.
"You're quite welcome," he said. "Whatever you call yourself. As for me, I'm sure you've heard of me, I'm Golden Hawk."
"And I'm Sailor Moon," she said.
"Until next time, my friend Sailor Moon," Golden Hawk said, tossing the pellet to the ground at his feet. He was quickly surrounded by gold smoke, and when the smoke cleared, he was gone.
As soon as Golden Hawk left, Sailor Moon picked Luna up, and the two of them teleported back to Usagi's bedroom, where Sailor Moon transformed back to Usagi Tsukino. "So that was the famous Golden Hawk," Usagi said.
"I have heard of him myself," Luna said. "He may not have the same mission you have, but he is definitely an ally."
"I can't put my finger on it," Usagi said, "but there's something familiar about him. One day, though. Anyways, I have some questions. First off, what exactly is my mission?"
"Your mission is to help me find the Princess of the Moon," Luna said. "There are others who will join you on your quest, it's my job to find them. Once we find the Princess, and the others, our job will be to fight the forces that mean to enslave the Universe."
"But we have Golden Hawk," Usagi said.
"He's not one of the others I'm searching for," Luna said. "Meeting him was pure luck. However, that doesn't mean he won't be a valuable ally. I have a feeling that when we need him, he'll be there for us."
UNTIL NEXT TIME...
OUR NEXT CHAPTER: MERCURY REBORN