Icarus comes Sailing In! Brontes's decision!
Power-What?!

"I need to speak with you, Cora Lou." Her father poked his head into her room, to see her studying as usual. "If you don't mind?"

Cora Lou frowned a little, looking over her work before looking up at him, "Fine, Dad." She closed her science book, "What is it?"

"Listen, I know you didn't care for this, but your mother and I are trying to give you the best." He said to her. "So would you try a little?"

Cora Lou sighed softly, " You want me to stop studying so much?"

He smiled and nodded, "And go out and make friends- like you did the other day."

She shifted in her seat. Right. Friends. That day... "Ok, if it'll make you worry less, Dad, I'll go out."

Her dad smiled bright and leaned over patting her shoulder then laying down a small mound of money, "Here's some spending money. Go on and go have fun."

"Sure thing." Cora Lou sighed softly as the door closed. "Well, looks like I'm not going to be studying for a while." She picked up the cash and stuffed it away. "What do people do for fun anyway?"

So far, she ended up at the Crown Arcade. She considered the only reason she ended up there was because of Usagi always mentioning the damn place. Still, she glanced around and saw some pale haired girl apparently winning a game. She also looked bored.

Curious as to what the girl was playing, Cora Lou, along with a few others, went over to look at it. Some Sailor V game? What was so special about it?

It was then she felt a tugging at her socks and looked down, " Sin? Where the hell have you been?" She knelt down and scooped the tiny dog up.

"Mentoring people that actually want to help." He sniffed, "But I came because there's something about this girl."

"What? The one playing the video game?" She glanced over at her, "What about her?"

"She might be someone we need." He told her, "Come on, we need to speak to her."

"She looks busy."

"Mphm, Not for long!" Sin jumped from Cora Lou's arms to on top of the game console messing up the girl's game.

"Hey!" the light brown girl frowned, "What's the big idea? Who let this- Oh my gosh! It's so cute!" She picked the dog up, "Aren't you the cutest little thing on earth? What's your name boy? Hmm? Aww, aren't you adorable!"

Cora Lou shook her head. "I guess being tiny furry and cute can let you get away with anything." She muttered to herself before going over to the girl, "Ah, sorry about Sin. He's a bit of a devil." Cora Lou smiled, "I'm Cora Lou, and you are?"

"Hm? He's yours?" The Girl looked up at Cora Lou, "Ah, I'm Vivian, but most people call me Viv." She grinned, "Say, want to get some food or something? Oh! I love burgers and fries! Want to go to Wacdonald's? I heard a new place opened up just down the street."

Cora Lou blinked before nodding, "Sure, why not?"

She now regrets this decision. Even though WacDonald's wasn't actually full and they had a corner booth, she still had to wonder why the hell was Senka and Yun Gi were in the booth with her and Viv. In fact, just where the hell did they come from?

"So you're all friends?" Viv asked excitedly, "That's so cool! Oh, Senka, your hair looks so amazing! I wish my parents would let me put a streak in my hair! And Yun Gi, you're a professional dancer? That's just mega awesome!"

Cora Lou thought that poisoning herself might be a better idea. Still, she sipped her drink and eyed Sin and Suen, whom they had to sneak in. She side-eyed Viv and wondered who the hell says 'mega'? Seriously, who?

"We should tell her." Sin whispered from under the table, "Then we can reveal your true purpose."

True purpose? Cora Lou gave the little dog an odd look before looking up at Viv. "Alright, lets get down to business." She sighed. "Listen, Viv, this is going to sound a little weird-"

Viv laughed and stirred her drink, "Weird? Ha! Unless you're here to tell me I'm one of the chosen ones that are meant to defend the earth from evil, I doubt it'd be weird!"

"Actually," Senka smirked a little, "That's absolutely right."

"Wait.. what?"

Sin poked his head up, "You are, Vivian! You're one of the Invert Senshi meant to stop a greater evil from coming!"

Vivian leaned over the table and looked down at him with wide eyes.

"Eh," Yun gi sighed, "Yeah, he talks. I know, it's weird and all but-"

"THIS IS SO COOL!" Vivian shrieked.

"SHHH!" Cora Lou clamped her hand over the pale dusty rose haired girl's mouth. "This is a secret, you know!" She glanced around until everyone in the restaurant went back to their own business.

Vivian nodded and Cora Lou removed her hand. "Sorry." Vivian said, "But it is cool! It's just like a videogame!"

