LEGAL NOTICE: I did not, I repeat, not create Sailor Moon. Naoko Takeuchi created Sailor Moon. The story you are about to read is an alternate universe version of Sailor Moon, completely separate from any other canon, sort of how I would have created Sailor Moon, if I had created Sailor Moon, which I did not. However, there are things in this story I did create, I do own those. Like Golden Hawk. I created him. El Dorado and Rosary are real high schools located in Orange County, California(Placentia and Fullerton, respectively), however, the schools depicted in this story are fictitious versions of said schools.
SAILOR MOON: 1987
PROLOG
ROSARY HIGH SCHOOL, FULLERTON, CALIFORNIA
NOVEMBER 21, 1986 2:55 PM
Most people who knew Rae Hinowski and Mina Webb would say that calling them best friends was an understatement. Most would say that calling them sisters would be an understatement. The best way to describe their friendship would be, as those who knew them would call them, "Siamese twins from different mothers". Ever since they met their first day at St. Bernadette Girl's School in La Habra, they were inseparable. By the time the two of them began their freshman year at Rosary High in the fall of 1984, most who knew them called them "Webb&Hinowski", saying it as one word. However, as they say, the act was about to be broken up. However, Mina's parents had issues with the Roman Catholic Diocese of Orange, which administered the school, and were pulling her out of Rosary, and sending her to public school. "I can't believe my mom and dad are breaking up the act," Mina said, between sobs. "Monday morning, you'll be here, I'll be going to El Dorado."
"My mom's already put in a second phone line," Rae said. "She did it so I can talk to you all I want. And I only live a few blocks away, we can see each other on weekends and after school."
"But it won't be the same," Mina said. "This is the end of "Webb&Hinowski".
"It's not the end," Rae said. "You and I are best friends, and nothing can change that. Hell, next year, I may talk my mom into letting me go to public school for my senior year. I'd love to go to school with boys for once in my life anyways. But whatever happens, I just want you to remember that you'll always be my Siamese twin from another mother."
"And you'll always be my Siamese twin from another mother," Mina said. "Us going to different schools isn't going to change that. But I'll miss us."
"You think I won't?" Rae said. "The only change between us is I'll be here, and you'll be at El Dorado. Best friends forever."
"Best friends forever," Mina said, as she and Rae hugged.
Twenty minutes later, Mina got home from school. Normally, when she got home, she got a snack, or at least a soda, but when she got home, she went directly to her bedroom. "Meow," a white male cat said, rubbing himself against her ankle.
"Oh Artemis," Mina said, picking the cat up, "you don't know how good you have it. Only thing you have to deal with is your litterbox, what I feed you, and that cute little calico across the street. Rae and I are closer than sisters, probably even closer than Siamese twins. One of us without the other is like Batman without Robin, peanut butter without jelly, Gilbert without Sullivan. They can't break up Webb&Hinowski." She lay on the bed, and began crying again.
"You do know how to use a telephone, don't you?" Artemis said. "At some point in your friendship, Rae gave you a series of numbers. You dial those numbers in the order she gave them to you, and it will send a signal to her phone. She'll pick the phone up, and the two of you can talk to your heart's content. Of course, you can always walk to her house, she only lives a few blocks away."
"Sarcasm is definitely not your strong suit," Mina said. "Catching mice, climbing trees, clawing the sofa, those are your strong suits. But sarcasm, definitely not your strong suit."
"Maybe I need a bit more practice in the sarcasm department," Artemis said.
"Probably," Mina said. "Anyways, thanks for being there. You're right about one thing, I can call Rae up when she gets home. And now that I think about it, maybe going to public school won't be all that bad. It'll be nice to talk to a boy whose breath doesn't smell like a mixture of 9 Lives, tuna, mouse, and skim milk."
"You know, I really don't care much for the taste of mouse," Artemis said. "I only hunt them to protect you and your parents. And another thing, you realize I'm a cat, right?"
"Sorry, Artemis," Mina said. "I'm a little too upset right now to be freaked out at the fact you're speaking. Rae and I are a team, and the team's being split up over a little dispute."
