Chapter 3
Meteor's heart pounded as she finished the spell. This is the last person. She felt everyone's eyes on her.
No one dared to interrupt as Neptune woke up. She was one of the senshi with more wounds and blood loss, it had taken Meteor longer then usual to heal her.
Meteor asked her if she was feeling alright, and Neptune said she was better. Meteor sighed in relief. Her job was done. Asteroid stood up, Nebula followed suit.
"We must be going now. Meteor needs to rest before doing any more healing or else she can lose conscious." Asteroid said, surprising even himself as he said it. He turned around but Saturn stopped him.
"Wait." She said simply. Asteroid stopped and looked over to Meteor with a raised eyebrow. Meteor nodded, mouthing 'let me do the talking.' with a wink. She bit her lips, trying to hide a headache.
"Yes?" Sailor Nebula asked, amused.
"Who are you?" Saturn asked. Meteor looked into her eyes, considering her answer carefully.
"Sailor Meteor, protected by the meteors, senshi of Stars." Meteor said. She looked to Nebula, who must be as confused as Asteroid, poor Roni, Meteor thought.
"Sailor Nebula, protected by the nebulas, senshi of Stars." Nebula said with ease.
"Prince Asteroid, protected by the asteroid of space, a prince of the Stars." Asteroid said calmly as all eyes turned to him.
"I am-"
"Sailor Moon. Soldier of love and justice. Princess Serenity and future Neo-queen Serenity." Meteor said, her fan-girl instinct kicking in. She immediately regretted it as all the guardians stiffened.
"How do you know me?" Moon asked. Meteor thought before answering.
"I don't just know you. I know all of you and your history. Including your past lives." She said, not meeting anyone's eyes although she felt everyone's eyes on her. She already fueled the fire, might as well go all the way out.
"How do we know that you are not lying? And how do we know that you are not our enemy?" Maker asked, her eyes narrowed.
"Asteroid, Nebula, and I are not your enemy because I just saved more than half of your lives. And I could always dish out some of your secrets if you wish. We, in a way, are like Pluto. We had watched your journey since we were young and recently, Sailor Angel, pulled us into this world and said that you will need help defeating the enemy." Meteor said, trying to keep things simple.
"What secrets?" Healer asked with a raised eyebrow. Meteor giggled.
"Your identity, first of all. Pluto's past crush on a certain someone. Your entire story of how the team formed, including the outers wanting to kill someone. I know who ChibiUsa-chan is and where she is right now. And lastly, I know the truth behind Usagi-chan's unreplied letters." Meteor said, counting off the things with her fingers.
"Who is this Sailor Angel?" Fighter asked. Meteor visibly flinched in surprise and the same painful look flashed across her face before she hid it.
"She's our leader. She's no princess, but she's our leader." Nebula chimed in. Meteor gave her a smile before turning to Moon.
"U- Sailor Moon, please, let us help you. If Angel had called us here, it must means that the villain is strong. Stronger then Galaxia, and you barely survived that one. I can help. I've been watching since I was three. I know everything a villain had done in the past, brainwashing, manipulation, separating, torturing you one by one. Any villain, any youma, daimon, phage, you name it, I know of it. Let us help you. Please." Meteor said. Moon was a bit taken back by her request, but before she could answer, Uranus did it for her.
"No. We appreciate you saving us but we can't risk anything. We can't trust you since you know our identities." Uranus said stubbornly. Meteor nodded.
"I understand. You are just as stubborn as I remember, Tenou-san." Meteor said, tilting her head to the side with a smile. Asteroid couldn't help but smile when Uranus had to bite back a smile herself. Meteor's smile was just as contagious as Usagi's!
"We should get going. You girls do have school tomorrow. I need to see if Comet and Constellation had arrived. Hopefully not, I really don't need anything else to deal with." Meteor said, muttering that last part to herself. She stood up again, followed by Nebula and Asteroid. They left the shrine, leaving the rest of the guardians to talk.
