Wow it feels like I only updated yesterday… oh wait I did I just had to get this chapter done for two reasons. A) Naru is gonna find out cause of Rei's big mouth, what fun, and B) I'm going on venture so I wont have access to a computer… oops!
So I will try to make this as long as I can in the time I have today, then I will try to do another one tomorrow then that's all I can do sorry. :(
Quick thing thank you for the reviews I know that there wasn't many (two ) I just really appreciate what they said and I'm sorry it took me so long to update but I need my sleep. Otherwise I wont be able to get up early to start the next chapter!
Okay just a quick disclaimer: Yeah I own sailor moon, I'm actually best friends with Umino we ride our unicorns that fart rainbows to school everyday. Oh wait no I don't that was my dream last week… so yeah I don't own it. [insert frowny face here]
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Chapter One
Story Time
"Wait, Usagi? Did you just say Usagi?"
Oh crap, I just did that didn't I?
"Usagi? Do you mean that Sailor Moon, she was, and I, and now she's… she's… is she?" Naru was freaking out by this point. I mean she just found out that Sailor Moon is her best friend, Usagi, and she just saw her hero be taken away by the enemy and the man that she had come to love was killed in front of her! In all honesty her day couldn't get worse. My best friend just disappeared, what am I supposed to do? This is possibly the worst day of my entire life!
"No, no, no, no, no! I didn't say Usagi, I said, uhh, Upasi, yeah, Upasi." Rei gave Ami a sheepish look.
"Nobody in the world is dumb enough to believe that Mars."
"It was worth a shot anyway."
"Oh, my, kami! Usagi's gone! What do they want with her? Are they going to hurt her? You can't let them hurt her! Please!"
"It's okay Naru we'll get her back, I promise you that. I swear on the planet mercury that we will find her and get her back unharmed! "
"Don't you worry about that Naru! We're the Sailor Senshi for kami's sake!"
"I'm already scanning the area for traces of the power that took her. The only problem is it's been over an hour and the trace is almost gone. Can you sense anything?"
"Already tried that Mercury, and I came up with nothing. It's up to you now! Please don't let them get away with this! I swear nobody lays a damn pinkie on Usagi or I burn their arm off!" Rei was getting more and more agitated by the minute. Every second that passes is another that she is missing and every second is also another that the enemy could be hurting her.
Wait, was Rei just being protective of Usagi? No, that's impossible, I must have just imagined it. Ami thought, so stunned she momentarily forgot her research.
"I lost both of them tonight, Nephrite and Usagi. What have I done? I curse everyone I meet and, eventually, they all disappear. It's all my fault! All my fault, I'm a curse!"
"Naru, it's not your fault! It never was and it never will be. Mercury, stop gawking at me and find Usagi!"
With Mercury returned to her research, Mars yelling at her to hurry up and Naru freaking out not one of them noticed the man quietly lurking and watching them from the trees above.
Zoisite had started to grow worried, Sailor Moon had been in the pod for an hour now and the only sounds that could be heard through out the base were her screams and pleas for help. He could hear her voice going raw from the constant screams that escaped her mouth from the pain the brainwashing caused her. For some reason the brainwashing wasn't working so they had to "amp up the power" which made him severely worried. He still couldn't figure out what was making him so worried. She was just a girl whom he fought against, right?
Beryl had noticed something was off in her general and decided that it was dangerous to have him around the base, she didn't know why but she knew if he had a chance, he would not hesitate to get Sailor Moon out.
"Zoisite!" She called out to the empty throne room and he appeared almost instantly.
"Go back to the park, to where you collected the girl and see what you can find out, the senshi are still there. They may let some secrets fall from their large mouths. Go now!"
"As you wish, my queen." With that he fell into a low bow and disappeared.
That's what brought Zoisite to the trees, where he heard and analysed it all. Let's see, Usagi, so that's her name and this girl, Naru, obviously knows her quite well. Mars seems very tense which is odd as I had been led to believe she hated Sailor Moon. Seems Usagi has an effect on everyone she meets. I wonder what affect she will have on Beryl… that would be interesting to watch but the question is, good interesting or bad interesting.
He decided to move to a tree that was closer to Mercury so he could see what her computer said.
"That's weird, my computer just picked up a strange energy wave." All three girls quickly looked around only to find nothing.
"Up here girls, and I thought you were supposed to be smart?"
They looked up and glared.
" Zoisite, what did you do with Sailor Moon?"
"Oh you mean your precious Usagi, I didn't do much with her Mercury. I just took her away from you."
"How do you know her name?"
"Why Mars, your big mouth obviously. You really should watch what you say and, especially, who's around to hear."
"Where is she? I swear to kami if you've hurt her!"
"My, my Mars, I never knew you could be so protective, especially of Miss Moon. We haven't hurt her and we don't plan to, yet."
"Zoisite, don't you dare lay a finger on her or so help me I will-"
"Burn my arm off, yes, yes, I heard all of that too. You need to come up with some better threats." He taunted, kicking his legs back and forth, sitting on a branch in the tree above them.
