Sailor Moon Aeons.
Book 2: Rebirth.
Act 7: The Senshi of Chaos.
Episode 105: One Senshi too many.

By Razor Knight
Last update: July 22, 2015
Last edited: June 13, 2017

Galaxia wasn't pleased with her soldiers' performance thus far. Still, what could she do, kill them? That would just mean she would have to turn either the three annoying Starlight Senshi, or the Senshi of this pathetic world, into her new soldiers. That would be too much of a bother, really.

Still, her soldiers were waiting for her to speak, and so she did. "I've thought of a way to increase your chances to find one of the seeds. You will attack more than one target at a time-"

"That's what I did," Siren noted.

"-But you will not go alone. Crow!"

The black-clad woman standing next to Siren knelt before Galaxia. "I will find that seed for sure, Queen Galaxia."

Siren nodded, but then sighed. "Why don't we just get all the remaining seeds?"

"You are using my energy for that," Galaxia noted, "and I don't like wasting it."

"... Fair enough. We'll do our best, Queen Galaxia."

"That's all I'm asking. Now go and get me the golden star seed - it's not like those Earth Senshi can even hurt you. I'm sure what happened with the three mages was just a fluke."

Ami looked around the room and smiled. Sure, she didn't feel the need to show off as much as her boyfriend did, but she could still like leaving everyone speechless, once in a while. And if training for three or four days to do it was what was needed, then she couldn't really complain. "So, what do you think?"

Brad looked at Ami and Rei in turns. "You girls just went 'screw physics' there, didn't you?"

Minako chuckled. Brad was quite right, as far as she knew, a wave of water shouldn't be aflame unless something else was involved. In this case, it was magic. "Wonder what we can do if we combine our attacks?" she said, looking at Brad.

"Brighter flashes?" Brad said.

"What matters is how effective an attack is, not how flashy."

Ami looked at Terry and gave him a half-smile. "I wish you could be serious like that all the time."

"If I was, you would get bored of me and go find another clown."

"Don't worry, I doubt I could find anyone who could out-clown you."

Terry smiled at that, then looked at Usagi, who was having a chat with ChibiChibi. "... What are you up to, Rabbit?"

"Trying to see if she can speak at all. No luck so far."

Ami walked to them. "Pluto told us she's important, and I know she's got a lot of power in that little body of hers, but there's a lot of questions I would like to ask her."

"Chibi. Chibi Chibi!"

Usagi saw Ami staring at the small girl. Her friend seemed shocked at something. "Ami?"

Ami didn't seem to hear her. "What did you just say?"

"Chibi. Chibi Chibi!"

"... This is..."

Terry frowned. "What's wrong?"

"I'm not sure 'wrong' is the right term, but... I can understand what she's saying."

The small girl looked at Ami and smiled. "Chibi?"

"Yes, I can understand you."

Rei blinked at that. "Wait, how..."

"Chibi!"

Ami shook her head. "It... Seems to come and go, much like you told us your power worked."

"So, it's another one of those 'special' skills?"

"I would think so." Ami looked at ChibiChibi, who had kept talking, and frowned. "It's annoying, though, knowing I could be understanding all she says, but I only get fragments."

Terry was surprised, but he had seen enough of their powers to know it wasn't impossible. "How does it work?"

"This girl... She's saying things, not just randomly repeating the same word. My guess is, my mind can transform what I hear into words I can understand."

"So, to practice that power and be able to control it, you would have to get someone to speak to you in a language you aren't proficient in."

Ami smiled at Terry. "That's worth a try."

Usagi looked at ChibiChibi, who hadn't stopped talking. "Uh, she doesn't undestand everything you say, ChibiChibi."

"Chibi?"

"Sorry," Ami said. "Still, from what little I understood, she knows Galaxia, is here to stop her, and... I think she asked for our help."

Usagi smiled at the little girl. "We'll defeat her, one way or another."

"Chibi? Chibi Chibi Chibi."

"She said she can't be defeated."

