Sailor Moon Aeons.
Book 2: Rebirth.
Act 2: Dark Moon Rising.
Episode 29: Card games.

By Razor Knight
Last update: February 27, 2013
Last edited: May 27, 2017

"A meteor fell close to my house last night. But when I went to take a look, it was gone. All that was left was a huge crater. Nobody knows where it went."

Usagi looked at Umino. "Meteors don't just vanish."

"Yeah, it's strange. Maybe it's related to the Senshi."

"You think the Senshi made that meteor vanish?"

"No, but maybe there's a new enemy in town."

Terry chuckled. "Cool, I wonder where I can sign up to be attacked by one of those new aliens?"

"I hope nobody I know gets attacked."

Terry looked at Usagi. "I thought you knew better than that already."

"I do, but I can still hope, right?"

Right then, a couple new students walked in. They noticed the classroom was quite full, but didn't mind the others as they walked to their seats.

"Natsumi and Seijuro Ginga," Umino said, "they're foreigners, although I don't know which country they're from."

"Don't speak about us like we're not here," Natsumi said. She, like her brother, was tall, and had long, brown hair and brown eyes.

"You'll have to excuse Umino, he's the resident gossip boy."

"That I am."

Usagi looked at Terry. "So..."

"Nag off, Usagi, what me and Ami do is our business alone."

"Come on, don't be like that."

"What about you and-?" Terry realized Karin was there and smiled. "Well, you know."

"I haven't really talked to him a lot lately. Didn't even have a date yet."

"But he likes you."

Usagi turned to look at Karin. "Uh... He does?"

"I don't mind. He's old enough to look after himself," Karin noted. "How did you meet, though?"

"Just by coincidence. We didn't have a good start, he kept on teasing me about my grades and other things..."

"Sounds just like him."

"...But we ended up liking each other."

"Didn't think he would go after someone younger than him," Karin admitted.

Natsumi stared at her brother. 'They're weird.'

'I know. Is this really required?'

'We may be here for a long time. We need to know how the locals behave.'

'And we must find food soon, the Makaijuu won't last much longer.'

"A bug and a robot, is that all we'll have to fight?"

"Mako, ever heard the saying 'be careful what you wish for'"

Mako laughed. "Right, but those were still too easy to deal with."

Terry and Ami walked in and looked around. The base was quite crowded, but there were some Senshi missing. Mostly the other guys, and one girl. "Hey, where's Usagi?"

"She went to see Mamoru," Rei explained.

"Oh. Too bad, I wanted to give her something."

"Won't Ami be jealous?" Rei teased.

"I helped him build it," Ami explained.

"... Now I'm curious," Minako admitted.

"Sorry, it's a surprise," Ami said.

"On a completely unrelated note, I suppose everyone noticed my 'new' blue airboard, right?"

The others, except for Ami, looked at each other. "Not really," they all said in unison.

Ami smiled and leapt up, and a blue airboard appeared right under her feet. "What do you guys think?"

"... Isn't that Zero's old board with a new paint job?" Naru asked.

Terry leapt up, and another board appeared under his feet, also blue. "No, it's not. While researching, we discovered that the Zero's color can be changed to any color you want." To demonstrate his point, the board suddenly turned white, then green, then back to blue. "See?"

"With a bit of work, we can make airboards for everyone," Ami noted, "that will make it easier for us to fight evil."

"Wait, wasn't the Zero a rare alloy?" Naru asked. She didn't know the technical stuff, but she knew she had understood that much about Terry's former armor's material.

"It can be replicated," Terry explained, "in fact, I didn't tell you girls this, but I got a piece of that robot we fought. Its armor was made of Zero."

"What? But you said only a few knew about it."

"And I've already checked with them. It wasn't an inside job, but whoever did it left no clues to be found."

"So whoever it was, also used our genetic code. It must be a very smart man. Or woman."

Terry nodded at Rei. "And I know of few who could do it. I can't go asking around without making it clear I know it's them."

"That wouldn't matter," Hotaru said, "the Omega knew who I was."

"Still, it's better to play dumb and see what their next move will be," Terry said.

"Alert. Magical entities detected."

Minako looked around. "Who's that?"

"That's the base's computer. We decided to give it a voice of its own."

"Sounds robotic, just like Hotaru," Mako joked.

"I resent that remark," Hotaru said, in a rather robotic monotone.

"... You're weird," Mako muttered.

"Thank you."

Terry wasn't paying attention to the girls. "Okay, there's something unknown attacking near our school, and there's an unknown entity, relatively weak, close to the base."

"Let's check on that weaker entity," Ami said. "The rest of you, go get whoever's attacking our school."

