"Jadeite, this is your second failure. If you fail again, prepare yourself for the consequences." A woman spoke in a cold, and cruel way.
A young man with short blonde hair kneeled in front of the woman,
"Yes, Queen Beryl. I offer you my sincerest apologies."
"Of course he fails, the monsters he makes are made from dirt." A man with long brown hair spoke up, a smirk on his face.
"Queen Beryl, you should reassign the task to me, Nephrite the general of the North American territories. I can collect easily from humans to sacrifice to our Great Ruler. I will also find the Legendary Silver Crystal for you."
It was then an another man with long blonde hair, which was pulled back into ponytail spoke up,
"You don't think the Sailor Senshi are also searching for the Legendary Silver Crystal do you?"
Nephrite, the brown haired man spoke,
"Queen Beryl, I beg of you could you please explain what the Legendary Silver Crystal is exactly?"
Queen Beryl narrowed her eyes and spoke,
"From my understanding the Legendary Silver Crystal is a source of infinite power. The one who holds the crystal controls the universe."
Queen Beryl looked at Jadeite,
"We must show no mercy to those who get in the way of our Dark Kingdom. That includes you Jadeite! For now I am postponing your mission to collect the Silver Crystal, your mission now is to destroy the Sailor Senshi. This will be your last chance."
Jadeite who still kneeled in front of Queen Beryl nodded,
"I understand Queen Beryl, I shall destroy the Sailor Senshi with my own fist!"
_
The flames crackled violently, the young shrine maiden who sat in front of them knew something as coming. Something dangerous.
_
"Oh! There's the bus! Bye-bye Rei!" A young girl ran from the entrance of the shrine, as she
waved to a shrine maiden, who swept the grounds.
Rei smiled, and watched the little girl leave.
"Goodbye Mii!"
Turning, Rei looked at her watch, it read six o'clock.
_
"Have you ever heard of the Six O'Clock Demon Bus?" A student spoke,
"I have! It's the Sendai route correct?" Another student chimed in, a smile on her face.
"I heard the bus is driven by a God Of Death, and he drives it straight to hell! If you ride over the Sendai hill at exactly six it'll be your last ride ever!"
Luna rolled her eyes from her spot on Usagi's shoulder,
"Girls really do love to gossip, huh?"
Unfortunately Luna did not get an answer as Usagi was passed out on her desk. Luna climbed on Usagi's head, and whispered,
"Hey! Usagi, wake up!"
Usagi slowly stirred, grumbling incoherently
"Usagi, we have to meet Ami today to discuss how to defeat the enemy!"
Usagi sighed, and whined.
"But I wanna go home and take a nap!"
Luna sighed and rolled her eyes,
"We're meeting her at the arcade at five…"
At these words Usagi shot up,
"Right! The arcade! We need to hurry up, and get through school then!"
Luna sighed, of course it would be video games of all things that got Usagi motivated. Wasn't Usagi supposed to be the leader? She needed to be more mature, and stop acting so childish.
_
Ami watched as Usagi played the Sailor V game, happily. While they were supposed to be having a meeting…it was fine. Ami didn't mind much really. Anyway it looked like Usagi was having fun.
"I still can't believe it…we're soldiers of justice, and hold mysterious powers," Ami spoke to Luna, as she looked down at her hands.
Luna looked at Ami calmly,
"Well you've only just awakened. Things will make more sense, and you'll begin to understand it more over time."
Ami nodded, before asking another question,
"When you say enemy what kind of people are you talking about?" What is their goal? How do we stop them?"
"Our main goal, Ami, is to find our Princess and protect her and the Legendary Silver Crystal."
Ami looked confused,
"The Legendary Silver Crystal…"
Ami did not get a chance to ask anymore questions though as a shout came from behind,
"FINALLY! I did it! I beat stage two!" Usagi shouted giddy, a noise was heard and Ami turned to look over only to see Usagi holding a matching set of bracelets.
"Hey! Look, another prize came out of the machine!"
Usagi observed the items in her hand,
"It's a watch, and there is one for you too Ami!"
It was then Luna pranced over, and snatched the watches,
"With a few modifications I can make these into communicators."
Ami looked at Luna curiously,
"Luna...have you rigged the Sailor V game?"
Luna didn't say anything to Ami's accusation; she merely winked, and walked off.
"Hey Ami! It's 5 o'clock now. Don't you have something to do?" Usagi spoke, pointing at the clock.
Ami jumped up from her seat,
"Oh no! I've got to meet with my English teacher today!" Ami's voice was panicked.
Usagi groaned,
"But Ami, if you leave now I'll be super bored!"
Ami turned to Usagi and smiled,
"Well why don't you come with me then? Cause you know there is this super pretty girl that rides the bus, sometimes we sit together."
Usagi's eyes widened,
"Is she really that pretty?" Usagi asked Ami as she followed her out the door.