CHAPTER 3: ROCKSHOW (VENUS & MARS)
NOVEMBER 22, 1986
FAMILY FUN CENTER, FULLERTON, CALIFORNIA, 12:30 AM
Mina Webb took her tray from the counter of the snack bar. She had gotten a chili cheese dog, fries, and a root beer for lunch, and was looking for a place to sit. "Hey Mina," Rae Hinowski called from across the seating area.
"Rae!" Mina said, going to the table where her best friend was sitting. "I can't believe it, Webb&Hinowski, together again."
"I know," Rae said. "I mean, how long has it been since our not-so-bitter divorce? What, about 21 hours?"
"We may not go to the same school anymore," Mina said, "but they'll never keep us apart. Best friends forever."
"Best friends forever," Rae said. "But us going to different schools is only temporary. You and I, we're a team, and they can't break us up. At least not permanently."
The two of them talked while they ate lunch, and after lunch, they went to the arcade part of the Family Fun Center. "Hey, check it out," Rae said, as they passed the claw game. "Those are some nice bracelets there."
"Want me to win them for us?" Mina asked.
"You think you can?" Rae asked.
""I'm an expert at the claw," Mina said, putting a token in the game. She managed to not only snag the bracelets, but two pens, one red, the other orange.
"You are good at this," Rae said, when they saw the prizes they won. "I can't believe you snagged 3 prizes."
"Never done that before," Mina said. "Must be better than even I thought."
"I call dibs on the red pen," Rae said, as Mina unwrapped the bracelets, giving one to Rae, and keeping the other for herself. "It matches my nail polish."
"Sure," Mina said. "I wanted the orange one anyways."
"Go-karts?" Rae asked.
"You know it," Mina said. They bought tickets, and went to the go-kart track, as a demon appeared, and started draining energy from the people at the Family Fun Center.
Meanwhile, Ami Andersen was busy practicing her guitar lesson from the previous day. As she was playing an A chord, she heard her communicator go off. "You there, Ami?" Usagi Tsukino said over the communicator.
"Here," Ami said. "What's the problem?"
"Trouble at Family Fun Center," Usagi said "I'm about to transform. You do the same, and Luna and I will meet you there."
Right," Ami said, holding her transformation pen up. "Mercury Power, Make-Up!"
"Pretty Soldier of the Moon, Make-Up!" Usagi said.
A few seconds later, Sailor Moon and Sailor Mercury arrived at the Family Fun Center, where a demon was starting to steal energy from the patrons. "How dare you attack those who just want to have fun?" Sailor Mercury said.
"Yeah," Sailor Moon said. "These are good, decent people, all they want for their Saturday is a little leisure time, to let off some steam, and have fun. I stand for love, I stand for peace, I stand for truth, justice, and the American way. I am Sailor Moon, the Pretty Soldier of the Moon, and the guardian of the people of Earth, and in the name of the Moon, I shall punish you!"
"And I am the wise and intelligent Soldier known as Sailor Mercury," Sailor Mercury said. "I stand with Sailor Moon, and honor everything she stands for."
Golden Hawk appeared in a puff of smoke, standing in front of Sailor Moon and Sailor Mercury. "I stand for baseball, rock & roll, apple pie, and Disneyland," Golden Hawk said. "I stand for good, and I stand with my friends Sailor Moon and Sailor Mercury, and anyone who wants to harm the innocent has to go through me. I am the one known as Golden Hawk, and in the name of all that is awesome and wicked cool, I will kick your ass."
"Let's see if you're really willing to die for these pathetic Earthlings," the demon said. It fired a blast of energy towards Rae Hinowski and Mina Webb. Golden Hawk got a running start, and used his staff to vault over the demon, and in the path of the blast, retracting his staff and replacing it in its holster in midair. As he landed, he grabbed one of his tonfas, and used it as a shield, deflecting the blast, causing it to harmlessly explode in an empty field.