"Who died and made her leader?" Rei joked.

"... And he told me you should really drop by someday."

Mamoru smiled at Usagi. Things had changed slowly between them, and he knew she was not just a naive girl who saved the world on a daily basis. There was much more to her than one could see... Although she did usually hide it all behind her naive girl facade.

They had been walking with no destination in mind, and he realized he really liked being with her. Maybe she was the one for him, but he couldn't be sure just yet.

"Hey, are you listening?"

"Uh, yeah, sorry. I suppose that guy's right, I should visit that base. I'm part of the team, after all. However..."

"Huh?"

"You spend a lot of time with that Zephyr guy."

"He's my friend," Usagi said.

"Guess I'll have to start spending time with you too, odango."

Usagi shook her head. She didn't hate that nickname anymore, but it was still a bit annoying. "We're close to the base, want to go check it out now?"

"Sure, lead the-"

"Stop it right there!"

"That's my line," Usagi said as she turned to the voice. She saw it was a small, pink-haired girl. "Huh? What do you want, kid?"

The girl looked at her. "Give me the Ginzuishou."

"The what?" Usagi asked, playing dumb. Was this girl an enemy? But she looked so harmless. She noticed her hair was tied up in pigtails, much like hers, except the hair buns were different, their shape reminded her of rabbit ears.

"I need the Ginzuishou. Give it to me," the girl said. A gun appeared out of thin air, and she pointed it at Usagi. "Now."

"Hey kid, put that gun away, you could hurt someone with it!"

"Don't call me kid, my name is Usagi Tsukino."

Usagi's eyes widened, and she looked at Mamoru, who seemed as confused as her. "What-"

"You better stop aiming that thing at my friends, or I may ignore the fact you're just a little girl."

The girl turned to the voice and saw Dragon and Sailor Mercury staring at her from atop their airboards. "Mercury?"

"Who the hell are you?"

The girl gasped and took off running, dropping the gun, which vanished before it hit the ground. Usagi watched her dash away and saw Dragon Mercury was about ready to chase after her. "Let her go."

"But-"

"Please, she didn't hurt anyone, and she didn't look like an evil being to me."

"She's right," Mercury said.

"I think she'll be back," Mamoru noted.

"Next time, I'll ask her what she wants my crystal for. If she needs help, I could help her."

Mercury looked around. "We're going back to the base. What about you?"

"Sure, we were heading that way," Usagi said, then finally noticed something. "... Hey, since when do you have an airboard?"

"Had it for a few days, never had a reason to use it," Mercury noted.

"Some guys give their girlfriends flowers. I gave her an airboard," Dragon Mercury joked.

"But we have something to give you," Mercury added.

"Oh? Something for me?" Usagi's eyes widened. "One of those?"

"No, not yet, still working on them."

"Let's continue this in the base," Mamoru said, "before that girl, or a crowd of fangirls, show up."

"Good thinking, let's go," the Dragon admitted. "You guys go on foot, we'll take a different route."

Elsewhere in the city, the Senshi had reached their destination, and saw a familiar scene. A strange creature was draining anyone who was too scared or naive to run away from it. The monster looked like a lion, only its skin was red and its mane white. "What is that thing?"

"Zeus' Wrath."

A barrage of lightning bolts hit the monster from all directions, and the Senshi watched in awe as Calisto summoned a large sword of flames and tackled the creature down. It reacted faster than she expected, knocking her away, but Calisto wasn't about to give up. "Pegasi Flight."

"What's up with her?" Venus asked.

"Makai's one of the victims," Saturn said.

"Ares' Pyre!" The monster was swallowed by a column of fire, but it only lasted a few seconds. Calisto sighed and struggled to stay on her feet. "Damn it, I must-"

"Leave that bug to us," Mars said as the Senshi left their hiding spot. "Saturn, check on the victims."

Calisto looked at Mars. "Hmph. Okay, I'll leave this to you. I'm too weak to defend her."

"Don't blame yourself," Saturn said. She was stronger than most of the other Senshi, but she knew she was also the only one who could heal all the victims. "She'll be okay in a minute."

Calisto was aware the Senshi were not having an easy time beating the creature, but she couldn't help them right now. She focused on what Saturn was doing. A mass healing technique, it only took a few seconds for people to start groaning and sitting up. "Amazing."

"Ugh, what the heck happened?"

Calisto smiled at Aki. "A monster got you, the Senshi are trying to fight it."

Saturn stood up and looked at the victims. "Please leave the area immediately, we will deal with that creature."

"Wow, a Senshi!"

"I thought they were fake."

Saturn realized the victims weren't quite getting the point. "Please, leave the area before-"

"Saturn, watch out!"

