Author Notes: Well, I got three reviews for the first chapter! That's the most I've ever gotten for one chapter! Besides, many hits and alerts -. Thanks to all!
Disclaimer: Nope, Sailor Moon ain't mine. Sailor Moon Manga is © Naoko Takeuchi and Kodansha. English version is © Tokyopop Manga. I do not own any of the characters contained within the manga or anime version of Sailor Moon. The anime is © Toei and Kodansha. English adapation is © DiC entertainment and Cloverway.
However, the Moon Scouts, Villains, plotline, and Fan-Fiction are MINE! And if you steal them……I'll through my computer at you.
Someone was calling.
"Serenity,"
The fog from the sea rose up, covering the dirt-path that led back to the Moon Kingdom. Still, Princess Serenity could make out the dark silhouette of a figure moving toward her.
"Serenity…"
Serenity forced herself to look away from the oncoming figure. Instead, she looked over the cliff. The cliff loomed ominously beneath her; Serenity had been afraid of it since she was just a little girl. And now, as she watched the water's woeful swirling, she could barely move.
"Serenity…Help me!" Serenity looked down toward the figure. Still, the fog hid her, but she did not need to see her to know she was in grave danger. Quickly, Serenity moved forward, the grotesque feeling of black mud lapping her heels. She felt the ground become softer, her feet sinking deeper into the black mud as she tried, unsuccessfully, to move forward. Looking down in alarm, Serenity saw that the mud had form strange, black hands that reached up and pulled her ankles downward.
All around her, hands rose up from the mud, old, covered in bruises and sores, as well as decaying and reached toward the Princess. A chorus of moans rose up from the depths of the ground as Serenity was pulled downward. "Give us…The Silver Crystal…"
BSSM: Shards of a Cosmic Crystal
Episode One:
"Another Battle Begins! And You Are?"
Serena Tsukino woke with a jump. What kind of a nightmare was that? She shivered. It didn't seem like a dream at all, more realistic, like photos in a photo-album. But it was just a dream, nothing of importance, she decided.
Serena yawned lazily as she got up. Already, safe for the creepy dream, this day was turning out better than normal. For starts, Luna wasn't nagging her about sleeping in or Scout business. Serena could tell today was special. Excitedly thinking ahead, she peeled off her pajamas and took a shower, brushing her long, blond hair with a pink hairbrush. With all this finished, she glanced nonchalantly at the clock. School start at 8:00, and it was 7:45 right now.
A piercing cry broke the quite atmosphere. Luna sighed; it seemed the Moon Princess had finally woken up.
"Luna!" Serena cried from the depths of her closet. "Why didn't you wake me up?"
"I did," Luna sighed in reply. "17 times. Each time you said you were getting up right away."
"And you believed me?" Serena called, struggling to brush her teeth and pull on her shoes at the same time.
"Of course I believed you Serena, you're a responsible young girl!" Luna replied, sounding rather annoyed. Of course she didn't believe her, Serena Tsukino was, after all, the world's largest klutz. But of course she had come far from when Luna had first met the crybaby. She was stronger now, the Champion of Justice, Sailor Moon! Defending Earth from all evil invaders, ones from their galaxy and others. Her identity was safe too, it was hard for even Luna to believe the klutzy crybaby Serena was the Princess of the Moon.
Serena ran down the streets like lightening, her feet pounded on the pavement. She breathed a sigh of relief. She still had 15 minutes to get to school, she could make it in plenty of time if she ran fast enough. Serena smiled at the thought of this; it would be the first time in two months she had made it on time! This day was turning out better than usual.
Without slowing, Serena rushed around a corner and ran into someone, knocking them both down. The person Serena had knocked over sat up and rubbed her head. She was blnd, her hair tied back in two pigtails, and her eyes were a mix between deep blue and lime green. Her cloths were immediately recognizable as the Crossroads Jr. High uniform, from the blue, flowing skirt, to the white shirt. She seemed very depressed. Their bags both slid across the side walk, contents spilling out over the pavement.
"I'm sorry," Serena apologized repeatedly, helping the girl gather her stuff, as well as gathering he own. "I wasn't paying attention and-"
"It's alright," The girl assured. "I wasn't paying attention either." After stating this, she glanced down at her watch and yelped.
"Oh no! I'm sorry-I have to go!" She cried, shoving her belongings into her bag. "Bye!" She called over her shoulder as she sprinted down the street.