"Only it's real life where you can get killed." Cora Lou muttered, stirring her drink, "Apparently our original purpose is to hinder this group called the Sailor Senshi so they can't find their princess or some gemstone but it seems Sin has different ideas."

"Do I get a cool outfit?" Vivian looked at Sin and Suen. "And a cool item?"

"Well, yes." Suen told her and did a little flip and a magic pen appeared, "There it is. Just say Icarus Power Clean Up, and you'll transform."

"Cool!" Vivian picked up the pen, "So, what's the campaign?"

Sin gave her an odd look but said, "Well, you see, we have to find the pendants of power."

"The. What?" Cora Lou gave both the dogs a weird look, "Why are we just hearing about this now?"

"Because the Boss didn't tell me about it, that's why." Sin growled.

"Boss? Who the heck is that?" Yun Gi frowned.

Suen sighed, "You will meet the Boss soon. Very soon, in fact. Once all of your number has been found."

"Wonderful." Senka rolled her eyes, "Hurry up and tell us what's going on, I'm going to be late for my date."

"Guy number what? 76?" Cora Lou muttered.

Senka smirked, "I don't know, I thought I ask you since you are probably going to be there."

"Anyway!" Sin cleared his throat, " Now, the pendants of power, when brought together, will reveal the Invert Moon Crystal. With it, we can put a stop to the Sailor Senshi and our enemies, the Dark Kingdom."

"Wait a minute-" Senka frowned, "I've never heard about this 'Dark Kingdom' before. Suen, why didn't you tell me about it? Who are they anyway?"

"Is this somehow tied into Sailor V?" Vivian asked excitedly, "If it's true- that means we can meet her! I'm such a huge fan!"

"No one cares, Vivian." Yun Gi muttered.

"Actually, it does relate to that Sailor V girl." Suen said, "It's obvious she's tied to our kingdom and she must be working with the Sailor Senshi."

"Ok, can you guys start from the beginning and explain this crap?" Cora Lou rubbed her temple, "Becaus I'm this close to tossing you both in the river."

"Fine. I've been meaning to tell you but you've been brushing me off to study for weeks!" Sin told Cora Lou, "If you hadn't, I would've told you this long ago."

"Fine fine, I'm at fault, so spill."

"Once, long ago," Suen began, "There was a kingdom on the moon. All of you were the guardians of this kingdom alongside the Sailor senshi. However a terrible darkness came and destroyed all that. The Moon Queen sent us and two others into the future so we could better help if the darkness were to ever be released."

"So why are we trying to stop the sailor senshi if we were protecting the same place?" Yun Gi asked, "Sounds counter-productive, if you ask me."

"Well," Sin looked up at them, "The problem is, when the princess and the Silver crystal are found, it gives off an enormous amount of energy that attracts evil from all across the galaxy. Only the Invert Moon Crystal can conceal that power and keep everything safe because it absorbs the excess power that the Silver Crystal gives off. " He looked at the four girls, "That's why it's important to find the pendants of power because they can summon not only the Invert Crystal but they can reveal the one that can wield."

"Which" Suen continued, "could be either one of you. That's why we need all five soldiers to do this. It is for the good of the Earth, you know."

"Wow..." Vivian's eyes were large now, "It's just like in one of my favorite video games!"

"This is ridiculous..." Cora Lou muttered as she and the girls found themselves at a four way cross walk in front of an American Novelty store. "Withholding information from us! How can we function at all if we don't know everything?"

"That's just the way it works." Sin huffed, "Not like I didn't want to tell you, you know."

"It's stupid." Yun Gi chimed in and shifted the ballet bag on her shoulder, "Anyway, I got dance practice-"

That's when they heard it. Cora Lou, Senka and Yun Gi groaned as a ridiculous looking youma appeared. Covered in 'I Heart Anime' and other ridiculous items, the big-eyed creature randomly bowed at everything, saying 'desu' after every sentence.

" You've got to be fucking kidding me." Senka growled, "I have somewhere to be!"

"Me too." Yun Gi dug in her pocket, "Lets take care of this freak show and get it over with."

"This is so so Mega COOL!" Vivian grinned, gleefully taking her pen out. "Icarus Power, Clean up!"

"Hermes power Clean Up!"

"Medusa Power Clean up!"

Sin and Suen watched the three girls transform and rush off to attack the creature. Then Sin looked back at her, "What are you doing? Transform now!"

"You don't really need me to do this, do you?" Cora Lou asked.

"You're their leader! Of course you do!" Suen huffed.