"Why are you three here?" Michiru asked, the last one to de-henshin. Seiya shrugged, eyeing Mamoru out of the corner of his eyes.
"Kakyuu-sama got a message that you needed help from a sailor senshi named Angel." Yaten started.
"We had at first thought that Angel was a code name for Usagi-san, but then realized that it wasn't her hand-writing. Nonetheless, we came." Taiki finished.
"Now that you mentioned it, this 'Sailor Angel' was the one that Meteor said that dragged them into this world, right?" Minako asked no one specifically.
"We have to work with them somehow. We need to know who this Sailor Angel is." Usagi said with a determined look. Everyone around her all muttered something in agreement.
"We should try to find out Meteor's identity first, because from what it looked like, she was the only one out her group so far who knows about us. The prince seemed lost and Nebula only speaks when necessary." Ami pointed out. Everyone nodded. Usagi's thoughts drifted back to after Meteor healed half of them. The look meteor gave Asteroid, that wistful look.
It was so intense, having to love someone who is so close to you, and try to hide it. Or at least that is what Usagi assumed what was happening.
"Let's talk about this in school tomorrow. Oh, sorry Mamoru-kun. Um... What about Usagi's house? You said your parents were out of town with Shingo and his best friend?" Rei asked Usagi. Usagi nodded, half not paying attention to what was happening. She still can't stop thinking about Meteor and what a cute couple Meteor and Asteroid would be under different circumstances. She giggled of her silliness and walked back home after their meeting ended.
"Matte, Tsukino-san!" A voice called out. Usagi could've swore she heard that voice somewhere. She turned around. The three people from the Crown's ran up to her.
"Hai?" She asked, curious. Noting that the older girl was stumbling and looked flushed.
"Do you have a extra room for us to stay in? We can crash on the couch. We only need two beds, that's all." The older girl said. Usagi now knew why she sounded familiar, besides the fact that she had heard her speak in the Crown's, she was Vanessa Rose. The boy on her right had called out her full name in confusion when he first arrived.
"Hai. My parents are out this month but I stayed behind. You can stay in the extra room down the hallway near mine. Holden, was it? Can stay in my brother, Shingo's room." Usagi said. For some reason, she knew that they would understand what she was saying.
Nessa faked a confused face before she nodded and said thank you to Usagi. They headed toward Usagi's house.
(Time skip)
Nessa wrapped a towel around herself and combed her wet hair. The pastel pink streaks added in her hair after she came here stood out oddly in her black hair. She dried herself and put the towel back on the hanger. She reached for her pajamas top but before she could put it on, the door bursted open.
"Nessa, it's an emergency!" Holden yelled. Nessa screamed and grabbed he towel off the hanger again. Holden realized why she screamed and put a hand over his eyes before quickly shutting the door behind him.
"I swear. I didn't see anything." Holden stuttered. Nessa's face burned with embrassment as she quickly locked the door and put her pajamas on.
"Holden, please knock next time." Nessa said, face still red from her blush of embrassment. Holden grunted a reply but Nessa didn't hear anything he said because in a second, a picture flashed her mind. Sailor Moon was shot with something acidic and clutching to the side of her stomach as the other senshi struggles to fight off more monsters. But they looked like octopuses this time.
Oddly enough, Nessa knew what to say and she felt something form in her pocket. She pulled it out, it was a bracelet. It was a simple bracelet made with black strings with a pink heart crystal charm. In an instance, she knew Holden and Roni got similar things as her voice drowned out theirs.
"Meteor Stars Power! Make up!" She yelled as the pink charm broke off of her bracelet. The rest of the bracelet dissolved around it. The charm turned into two tiny circular crystals with gold details. They turned into earrings and Nessa felt them pop into place on her ears. She walked out, fully dressed in her senshi fuku, and with a wave of her arm, she ran toward Juuban Middle School with the rest of her 'crew' right behind her.