Serena followed her lead, hurrying to push all her items into her own bag. When the last item had been shoved forcefully in, she stood and prepared to take off when something caught her eye.
It was a floppy disk. It wasn't Serena's- so it had to belong to the other girl. She could give it back if she ever saw her again. Serena picked it up and examined the disk carefully. It, like most floppy disks, was square-shaped, but unlike most disks, it was made of sparkling crystal. The thing that Serena found most interesting about the disk was that, painted in bright, glittering gold, was a Crescent moon. The Royal Family's mark.
Serena arrived at school on time, surprising everyone. When Ms. Haruna asked her if she was sick, she just smiled and shook her head. 15 minutes had been enough time. Still, throughout the day, Serena felt uneasy. The Crescent Moon was, undeniably, the same moon the Monarchs of the Moon Kingdom wore. What was that girl doing with it? Maybe it was just for decoration, Serena decided, but she doubted it. There was something about her that seemed familiar; even dark.
For the first time ever, Larken Taylor was dreading the lunch bell. How was she supposed to admit to her friends that she had lost the disk? It contained all of their hard work to locate the Moon Crystals, and it was gone now. Larken could already see the disappointment painted on their faces.
Sighing, Larken hid under the shade of an oak tree for lunch and looked at the goodies she had been prepared. It seemed today, her friend had gone to major trouble over her meal. Everything was gourmet and exotic, it made Larken's taste bud's tingle as she devoured every last bit. So far, none of her friends had come running up to her. Larken was glad; she wanted to be alone for a little while. After all, adjusting to a new school was hard enough without having to admit the disk was gone.
Larken took a deep breath. The thought of the lost disk kept haunting her. She and the others had finally found a way to locate the Silver Moon Crystal, and she had blown it. We'll find the Moon Crystals anyway, She assured herself. The Cosmic Crystal will be ours!
The sun shone through an expanse of white clouds. A beautiful, sunny day. And finally, there was no negative force trying to disrupt the sunny day. No more evil queens or crazy sciences to deal with. Finally, Serena was free to enjoy the day without worrying about the world plummeting into darkness. She had even solved the disk problem. She'd just ask Amy to run it through her computer and see what came up. What's the worst it could be? The girl's diary?
Yawning, Serena looked around. Amy and Lita were no where in sight, Melvin and Molly were sitting on a bench on the other side of the schoolyard, and a few feet away, a girl was quietly eating her lunch under the shade of an oak tree. She seemed rather depressed and didn't seem native. Serena examined her farther. She was a few inches shorter than she was, and had lovely blond hair tied in pigtails. Her eyes were misty blue, with hints of lime green. Serena immediately recognized her. The girl from this morning.
Serena looked down at the disk, clenched tightly in her hand. Should she return it? Then she'd never no why the Royal Family's mark was painted on it. But then it didn't belong to Serena, so she shouldn't have it. And the girl did seem depressed. Maybe it was because she lost the disk. Either way, Serena decided to talk to her. She seemed lonely, and Serena had nothing better to do until Amy and Lita came outside.
Quickly, Serena ran up in front of the girl. "Hi," She said energetically, "Mind if I sit next to you?" Without waiting for a response, Serena sat down happily next to the girl. "I thought you might like some company. You seemed pretty upset."
"Upset?" She responded, a bit confused. She had to stifle a gasp of the memory of the disk flooding into her mind. "Oh, right. I lost my friends disk, and I think she might be angry about it…"
"Are you waiting for your friend?" Serena asked.
"No," She replied. "I'm alone." Maybe eating with Serena would keep the others away, she reasoned.
"Well, my name's Serena Tsukino." Serena introduced.
"I'm Larken Taylor."
"Larken, are you from around here?" Serena asked.
Larken shook her head. "No, my father's in the Military and got transferred here along with some of my other frinds. I'm from America."
"Well, Larken, it's nice to meet you." Serena said happily, pulling out her lunch box. By fifteen minutes, Serena had invited Larken to a movie after school. Larken agreed, even if being accepted by a stranger was suspicious, Larken couldn't help but feel her life was finally, finally turning up.
Of course, that was when her friend walked up.
"Larken," She called, waving her hand. "Sheesh, I've been looking everywhere for you!"
"Excuse me," Shere asked cautiously. "Do you know Larken?"
"Yes, actually, I'm her best friend. We were palling on going shopping after school," She said cheerfully. "We were going to eat lunch together to, but I couldn't find her. So I've been looking for her all this time."
"You're welcoming to join us," Serena said as she and Larken moved apart to make room for her.