"They look like they can take this on by themselves." Just as Cora Lou said that, Sailor Icarus went sailing into the novelty store window. "See? Perfectly well oiled machines."

"What is going on here?!" A white haired very dark brown skin girl cried out as she stepped out of the store, "Look at this window! Who's going to pay for that?"

"This girl.." Suen said, "There's something special about her."

"Wonderful." Cora Lou muttered.

"Hermes Chilling Descent!" Sailor Hermes cried out throwing her attack at the youma.

"Oh no, Desu!" The creature cried out before grinning, "Iie, desu! That's not very nice, desu!" Raising a hand, a ball of energy flattened, "Desu Tiara MAGIC!" She threw the 'tiara' energy shaped Frisbee at them, cancelling out the attack. "YATTAAA, DESU!"

"Oh gods," Medusa whined, "Someone kill it before it says 'desu' again!"

"Aww, you just want to give me your energy, DESU!" The monster grinned and made a heart shape, "Doki Doki Kawaiiiii DESU KYAAAA!"

"RUN! RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!" Medusa turned to run just as a massive Hello Kitty shaped heart of energy came after her. "Medusa Stunning KISS!" She tried but unfortunately was struck by it.

"They need your help!" Sin said to Cora Lou and the girl, "Please! For the fate of the world, defeat that monster!"

"But how?" The girl asked, her pale eyes shifting from the strange talking dog to the, now sparkling in a very short miniskirt, monster who was using tentacles to absorb the energy from the fallen soldiers.

"I'm..not done yet!" Icarus crawled out of the store, and raised her hands, "Icarus Roaring Inferno!"

"Aiiiieeeee!" The monster cried out, "Kowaaaiii~ That's not very nice! I'm just trying to appreciate this energy for my master!" And bizarrely enough, the creature began crying. Crying so much that the tears formed into small pools of water and kept going until the street was filled with a half foot of water.

Cora Lou covered her ears, "Damnit! We have to do this." She looked at the girl, "We'll explain later."

"Who are you people?" The Girl wondered even as the tiny dog flipped in the air and the pen appeared in her hand.

"Just say, Brontes Power, Clean up!" Suen told her, "Hurry! I don't think they can last much longer!"

"Ok, ok!" The girl held the pen up, "Brontes Power, Clean Up!"

Cora Lou dug out her brooch, " Moon Inversion Power, Clean up!"

"Whoa.." The girl, now Sailor Brontes, looked down at herself, "This is...really impractical."

"Yeah well, it's what we got." Invert Moon told her, "Lets silence this piece of shit. It's giving me a headache!"

"Right." Brontes said and raised her hand, "Brontes-!"

"WAIT!" Sin stopped her, "If you attack now, you'll electrocute the others!"

"Wait, she has electric power?" Invert Moon shook her head, "Alright, lets get the others to safety first!" Moving, she tried to get Hermes up, but it was hard, considering the girl was not only taller than her but heavier too.

Brontes seemed to have an easier time getting Icarus. So, then where was-?

"Never fear!" The voice came from above and White Suit had Medusa in his arms, "White Suit is at your service!"

"Hey, White suit, a little help here or are you going to do a speech?" Invert Moon called up to him.

Seemingly embarrassed, White Suit jumped down to help take Hermes back up on the rooftop where he had left the unconscious Medusa.

Relieved of her burden, Invert Moon looked back at the still sobbing monster. Feeling her headache become worse, she ran at the creature before jumping up and kicking it in the face. "SHUT UP! Gods, you senseless piece of - Shut up! Shut UP!"

"Owie..,desu..." It squeaked," That was mean! MEANIE!" It was more than impressive when it caught her next well aimed punch and then started spinning her around and around before letting her go. "Ahah! Look how far you'll go! DESU! GOMEN, DESU!"

' Lovely, I'm going to die and be a splatter on the wall!' Invert Moon thought and closed her eyes tightly as she heard the monster cry out in pain when Brontes's attack hit it. ' Good going, Brontes. Good shot.' She takes some comfort in knowing that the creature at least got fried.

Then, her body collide with something. She dared to open her eyes and looked up at- a White mask? "Who..are you?" Invert Moon asked.

"Tuxedo Kamen, at your service, Sailor Moon." He smirked.

"As grateful as I am." Invert Moon looked up a bit more, "I'm not Sailor Moon."

"You're not? You look just like her... The light is a bit different..." He mused before setting her down on a nearby rooftop.

"Er..something like that. Though are you colorblind?" She asked curiously. "I mean, if you are..."