Rei frowned at that. "Is she saying we can't defeat her, or that there's no way to defeat her at all?"

"I don't know. Damn, now I know how you felt at first, Usagi..."

"We didn't know how to use our Senshi powers right until we practised," Usagi said, "so don't worry. We'll try talking to her again when you're better at using this new skill."

"Chibi."

Ami looked at the small girl. "She said 'Animates.' No idea what-"

Usagi looked up and frowned. "The enemy is moving. They're at the shrine."

"Crap, Yuichiro is next," Rei said.

"But they're... There's another one, moving to the Ginga mansion. Ail and Ann too?"

"They're not even from this world, why would-"

Minako interrupted Terry. "Why don't we go there and 'ask' whichever metal animal it is this time about it?"

"Oh, I'll 'ask' them, indeed," Mako said, cracking her knuckles.

Dragon Mars looked at the woman standing in front of him. "Your suit makes you look like a crow, so I'll make a guess your name has 'crow' in it."

"I'm Sailor Lead Crow, and I'm here to get your seed."

"... Then why aren't you attacking?"

"Galaxia's rules. I don't agree with a few of them, but I still have to follow them."

"So, you have to wait until someone else shows up."

Crow smiled and looked to the side. "Sailor Mars, Sailor Mercury and Sailor Moon. If our intel is correct, I'm lucky, I got the main trio to play with."

Mars saw the woman vanish, and heard a gasp. Predictably enough, she had taken Dragon Mars' seed, and it was, as usual, a dud. "Just leave before we have to hurt you."

Crow laughed at that. "You? Hurt me? I would love to see you try, weaklings."

Moon's hands lit up with magic, and she smiled. "It would be rude not to grant you your request. Lunar..."

Mercury's hands were wrapped in ice, and she gathered them into a couple small ice balls. "Ice..."

Crow saw Moon shoot the ice, and it started shining. Mercury then shot the ice balls, but not to her. "What the hell-"

Mars saw the attack heading her way, and smiled as she summoned her bow. "... Shot!"

It happened too quick for Crow to dodge - the two flame arrows Mars had shot had caused the balls to explode, and a mix of ice shards, lunar magic and fire all hit the evil Senshi, knocking her to the ground. "Ugh..." She stood up and coughed, blood dripping from her lip. "You stupid humans! I'm going to-"

"If I remember right, you can't kill us."

"Won't." Crow corrected, "But I may risk angering Galaxia, next time I see any of you." She glared at each of the girls in turns before vanishing.

"That was dangerous."

Mars looked at her. "I don't think that would have hurt me as much as a Planet Attack. And it worked, so-" She sensed something and moved to the side, just in time to dodge a fire blast. "Oh, almost forgot about him."

Mercury looked at Yuichiro, or rather... His suit was seemingly made of red scales, but looked almost identical to his Dragon Senshi outfit, except for the red, scaly helmet which looked like a dragon's head. "... Please tell me your name is not-"

"Be burnt by the endless courage of Dragon Dragon!"

Mars sighed. "I know that's Yuu in there, but just for that name, I feel like kicking him for hours."

"Kick this. Burning Dragon Fist!"

Mars dodged as 'Dragon Dragon' charged at her, trying to punch her with his hand wrapped in flames. "No thanks."

Moon saw a few dozen flame arrows shoot out of Mars' body and hit the Dragon, who rolled on the ground for a good fifty meters. He was still trying to stand up after the blow, so she summoned a man-sized hand made of mana and knocked him back down, this time also knocking him out. "If you're ready for them, these fake Senshi are usually easy."

Mars returned Yuichiro's seed and smiled. "Yeah. And now that we know how to deal with those other Senshi..."

"I would guess they're called the 'Animates' since that's what ChibiChibi said right before they appeared," Mercury noted.

"Oh, I see you've got things under control here."

Moon saw the rest of the group was there. "Yeah, it wasn't a long fight, but..."

"What did he turn into?" Dragon Venus asked.

Mars saw her boyfriend was waking up, and decided this was the perfect chance to say it. "He was Dragon Dragon."