"Thanks but no thanks," She said politely. They did, after all, need to discuss their mission. "actually, we were going to meet up with some of our others friends. We arranged it this morning."
Serena frowned. Larken had looked very upset this morning even before she lost her disk-perhaps it wasn't about the disk, maybe she was sad because this girl was harassing her. "But Larken looked very upset this morning. Are you sure she wants to eat with you? She wasn't looking for you, so maybe she was trying to get away from you."
The girl glared at Serena with a look that could kill. Serena took this moment to fully examine her. She was tall-taller than Larken at least- and had blond hari that extended just past her shoulders. Her eyes were hazel, and she too wore a Corsswords uniform. Larken quickly piped upto avoid any conflict between her two friends.
"No, Emily wasn't harassing me. She's my friend, she's here from America too. I really did lose something this morning. Sorry Serena, I have to go, I'll see you after school though." She gave a weak smile before the gilrl-Emily- grabbed her wrist and pulled her away.
"Serena," Amy called as she walked up. Serena smiled at the sight of her brainy, blue-haired fiend. "What was that about?"
"Oh, that was Larken and, uh, Emily. I'll tell you about it later, Anyway, Amy, I have a favor to ask," The Moon Princess grinned deiously and produced the crystal disk.
"Serena, what's this?" Amy asked, her deep blue eyes surveying the disk carefully.
"It fell out of Larken's bag this morning-and it's got the Royal Family's mark on it- Amy, could you please run it through you computer and see what's on it? Please?"
Amy was about to tell Serena how wrong snooping was when she too noticed the Moon Kingdom's mark on the disk Curiosity overtook the young Mercurian an dshe produced her Miniature Super Computer. It was small and blue, with the symbol of Mercury painted in gold on the top. As Amy slipped the disk in the computer, she remembered when she had first received it. Luna had given her the computer shortly after sh became a Sailor Scout. It had served her and the others well, for there were times when it was up to Amy to discover the neemy's weakness. And now, she was using it to invade another girl's private information.
Even on Sailor Mercury's Super Computer, the disk still took awhile to load. When it was complete, Amy frowned.
"What does it say?" Serena asked, peeking over her shoulder.
"It's password protected, I can't get on it," Amy sighed.
"Can't you hack it?" Serena asked, sounding disappointed.
Amy shook her head. "No, but I know what the title is."
"What?"
"The Search for the Silver Crystal. Serena, who was that person?"
"L-Larken…" Serena replied, feeling confustion wash over her. "Why?"
"Because," Amy explained. "She's after the Silver Crystal. Serena, Larken is the enemy."
"No she's not!" Serena protested. "The disk wasn't hers! I was her friends…and we don't have any more enemies!"
Amy sighed. "I'm sorry Serena, but that girl is the new enemy. She had the disk, didn't she?"
"Yes."
"And why would they let her hace the disk if she wasn't one of them?"
"Because they…they…truster her." Serena trailed off. Amy was right. Why would they trust her is she wasn't working form them?
"I'm sorry Serena," Amy Amy sighed. "I know she's your friend, but you need to stay away from her. "She – and whoever she's working for – is after the Silver Crystal. And that means we've got a whole new battle in front of us."
The afternoon was rainy. Luna hated rain. It made her black fur clump and often led to her being the victim of deeper-than-they-look puddles. Luna was careful to avoid any puddles as she padded down the streets of Tokyo. It seemed Luna wasn't the only one who disliked rain. Most of the other people had cleared the streets too, leaving only a few people running down the road. Serena had to be among them.
She hadn't come home that afternoon, this worried Luna. Usually, Serena was home and reading comics by 3:30. What was different about today? Plus, Serena had forgotten her Cosmic Heart Compact. This made Luna angry, not worried. That klutz had forgotten her transformation devise again, what would she do it someone needed Sailor Moon? Sure, all had been peaceful since they defeated Mistress 9, but you could never be sure. Luna had been prepared to chew Serena's ear off for her clumsiness when she got home, but when she never came the cat became worried.
So, here Luna was, trailing through Toyo with Serena's brooch in her mouth in pursue of the Moon Princess. In didn't take too long to find her, after all, Serena's hairstyle was recognizable from miles away. Surprisingly, Amy and Lita weren't with her, she was alone, walking slowly down the wet sidewalk. Her lake blue eyes were focused n the ground, she walked slowly, lost in thought, and was going to opposite direction of home. Luna ran after her, meowing loudlyas she darted across the streets. Finally, Serena halted, allowing Luna to run up to her heels.