He looked away embarrassed. "I need to go, I have something important to do."

"Hey! You know, it's ok, right?" Invert Moon called after him but it didn't seem like he heard her. "Hmm...At least he's more helpful than White Suit.." She muttered to herself before turning back to get back to the fight.

"You're just in time!" Brontes panted, "I'm almost out of juice and the others haven't woken up yet!"

"Alright, no more play time!" Invert Moon said.

"Wait!"

"For crying out loud- what is it, Sin?" Invert Moon looked over her shoulder at him. "About to kill a monster here."

"You'll need this!" Again, he flipped into the air and a strange silver crescent moon wand appeared with a dark teal handle. "This is the Invert Crescent Moon wand!"

"Is that seriously the name to this?" Invert Moon looked it over, "Sure it doesn't have another name?"

"The Teal Moon Wand!" He growled, "Just say, Invert Moon Detonate!"

"Alright." She said doubtfully before looking at the monster, "Here we go! Invert Moon Detonate!"

The ball of energy hits the creature and it screamed, "Inversion!" Before it's form shifted and changed into that of a young girl who passed out.

"...Sin.." Invert Moon glanced over at him, "What the hell is that?"

"It's the enemy's phase two plan." Sin said, "They're turning normal people into monsters to find the silver crystal! We have to hurry and locate the pendants of power!"

"How do we do that?" Invert Moon let out a frustrated growl, "Does it have a detector or something?"

"Actually it does." Suen told her, "But we better hurry and hide, the police are coming."

Brontes sighed, "I guess you guys can use my room." She pointed at the top of the store. "And explain to me what just happened." She walked back into the store and grimaced, "How am I going to tell Dad about all this mess?"

"Oh that's easy." Sin said, "Invert Moon, just use the wand again. It'll clean up all this!"

"Seriously?" Invert Moon looked it over, "Alright, Invert Moon Detonate!"

Just as Sin had said, the glass window was repaired and everything went back to the way it had been.

"Nifty." Invert Moon pocketed it away and went to help Brontes with the other three. Apparently, White Suit had vanished soon after helping. Invert Moon couldn't help but think of him as a nuance.

' Why can't he be like that Tuxedo Kamen guy and actually be useful?' she wondered.

After everything, and with the girls finally coming around and Sin and Suen explaining everything, Brontes- who's name was actually Orianna, or just 'Ann', seemed to take most of this fairly well.

"I don't know if I actually want to join." She said, "I mean, sure it'd be good to help people and all, but I don't know if I have the time."

Sin looked at her, "Don't you remember seeing that girl? Think of it this way, what if it was your dad and the Sailor Senshi killed him while he was a youma?"

She grimaced, "That's not fair."

"Well, life isn't either." Suen said.

"Ouch.." Vivian mumbled while chewing on some chips, "That's harsh guys."

"You all need to be aware!" Sin hopped up on Ann's bed, "This isn't a game! You can't do this halfheartedly! People will actually die if you don't do your jobs!" He looked at each one of them, "From this point on, it's going to get serious and more dangerous! Right now, there's only you standing between immediate death for possibly hundreds of people!"

Senka sighed, "Fine, fine!" She finally got up, "No need to be dramatic, I'll do whatever as long as it doesn't interrupt my dates." She turned to leave.

"Same." Yun Gi got up as well, "I have to get home. My parents are going to eat me alive for not going to ballet class."

"I have to study." Cora Lou muttered, "I get it, we save the world and then what?"

"You can go back to your normal lives." Sin told her. "That's what you want, isn't it?"

Cora Lou snorted, "I just hope it's that easy." She looked over at Vivian and Ann, "Good luck guys and..well.. Thanks for choosing to help."

"Not like there's choice." Ann answered.

"But, it'll be a great adventure and maybe we'll be best friends by the end of it?" Vivian smiled cheerfully, "We can completely do this!"

"That's the spirit!" Suen smiled.

Cora Lou shook her head but left all the same.

"Do you always wander around at this time of night?" Cora Lou turned around to see Akio walking up. "It's dangerous for girls like you to wander about."

"Didn't I tell you?" Cora Lou smiled a little even as his arm went around her waist, "They should be worried that I'm without a restraint."

"So they should." Akio agreed and stole a kiss from her, "Free tonight?"

"Let me call home, first. Got enough for the rest of the night if we want to stay out." She told him.

He nodded though raised a brow, "What will your parents say about dating a junior?"

She smirked, "They always wanted me to make more friends."