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Lyrics for the song written by my wife IRL the Drifter.

Song: I've Got Theory


Chapter 2-I've Got a Theory

Usagi walked up the long stairs and she could feel her heart pounding. Rei-chan….Her heart had been feeling empty and hallow ever since that day, the day when she decided to erase Rei's memories of those two days.

"Usako, are you okay?" Mamoru caught up to her and looked at Usagi with concern in his eyes.

"I am okay." Usagi flashed her usual "don't worry about me" smile and grabbed Mamoru's hand. "Say, Mamo-chan, you are going to the park with Chibiusa this afternoon right? Can I come too? I changed my mind. It's such a nice day out…"

"Baka-Usagi. Stop ruining my date with Mamo-chan.." Chibiusa came up from behind and jokingly shoved Usagi. She stuck out her tongue at Usagi and crossed her arms.

To everyone's surprise, instead of jumping right in into their usual yelling match, Usagi nodded and kept walking. Puzzled, Mamoru and Chibiusa looked at each other and shrugged.

"Usagi, I am just joking. You can come and we can go eat all the street foods. You like that right? I am sure Mamo-chan will buy us anything we want to eat. We will have fun, okay?"

"Thanks, Chibiusa." Usagi said with her head down, her usual cheery glow was weirdly absent today.

The trio made it to the temple. Ami, Mako, Michiru, Haruka, Hotaru and Setsuna were already seated at the table. Rei had just walked in with a tray of tea. Usagi quickly said hi to everyone. From the moment she stepped through the door, she could feel Rei's eyes on her, studying her. The bunny quickly took the seat furthest from Rei and sat down while looking at the floor.

"So, Rei, why did you call the meeting? Have we encountered any new enemy?" Mamoru asked. He looked back and forth between Rei and Usagi and felt like he was missing something major. Did the two have a fight or something? The awkwardness between them was palatable.

"Well…I…am not sure actually." Rei hesitated. Something was weird ever since the day of the Hecate battle. Then, there was that weird incident this morning. Still, she needed to see if it was just her. "Did anyone…did anyone burst into songs last night? Or this morning?" She quickly blushed as she realized how weird it sounded.

Michiru blushed and looked at Haruka. "Well, I was practicing my violin, and then this gal here started singing. It was rather romantic. We had an impromptu concert at our house, I guess. To be fair, it was weird seeing Setsuna joined in in the chorus. I don't think I have ever heard you sing…?" She turned and punched Setsuna's arm jokingly. "Not bad though….you should sing more."

Setsuna rolled her eyes. "I do sing, just not in front of people."

"What about the rest of you?" Rei looked at the group.

"I was singing to my plants this morning. I do that every morning though, so it wasn't weird." Mako shrugged. "What about you, Ami? Did you sing?"

"I did. I was reading this poetry book and then the melody started popping into my head. I thought it was quite normal. What did you sing about, Rei?"

"I…don't remember." Rei could feel the heat on her face and tried to will herself not to blush.

"It doesn't matter anyway. If this is happening to everyone…is this some kind of attack? Michiru, anything in your mirror? Rei? What did the fire reading say?" Ami asked while she pulled out her Mercury computer.

"Yes, we should research it right away…I don't want it to happen again." Usagi had also sang this morning in her shower. It was unnerving. The things she had sang about. Luckily, Mamoru wasn't there. The lyrics would have betrayed Usagi's feelings.

A faint melody floated through the room and the chatter among the group died down. Everyone looked at each other….

(Mako)

I've got a theory,

that its a youma

Some kind of youma?

Hey, maybe we could fight this...

(Rei)

I've got a theory,

that it's a spirit

and we're all cursed like 'til evil's been banished

(Minako)

I've got a theory, we should henshin yo

(Everyone)

Grab your locket, make up power and then let's go!

(Setsuna)

I've got a theory,

Maybe Usagi

and she's made a wish and didn't think and consequence, then crystal power, and loved the earth and I got nothing else.

(Minako)

I've got a theory, that it's an idol

(Ami)

I've got a theo-**

(Minako)

Idols aren't just pop stars like you see on TV

Saw this all the time when I lived in London

Maybe they have powers

and this is all some plot of Dark Agency!

Idols! Idols! It must be Idols!

Everyone stared at Mina with their mouths opened. The drama queen managed to throw fire crackers out of her hands. Where did those come from?

(Minako)

..or maybe diamon?

(Haukra)

I've got a theory kittens shouldn't pout

(Usagi)

It's cause it's eerie can we stop now I am freaking out.

(Mamoru)

I've got a theory, that no one's braver.

The moonlight glows, you'll never waver

With strong pure heaaarts, you're Sailor Saviours

All powerful. You'll save the world

The battle's ours, the Moon Rod's twirled!

(Michiru, Haruka, Hotaru, Chibiusa, Setsuna)

The timeline's warped, the world's in distress

The wind is strong, the seas are restless

We have to fight. We'll pay the price

Our sacrifice.

(Ami, Makoto, Minako, Rei)

Hey we've died twice!

(Usagi)

What kind of evil makes us all sing?

We're all more than someone's plaything.

In the name of the white moon...

They will be punished...


The group looked at each other as the room fell in silence again. Rei and Michiru exchanged a worried look, as they had felt a stronger evil presence in the room. As soon as the music stopped, the feeling was gone.

Usagi could feel tears stinging in her eyes and she quickly got up and ran out the room. There was another song in her head, waiting to be released from its prison. Usagi would rather die than sing it now…not with Rei in the room.

"Okay, let's get to research." Ami said as she watched Mamoru run out the room to check on Usagi. Something was clearly amiss here. Beside the fact that everyone had burst into songs and something had turned their lives into a musical, Ami wondered if the evil was going after Usagi specifically.


** Thank you Drifter for writing this song. Love your joke about Ami getting interrupted**