"Serena," Luna panted, dropping her brooch on the ground. "You forgot it again." She didn't speak in an angry tone, more understanding, she could tell the Moon Princess was upset, and knew not why.
Serena sighed and retrieved her heart-shaped brooch. "Hi Luna," She said quietly. "I was just about to meet Larken- Our new enemy- at the movies."
Within five minutes, Serena had explained to Luna about Larken and the disk and what Amy had said. After she finished explaining Luna looked thoughtfully down the street.
"Well Serena, I think you should listen to Amy and stay away from Larken. And as for the disk – keep it. We may be able to find some useful information on our new enemy from it." Luna advised.
"But Luna, Larken is my friend! I can't just abandon her!" Serena protested. "I don't think she's evil, and I don't think her friend Emily is either! I think they're just…just…"
Luna sighed. "Serena, I'm sorry. I know you don't want to think they're the enemy, but still. The proof is undeniable and-"
"It's not undeniable!" Serena protested. "I'll prove to you that Larken's not the enemy! In fact, I'm meeting her at the movies right now!" Serena began to march angrily across the street. Luna was about to run after her, when a piercing cry disrupted the sound of the rainfall.
"Someone's in trouble!" Luna hissed. "Serena, transform!"
The Moon Princess nodded and held up her brooch. "Moon Cosmic Power!" She screeched. Ribbons surrounded Serena and wrapped themselves around her. A bright flash of light ended the transformation, and when the light had died down, Sailor Moon was left standing triumphantly.
"Well then," Luna said to Sailor Moon. "Let's go."
Sailor Moon tried to make her way to the fight scene as inconspicuous as possible. Unfortunately, that didn't work well. Many people looked up and cried in joy at the sight of Sailor Moon; others ran, figuring it there was a Sailor Scout, there was troubpe not far behind.
When they finally reached the fight scene, the rain had picked up immensely and fog had surfaced as well. The scream had come from the park, and the screamer was now laying on the ground, either dead or unconscious. Sailor Moon focused on the second chose. Above him, stood a women with a look of pure disgust painted on her ghostly-pale face. She was tall and wore a long, flowing purple dress. Her hair was black and silky, her eyes dark with hints of evil creeping through the sides. She wasn't paying attention to the newcomer, Sailor Moon deicided to use this to her advantage.
She threw up her right arm and the Spiral Heart Moon Rod appeared in it. Sailor Moon pointed it toward the girl with full purpose and shouted, "Moon Spiral Heart Attack!" A furry of hearts shot out of the scepter, carried by a spiral of whirlwind and toward the girl, who didn't even other looking up.
The hearts froze. Sailor Moon frowned. They press futilely forward for a moment, before disappearing completely. The girl looked up toward her unwanted guest and frowned.
"Do you mind? I was trying to steal this person's Moon Crystal, and I'd rather not be interrupted."
"Who are you?" Sailor Moon sked fiercely, still pointing her scepter at the girl.
"Thalia," She responded. "The most beautiful girl in the world! And you are?"
"The Champion of Love and Justice, Sailor Moon!" Sailor Moon called, twirling her scepter. "And on behalf of the Moon, I'll punish you!"
Thalia frowned. "Sailor Moon? You're just another one of those pathetic Moon Scouts aren't you?" She asked.
Sailor Moon's triumphant look was replaced by one of confusion. What were the Moon Scouts? Luna stepped forward. "Sailor Moon is the leader of the Sailor Scouts." Luna meowed proudly.
"Sailor Scouts?" Thalia repeated. "The Soldiers of Planets? They're here?" Thalia's face frew paler than it already was, but then brightened again. "Oh well, I'm sure they're just as weak as the Moon Scouts, if not weaker." She assured, more talking to herself than luna and Sailor Moon.
"Now, where was I," She continued. "Oh, that's right. Destroying you." She turned toward Saior Moon happily. "Say Bye-bye Sailor Moon!" She cupped her hands together and summoned up energy. Luna croucned down into a hunters crouch and Sailor Moonprepared herself fro attack.
Purple light leaked through the cracks in hre fingers and coiled around her hand. Finally, Thalia released the energy and shot a ball of swirling, purple mass toward Sailor Moon. Black lightening swirled around the mass and it moved quickly, barely giving sdailor Moon time to dodge. The mass rammed into a tree, engulging it completely in black lightening. When the lightening died down, only a few ashers were left.