"Zoisite! Where is she?"
"Oh, I'm sorry Mercury how rude of me, I've been ignoring you. My sincerest apologies."
"She doesn't want them now answer the question, where is Usagi?" Naru finally spoke up.
"Ah yes, Naru, it's nice to finally meet you, I'm Zoisite. Nephrite was always talking about you." He said with a bow but she just glared," Fine, you're no fun. She's back in the Dark Kingdom's base with Beryl, it's really no biggie."
"Beryl!" Mars and Mercury shouted together.
"Why yes, I assume you remember her? You know, the one who destroyed your beloved Princess?"
Mars and Mercury just glared at him.
Wow these girls seem to like glaring.
"I'ts alright though, when Beryl finds her, she will destroy her again and this time you can watch. No need for you to be dead this time round because we will prevail and we will get the ginzuishou!"
"Dead? Wait what is he talking about?"
"We'll tell you later Naru-"
"Oh why wait, I love stories, here I'll start it off!" Zoisite sat on the floor cross-legged," One-thousand years ago, give or take a few years, there was a kingdom on the moon called 'The Moon Kingdom', so original! This kingdom was ruled by Queen Serenity. Now the queen did not live alone in her massive palace, she had a daughter. Her daughter was named Serenity as well, clearly the moon nation was not fond of coming up with names. The Queen and Princess lived their happy lives up on the moon with the princess's guardians, the sailor senshi. Would you like to continue Mars?"
"Fine, Sailor Moon, Mercury and I were part of the princess's royal guard. We don't remember much about our time on the moon or the princess but we do remember the final battle quite clearly. The four generals of the Dark Kingdom led the attack, Kunzite, Nephrite, Jadeite and this baka." She jabbed her thumb in Zoisite's direction, who just smiled and waved," They had an army that was mostly made up of the citizens of Earth, which obviously had a kingdom on it too. The Golden Kingdom, which was the name of Earth's, was ruled by the king and queen but we do not remember their names as we don't have many memories of that time."
"That's so bizarre none of us remember their names either. That is definitely quite peculiar."
"Did he just use the word peculiar in a sentence, and get it right?"
"Hey! I'm fun, not stupid".
"I'll take the story from here, The Golden Kingdom also had a Prince, and his name was Endymion. Our two kingdoms were forbidden to see each other, for reasons we're not quite sure of. Well, our princess didn't care much for rules so she snuck down to Earth to have a look around. The prince and princess met one night and fell instantly in love. They had secret meetings all the time until they were caught. Oddly enough both royal families agreed to let them continue seeing each other. They eventually got engaged and that, I believe, is what the war started over. Beryl was a peasant who lived in one of the villages by the Golden Kingdom. She was infatuated with the prince and when she heard that he was marrying the princess of the moon she did not like it at all."
"I got it from here, as Mercury said my queen did not like it at all so she began to search for warriors. She eventually came to a strange cavern looking place. She didn't go into any details when she told us but let's just say somehow she broke the seal that was on the entrance and released Metaria. Metaria was the pure incarnation of evil that was sent to Earth to be locked away where she could cause no trouble. Beryl was given powers and dark energy to help her destroy the moon kingdom."
"Eventually Beryl gained enough followers to attack the Moon Kingdom and that's just what she did."
"Hey I was telling the story!"
"Just shut up and listen! There was a huge war and it didn't end well for the Moon Kingdom. Beryl and her followers eventually over-powered us and we all fell one by one until the only two standing were Endymion and Serenity. From what I know, because I was kind of dead, Endymion died from taking an attack that Beryl shot at Serenity. She then killed Serenity in anger for making her kill Endymion whom she loved so much. The Queen was safely hidden through out all of this, when she felt her daughter die she couldn't take it anymore. She released the power of the ginzuishou sealing away the Dark Kingdom, also known as Beryl's followers and Metaria, it also sent us all into the future to be reborn. The Queen died from releasing her true power. Now here we are!"
"It's been nice chatting with you but I really must depart. Farewell, my fair enemies, until our next battle." With that Zoisite disappeared.
"Kami, he's so annoying, what I wouldn't give to rip out his damn ponytail!"
"You guys are dead? Oh kami, you're zombies! Please don't eat me, I want to see Usagi again!"
"Naru, we aren't dead, we were reborn. Mercury, we seriously need to get Usagi back, not to mention finding the princess and getting the ginzuishou before they do. We are so screwed!"
"First, we have to tell Usagi's parents…"
"You guy's are lucky that you can be reborn then. You definitely won't live long after telling them what happened here, and do you know how much they would freak out if they found out that she's Sailor Moon? Wait a minute, if Usagi is Sailor Moon, who are you two?"
"Think about it, I'm sure you'll get it." Mars winked at her then turned to Mercury, "We should probably tell them now so that we can at least run and hide in the dark."