_
Usagi looked up at the bus sign, reading it. She sighed the name of the bus route sounded familiar but she couldn't quite put her finger on it. Oh, well maybe Ami would know….
"We're going the Sendai Hill Route? It sounds familiar. Do you know why Ami?"
Ami looked at her maybe she was about to answer her question until a very annoyingly familiar voice chimed in,
"The Sendai Hill Route is known as the Demon Six O'Clock Bus due to many people disappearing while riding the bus at this time!"
Usagi narrowed her eyes and looked at Unimo, what was he even doing here? When did he even get here?
"Well those are just rumors, right? I'm riding this bus." Usagi spoke, hands on her hips as she followed Ami on the bus.
Just then a girl with long purple hair passed by,
"Usagi! You see her? The girl wearing the T.A Girls Academy uniform!" Ami pointed to the purple-haired girl.
How pretty….
She was beautiful, all Usagi thought, staring at the girl. Usagi stared and stared, lost in the girls beauty.
"Okay Usagi this is our stop. Let's go." Ami spoke, standing up to get off the bus. Usagi however didn't hear her or follow. She just continued to stare as Ami left the bus.
_
Usagi followed the girl off the bus,
"Usagi! Why are you following that poor girl? You should of gotten off the bus earlier!" Luna pestered,
Usagi just shrugged and continued walking,
"Well this girl is so pretty! Anyway I have nothing to do anyway so what's the harm?"
Usagi looked around realizing the girl was gone,
"Hey! Luna, thanks to your pestering I lost her!" Usagi spoke, crossing her arms.
Luna sighed at pointed to a shrine entrance,
"Maybe she just went into that shrine?"
Usagi looked at the shrine and smiled,
"Yeah! She probably did come on!"
Usagi walked into the shrine, as she did two black crows swooped down, flying around her face.
"Ahh! What's happening?" Usagi screamed, shielding her face with her arms.
_
Rei stood up, she sensed something. Was it an evil spirit? It had to be. Rei ran out the shrine door, and threw a slip of paper,
"Evil Spirits Disperse!" Rei yelled, as she opened her eyes.
Rei did not expect to see what she saw, her paper had landed on the face of a blonde haired girl who looked about her age.
"Huh? It was just a girl?" Rei spoke in shock, her hand covering her mouth.
Rei sighed, and bowed in apology.
"Ummm…you're Usagi right? Miss Mizuno's friend? I apologize, I had sensed something and thought you were an evil spirit."
"You see my crows Phobos, and Deimos don't usually attack humans…" Rei continued,
Rei turned, and saw a woman praying at the shrine. Rei's eyes widened, that was Mii's mother. What was she doing here?
"M'am did something happen?" Rei asked, walking up to Mii's mother.
"Oh Rei? You've probably heard on the news but Mii went missing…haven't you heard of the Devil 6 o'clock bus? Mii got on that bus right in front of the shrine. It's just that this neighborhood is a little secluded…"
Rei listened to Mii's mother, almared. Mii was missing? But she had just been here yesterday.
"I'm sorry Rei, I don't mean to imply your family's shrine isn't safe…I'm just so worried!"
Mii's mother then turned, and walked away next to another woman, and whispered.
"Grandpa Hino and Rei are so strange. They chant weird prayers and have crows as pets. Rei also seems to have a strange sixth sense."
Rei clenched her fist, did they think she could not hear? Rei looked at Usagi, and for a moment it looked like her cat was staring at her.
"Sendai Hill…is where five slopes come together. The geography of the place is unusual, and according to legend there is actually a phantom sixth slope that intersects the area. That is where the passengers of the Six O'Clock Demon Bus disappear. Or at least the rumor…we call that being spirited away." Rei looked at Usagi and spoke.
Usagi stared at her curiously in return.
_
Usagi walked down the path, carrying Luna. Usagi stared at the ground, lost in thought.
"Usagi, I want to investigate the bus route on Sendai Hill. I think the enemy might be behind this…why don't we go visit Rei?"
Usagi looked at Luna,
"To be honest I'm curious about Rei too. She could be our next ally or she could be an enemy."
Luna looked at Usagi, and winked,
"Seems like you have some intuition as well! Anyway, the bus is here."
Usagi stiffened,
"WHAT! I don't want to ride the scary bus!"
_
Usagi sat in the back of the bus of a looked at Luna who was in her arms,
"If anything happens I'm holding you responsible!"
Much to Usagi's surprise Luna only mewed in response, why did she not speak?
"Hey? What's wrong Luna? Why don't you speak?"
Luna only looked at her frantically and mewed,
"Yeah, Luna, why don't you speak?" Another voice chimed in.
Usagi looked to her left and flinched. Oh no there was a young man sitting next to her, and he might have heard her and Luna talking!