The warning was timed right, and Saturn turned to see the creature running straight to her, snarling furiously. "Bad kitty, play dead," she said and tossed her glaive like a spear. It went right through the creature's chest, falling near the other Senshi. "On second thought, I suppose the creature's just been dealt with," she added as she turned to the victims.

Mars walked to where the creature had fallen, and saw a small card was lying on the ground, and there was a picture of the creature in it. A second later, the card blackened and turned into ashes. "Strange."

"Definitely not youma," Jupiter commented.

Saturn noticed the crowd had not left yet. She walked calmly to her glaive and picked it up, not minding the fact it was soaked in green blood. "Definitely not strong, either."

"Let's go back to-" Venus started, then remembered the crowd. "Well, you know."

"Right. I'll take this one to a doctor, just in case," Calisto said, and she and Aki vanished.

"What was that about?" Venus asked.

"Guess they'll go play doctor," Jupiter commented. The other Senshi stared at her, then laughed.

"Hey, Senshi!"

Jupiter saw a guy walk to them. "What is it?"

"No autographs," Saturn noted.

"Aww, but-" The guy stopped as he noticed Saturn was staring at him, still holding the bloodied glaive. "Uh, okay, nevermind."

"Let's just go before they start taking pic-" Saturn started, then blinked as a flash blinded her for a split second. "... Too late."

Usagi looked at the items Terry was holding. "Wow."

"I'm working on guesses here, but tests seemed to work for Ami, so I made these for you."

"Why not make one for her too?" Mamoru asked.

"Because Usagi's the leader," Terry said.

"And because I'm quite useless with any kind of weapon," Ami added.

Usagi took the two discs (or Chakrams as Terry called them, Usagi supposed that was their name,) and then flinched. "Heavy..."

"That's because they're meant to be used with your powers."

"Moon Prism Power!" Moon frowned. "Huh? They're much lighter now."

"You're much stronger physically when transformed, I thought you girls knew that already."

"Uh, yeah, I just forgot about it," Moon said. "So, what's so special about these?"

"They can channel your magic much like your tiara does. You can toss them or use them in close range."

Mamoru rose an eyebrow. "You mean she can use that kind of weapon?"

"The principle is mostly the same as with her tiara, and Luna said her skill using that thing was not something she got from her past life."

"I need a practice target," Moon said.

"I'm not-" Terry started, then smiled. "Here, try this."

Moon saw the airboard appear. "Wait, what if I break it down?"

"It's made of Zero, don't worry."

"Okay." Moon run to the target, sending one of the discs straight at it. It hit the board and bounced backwards, and Moon caught it, slicing sideways with both of them in a cross pattern. The board was cut neatly to pieces and fell to the ground. "Ack! Terry, I'm sorry, I-"

"I told you not to worry," Terry said. The board's pieces floated up and the board reformed itself.

"Wow, didn't know the Zero could do that."

"Me neither," Terry admitted, "until Ami froze my board during one of the tests and it shattered into hundreds of small pieces as it fell to the ground."

"I was as shocked as you are," Ami admitted.

"So, you like those weapons?"

"I do. But still, I have my tiara, I could just use it instead."

"Your tiara uses a fixed quantity of mana to work when you throw it. These Chakrams can use as much, or as little, mana as you want them to, provided you have enough of it."

"Let me show you something else," Ami said and took one of the discs. It turned into a sword, then into a small dagger. She smiled as she saw Usagi's face as the weapon returned to its normal form. "Yeah, it surprised me too."

"What is that thing?"

"Hard to explain, but it can obey the thoughts or voice of its 'owner.'"

"Wait until I show these to the others," Usagi mused.

"I'm already working on weapons for the others," Terry said, then noticed the chakrams were gone. "Wait, where-"

Usagi reached her arm forwards, and everyone could see a pink bracelet. "I learn fast."

Terry laughed. "I can see that, and I just realized how to decide what weapon to make for each of the Senshi."

Ami nodded. "We'll just let them decide."

Usagi walked into her house, still thinking back to all that had happened. She couldn't wait until an evil creature appeared, it had been quite a surprise to her to know she was not horrible with all weapons, and now she had something other than her tiara to fight evil with. "Mom, I'm home!"

"Hi there, Usagi. I've been waiting for you."

She noticed the young girl sitting on the couch and paled. "You?"

A/N: Kids these days, even before they learn advanced geometry, they're already pointing at you with a gun and breaking into your house. What a world!

The Senshi get polymorphing weaponry. The base idea of this was in the first version of Cyber Moon, but I discarded it back then. I think I can make it work this time around.

Also, I think Saturn should call her new technique "Saturn Glaive Action" or something like that.