Naru blinked and stared at them for a moment, If Mars and Mercury are, obviously, great friends with Sailor Moon they must be really good friends with Usagi as well- then it finally dawned on her, "Oh kami! Rei? Ami? How did I not notice it before?"
Ami slapped a hand over Naru's mouth. "Shh! He might still be listening! You have a mouth as big as Mars's sometimes. C'mon Mars lets get this over with." Ami turned then jumped off into the darkness. Rei followed her then looked back, "You do realize that we just left her there right?"
"Yeah, but she's safe."
"How do you know, Zoisite might take her."
"I don't think he dare touch a civilian. None of them would, have you noticed in all of our battles with them they always do their best to avoid hurting civilians?"
"What about the energy draining then?"
"In all honesty it's not doing them much harm, worst case scenario they would just fall asleep for a few hours. Why are we still standing here? Let's go."
Rei sighed, " Fine let's get this over with."
Kenji had just sat down with a magazine when he heard someone knock on the door. Terrific I just sat down. He sighed, got up and walked to the door, "Yes, who is-"
"Excuse me are you the father of Tsukino, Usagi?" Mars said, in her polite, priestess voice.
"Uh… are you? You two are… why on Earth would you be asking a stupid question like that, yes, of course I am! Why do you want to know?" Kenji was annoyed with them after they asked just one question.
"I'm sorry sir if we disturbed you but we have some information that you need to know. Is your wife home sir?" Mercury said trying her best not to anger the man more. So this is what Naru meant, we better be careful with what we say… Selene help us please!
"Yes, she's home, why?" Kenji questioned suspiciously, this doesn't sound too good. Why on Earth are they here?
"Would you please go and get her, and, if there is anyone else here, can you please get them too?" Mars asked wary of the man before her.
Kenji, grumbling, went back into the house and came back out a few minutes later, "This is my wife, Ikuko and my son, Shingo. Now care to tell us why you are here?"
"Oh my kami! It's the sailor senshi! Wow, this is the best night of my life! Wait! Where's Sailor Moon? She's my favourite! No offence to you two but Sailor Moon is just-"
"Shingo! Let the nice young ladies talk. I'm sure they have something they need to say. I'm sorry about my son; he get's excitable, not unlike his sister actually. I wonder where she is, she said she was going to see Naru but she hasn't come back yet." Ikuko sounded worried which only made things harder on the two girls.
"Well, actually ma'am that's why we're here. We have some news for you, involving Usagi." Mercury said almost inaudibly.
"Well come on out with it girl!" Kenji was getting more impatient by the minute with these girls.
"She's been taken hostage by the Dark Kingdom okay?" Mars screamed wanting nothing more than it to not be true. Ikuko, being the loving and worried mother she was, wasted no time to start crying. Oh, so that's where Odango gets her cry baby gene from.
"Usagi... has been… how could you let that happen! Isn't it your job to protect us? Why would they take her anyway?" Kenji screamed at the teen heroines, not because he was angry but because now, he was worried.
"Uh well, you see, we don't know why they have taken her. But I promise sir; we will do absolutely everything in our power to get her back as soon as possible. It will be okay sir, they said they have not hurt her and don't plan on it. We will get her back and she will be unharmed." Mercury said in her softest voice trying to console the angry man.
"My… my poor baby… they wont… do… anything to... to… her will… they?" Ikuko said in between sobs.
"I promise they won't, and if they do they will have us to deal with." Mars said in her strongest voice trying to give the sobbing woman some confidence.
"You never answered me! Where's Sailor Moon, she could've saved my sister! She's been taken because of you two but if Sailor Moon was there she could have saved my sister! It's all your fault she's gone!" Shingo yelled tears forming in his eyes.
Rei squatted next to the young boy and looked him in the eyes.
"Sailor Moon is, well uh, she's missing. The enemy has her with your sister. Don't worry your sister will be fine while Sailor Moon is there, okay?" Rei said back to her calming voice, "Just do us one thing okay? Be brave for your sister, if she can't be brave where she is now, you have to be brave for her. We're really sorry they got Usagi, you don't even know. But promise you'll be brave?"
"I promise, I'm sorry I yelled at you. I'm just worried about her, we fight all the time but I do really love her. You'll get her back for me right?" He asked with the tears slowing down.
"Of course squirt." Rei said ruffling his hair. She turned back to where Ami was consoling the angry father and emotional mother, "Come on Mercury, we need to go."
Ami nodded then turned to face the family, "We will get her back." With that the two senshi jumped off into the darkness.
"I believe in you sailor senshi, and I always will." Shingo whispered into the night before going back inside with his parents.
Wow that was a weird one to write, sorry if the last bit is bad, but what can you do? Well that's that! Okay one thing about Zoisite in this one. That's how he should act. He is smart yes, he is also less out going that the other Shitennou agreed but no he is not quiet and boring! It annoys me so much when people do that to him! Sorry no Baka and Shiri in this one, maybe next chapter! Don't forget I'm a koala! Bye :)