Yuichiro looked up at Mars and cringed. "Ugh, I think I'll just go back to sleep."

"What happened with Ail and Ann?" Moon asked. "Did they have-

"Yeah, I guess all magicians have it, as the legend says."

Minutes earlier, several other Senshi had reached the Ginga mansion, only to find the two aliens seemed to have things under control. Siren was busy dodging as countless creatures attacked her from all sides. "Heh, good thing they didn't use that many bugs back then," Dragon Mercury said.

Siren looked to the side and saw several Senshi there. "Oh, that's too bad, I was enjoying the workout."

Ann frowned. "Don't gloat, we've got you-"

Ail saw Siren shoot a wave of energy. It stopped short of hitting them, but destroyed all their creatures. "Damn it, she was just playing with us."

"That's right, weaklings like you would not be able to hurt me."

"What about weaklings like us?" Jupiter snapped.

"You? Hurt me? I would love to see you try, weaklings," Siren snapped back.

Nemesis looked at Venus, then at Jupiter, then shrugged. "You asked for it. Darkshine..." A sphere of darkness appeared on her outstretched hand.

"... Sparkling..." Jupiter summoned her hammer, which lit up as electric arcs run through it. She then run to Nemesis, and slammed her hammer into the dark ball, then tossed it in Venus' direction.

And Venus was ready for this. She summoned her chain sword, lashing out at the hammer as the chain lit up, and wrapping it around the hammer's handle. She then spun around, aiming a second strike straight at Siren as she finished the attack's name. "... Whip Maul!"

Siren was knocked back by the attack, and was quite shocked, pun very intended, by the damage it had caused in her. True, it was nothing deadly, but it was clear these 'weaklings' could hurt her. "Ugh, now you've done it, Earthlings. Next time I won't just stand there and let you attack."

As Siren vanished, Jupiter looked at the other Senshi. "Guess we'll have to practice using that attack on a moving target, then."

Venus cringed. "Guys, we've still got to deal with those two."

Ail and Ann were wearing silver Senshi suits, and holding strange-looking guns in their hands. "We are Sailor Alien. Resistance is futile. You will be eliminated," they said in unison.

"I don't think that's how that line goes," Venus said.

"You are saying that?" Dragon Venus mused.

"Give up, Earthlings, we will destroy you all."

Dragon Mercury frowned at that. "Well, you girls already showed off. My turn."

"Wha-" Venus started, then blinked as the two aliens fell to the ground, unconscious, and the Dragon was right behind them. "Whoa."

Dragon Venus had barely been able to see what the other Dragon did. "Did you just use the Alphard?"

"Heh, no. I just hit them in the head hard enough to knock them out."

Venus smiled. "You're quite fast when you try."

"Eh, but unlike you, I can't keep that speed up for long. Another reason why I don't use it while training."

Jupiter had returned the seeds to the two aliens, and saw them open their eyes. "Oh well, at least we gave that Siren girl a beating."

Ail stood up and groaned. "My head feels like it was hit by a truck."

"That would be my fault," Dragon Mercury said.

Ann shrugged. "I guess we can't keep up with you even if we get Senshi powers."

"Don't feel bad," Dragon Mercury said, "you looked like you could have leveled a block if we let you try."

Ail smirked. "Nice..."

Nemesis sighed. "Guys, let's go see how the others did."

"Right," Dragon Venus said, then sighed. "... You guys should learn how to teleport too."

"Yeah, yeah, just do your thing," Dragon Mercury muttered.

"Fine. Teleport!"

"Do you think we should interfere?"

"Finding our Princess is our top priority. We need her to save our world, Healer."

"I'm aware of that, Maker, but these Senshi... They've got potential."

"I'm not sure about that. They don't seem to know the kind of power they're facing. Their naivety may be their doom, and I'm not about to get caught along with them."

"Fighter, do you think we can beat Galaxia?"

"With the Princess, we may be able to do it. So let's hurry and look for her before Galaxia finds what she's looking for."