"That's what you're going to look like when I'm done with you!" Thalia shouted, cupping her hands again.
"Sailor moon, stop her!" Luna cried, bracing herself. Sailor Moon nodded and held her scepter out in front of her.
"Moon Spiral Heart Attack!" She called, another furry of hearts shooting from the scepter, only to be destroyed by whatever basrrier Thalia had created to protect herself. Sailor Moon gasped. Thalia grinned devisously and prepared to launch another attack.
"Luna Shimmering Crescent Cascade!" A shrill voice called. Sailor Moon looked up, only to yelp and duck as a shower of golden crescent moons rained down from a tree and flew toward Thalia. Thalia grinned and crossed her arms over her chest proudly as the crescent moons clashed with her barrier. They pressed against it for a few moments, slowly moving forward. Thalia's face went from triumphant to wrroy, and she only had time to duck unter the stream of oncoming crescent moons as her barrier shattered into thousands of invisible pieces.
"Who's there?" Thalia cried out in anger. A slender figure jumped down from the trees and in between Sailor Moon and Thalia.
A white body suited hugged her tall and slender body, she wore a dark gray skirt that swayed gently in the wind. On her chest was a pale yellow bow, and another one on the back of her skirt. Her boots were knee length, the same shade of gray as her skirt, with a silverrim around the top. White gloves that ended in stripes of silver fabric covered her arms, and a golden tiara graced her heand. A smokey gemstone engraved in the center. The bow on her chest held a locket very smilair to Sailor Moon's first one, and like Sailor Moon, she had golden-crescent moons earrings, and a choker with a crescent moon in the center. Er hair was blond, and tied back in two pigtails, her eyes a miz between hazed blue and lime green. She had a look of pure triumph across her face. Beside her, a cat stood proudly. He was sokey gray, thogh his paws and chest were white like snow. Luna looked up curiously when she saw the golden crescent moon on his forhead, glinting strangely in the rain.
"Representing the Moon of Light and Love, Sailor Luna!" She called.
"So, you've come here too," Thalia hissed. "I guess that makes it more convenient to get ride of you!" Thalia raised her hands abover her head and purple mists emerged from her fingertips, coiling together to create a large, purple cloud. Sailor Moon quickly prepared to jump out of the waaay should she be the target.
Sailor Luna scolwed and pointed toward Thalia. "Silver Moonbeam Blaster!" A silver energy beam shot out from her extended finger and charged toward Thalia. Thalia, who was completely absorbed in her own attack, failed to notice the silver beam and looked up too late.
The beam struck her in the face, exploding into a blind silver light. Sailor Moon shielded her eyes, only looking again when the light had dimmed. Thalia was glaring at Sailor Luna with a look that could bring worse than death. Her hand was covering part of her face, Sailor Moon could see strange, violet blood leaking out from her fingers.
"I'll get you!" She cried angrily, before teleporting away.
Sailor Luna smiled triumphantly and walked over to where the boy lay. She picked up something beside him- it looked like a stone- and shook her head. "It's not the one," She told the cat, who nodded sadly. Sailor Luna held it over him for aminute before it disappeared back into his body. She tehn turned to Sailor Moon.
"You have the Silver Moon Crystal," She said fiercely. "Hand it over."
"What" Sailor Moon asked. Silver Moon cRystal….did they mean the Silver Crystal?
"You heard my," The scout said. "Give me the Silver Moon Crystal!"
"The Silver Crystal belongs to Sailor Moon," Lua meowed, sounding confused herself. "What makes you think it's yors?"
"You should know," The other cat meowed fiercely. Luna shook her head.
"I have no more idea than you, Sailor Moon." She sighed.
"Give me the Crystal!" Sailor Luna said irritably. "Or I'll make you give it to me!"
"The Silver Crystal belongs to me!" Sailor Moon defended. "It's mine!"
"No, it belongs to Sailor Luna, for she is the heir to the Lunar Kingdom!" The cat insisted. Angrily.
"Apollo, we don't have time for this," Sailor Luna sighed. "The others are expecting us to meet hem soon." She turned back to Sailor Moon. "Don't think this is over. The Silver Moon Crystal is mine. I'll be back for it!"
Quickly, she and the cat disappeared into the trees, leaving Luna and Sailor Moon alone in the rain.
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Author's Notes…2: Yeah! The second chapter is DONE! Took long enough. Rah Rah Rah! Thanks to my reviewers! I love all three of you! Hugs