"Was that Golden Hawk?" Mina asked. "I thought he was nothing more than an urban legend Channel 7 created to boost ratings for the 6:00 news."
"He's real," Rae said. "And he just saved our lives.
As Golden Hawk deflected the energy blast, Luna saw, for just a split second, the symbol for Mars on Rae's forehead, and the symbol for Venus on Mina's forehead. "You two!" Luna called to Rae and Mina. "This is important. I need the two of you to hold your pens up in the air and repeat what I'm about to tell you."
"Did that cat just talk to us?" Rae asked.
"Just do what the nice kitty says," Mina said. "If we want to get out of this alive, that is."
"You with the blonde hair, say "Venus Power, Make-up!", while you with the black hair, you're phrase is "Mars Power, Make-Up!" Got it?"
"Mars Power, Make-Up!" Rae said, holding her pen up. She was dressed similar to Sailor Moon and Sailor Mercury, but with red collar and tights, purple boots, gloves, choker, and neckerchief, a red gem in her tiara, and the clasp of her kerchief was red, while she wore red stud earrings, and purple fingernail polish.
"Venus Power, Make-Up!" Mina said, holding her pen up. She was dressed the same, with yellow collar, gloves, and boots, orange tights, choker, and neckerchief, orange stud earrings yellow clasp on her neckerchief, and her fingernails were polished orange.
"The blonde one called herself Sailor Moon," Mina said. "And her friend called herself Sailor Mercury. So I guess that makes me Sailor Venus."
"And I'm now Sailor Mars," Sailor Mars said, creating a fire bow out of thin air. "Mars Flame Sniper!" she said, shooting an arrow of pure fire at the demon, which harmed it slightly.
"Mercury Aqua Mist!" Sailor Mercury said, surrounding the demon with a mist.
"Venus Crescent Beam Kiss!" Sailor Venus said, balling her right hand in a fist, and kissing the tip of her extended index finger. She pointed her finger at the demon, and shot a crescent moon shaped beam of energy from her finger, as if from a gun.
Someone take a knee," Golden Hawk said. Sailor Mercury got down on one knee, and after getting a running start, Golden Hawk vaulted off her shoulders, grabbing his tonfas in midair, and channeling energy from them, as if they were a pair of blasters. Using the tonfa in his right hand as a brace, he delivered a forearm shiver to the demon, knocking it down. "As soon as it gets up," he said, "do that thing you do with your tiara!"
"Right," Sailor Moon said, removing her tiara. "Moon Tiara Boomerang," she said, throwing her tiara at the demon, which destroyed it.
"Good work, ladies," Golden Hawk said. "Looks like your team just doubled."
"What about you?" Sailor Moon asked. "You're as much a part of the team now as I am."
"Your mission is not the same as mine," Golden Hawk said, grabbing a smoke pellet from one of the pouches of his belt. "However, we both seek to protect the people of Earth from evil. While I am not part of your team, you can count on me."
"Guess that answers that question," Sailor Moon said, as Golden Hawk tossed the pellet down, and disappeared in a puff of smoke.
"Who was that masked man?" Sailor Mars asked, as she transformed back to Rae Hinowski.
"I have a feeling we'll find out one day," Sailor Venus said, as she transformed back to Mina Webb.
"Me, I'm glad he's on our side," Sailor Mercury said, as she transformed back to Ami Andersen.
"If my hunch is correct," Sailor Moon said, as she transformed back to Usagi Tsukino, "when we find out what we're really up against, we'll need all the help we can get. Anyways, now that our little team of superheroes has just doubled, I believe introductions are in order. My name is Usagi Tsukino."
"Ami Andersen," Ami said.
"Mina Webb," Mina said.
"And I'm Mina's best friend in the whole world, Rae Hinowski," Rae said.
"Can you believe it?" Mina asked. "Rae, you and I, bonafide superheroes."
"I can't think of anyone I would rather face down death and spit in its eye with than you," Rae said.
UNTIL NEXT TIME...
OUR NEXT CHAPTER: AND JUPITER MAKES FIVE(OR SIX)