"Who are you? What are you doing here?" Usagi demanded,
The young man rolled his eyes, and pulled out an school ID,
"I'm Chiba Mamoru. I'm a high school student and I commute to school on this bus." Chiba Mamoru's tone was very flat, and he sounded a little annoyed.
Usagi blinked,
"If you are a bus commuter then you know about the Six O'Clock Demon Bus, right?" Usagi asked loudly.
Chiba Mamoru rolled his eyes again,
"Of course I do, and there is no need to screech. I don't believe in that silly rumor though."
Usagi decided she did not like Chiba Mamoru that much, and she hoped they'd reach her stop soon.
_
"That guy was very rude." Usagi muttered as she walked towards the shrine.
As she reached the shrine she heard voices, so she stopped walking.
"Please Rei, I beg you to use your sixth sense to find Mii." A woman spoke, Usagi recognized her as the woman from the other day.
Usagi watched as Rei sighed, and curled up her fists, she looked guilty.
"I'm sorry my sixth sense is not good for locating things. You need to ask the police…"
Usagi felt bad for Rei,
"You won't even extend the courtesy?" The woman's voice had become cold and cruel.
"We barely see your grandpa, all you ever do is say your weird prayers. We came all this way to your shrine and you won't help us? I bet you're responsible for the children being spirited away!"
Usagi felt an anger rise in her chest, and she stumbled backward and quickly ran away.
How dare they?
_
Usagi ran, her eyes closed, she ran and ran. She ran unaware of where she was going, and then she hit something. Usagi fell backward onto the ground.
"Usagi? Are you alright?" A voice asked,
Usagi opened her eyes and looked up, there standing in front of her was Haruka.
"O-oh Haruka…I'm sorry did I run into you? I wasn't looking where I was going, I'm sorry."
Haruka offered her a hand, to help her up.
"It's alright, although you look pretty upset. Did something happen?"
Usagi grabbed Haruka's hand and stood up,
"Oh, it's nothing really, it's just someone said something horrible to someone I know, and I got upset because…"
The light of a bus was seen in the distance, and soon the Sendai Hill bus passed by, and in the window Usagi saw….
Rei!
Rei was passed out on the bus! That was the Six O'Clock Demon Bus!
"I'm sorry, Haruka, I need to go!" Usagi blurted out, and ran after the bus.
"Usagi!" Haruka called after her, but it was unheard by Usagi.
_
Usagi ran after the bus, she was almost caught up to it. She just needed to get a little bit closer. So she ran, and as she ran the bus started disappearing into a purple vortex. Usagi was next to the bus now. She just needed to get on now, but how? Usagi looked around frantically until she spotted an open window on the bus. Usagi jumped. If she could just grab it…. Somehow she managed to grab the windowsill. Luna however was not so lucky and fell off Usagi's shoulder.
"Luna!" Usagi called, as she disappeared into the purple vortex. The last thing Usagi saw was Luna fall into the white gloved hands of Tuxedo Mask.
Usagi was afraid.
_
Tuxedo Mask watched as the blonde haired girl from earlier disappeared into the purple vortex along with the bus? What was the bun-head thinking? Tuxedo looked at the cat in his arms, well maybe he could get answers if this cat really could talk…. The cat however, seemed to have other plans as it bounded out of Tuxedo Mask's arms in a hurry.
"Wait!" Tuxedo Mask called after the cat, and was about to chase after her but couldn't as he was suddenly grabbed by the collar of his clothes.
The person grabbing him wore a similar outfit to Sailor Moon the only difference being the colors. She was a woman with short dirty blonde hair, and light blue eyes.
"You! Did you see where she went? The girl with the blonde hair, and buns!" The woman demanded, a fierce look in her eyes.
Tuxedo Mask was confused. Who was this? What was her relation to that girl?
"She grabbed onto the bus, and disappeared with it through the vortex the bus went through! I don't know where it leads or where she is!"
The woman narrowed her eyes, and promptly dropped him. Tuxedo Mask could hear the woman muttering curses under breath. Tuxedo Mask was still confused, and was going to ask who this woman was but failed to as the woman quickly fled from Tuxedo Mask's sight.
_
Ami was solving practice problems on her computer when Luna came running up,
"Ami! Usagi got caught on that bus we were talking about!"
Ami jumped up at this, and quickly looked at her computer.
"Luckily she is wearing her communicator you made so we can track her right?" Ami asked, pulling up various tabs on the computer.
Ami looked at the computer in confusion,
"It appears she's below us?"
Suddenly staticy noises came from the computer, and a voice was heard. It was Usagi's voice.
"Luna! Luna! Please respond!" Usagi's voice was cutting in and out,
Ami was slightly panicked,
"Usagi! Where are you?"
It was quiet for a moment which did not help Ami's anxiety. Finally after what felt like an eternity Usagi replied.
"Ami? I don't know. What should I do? I went through the hole and now I'm in a castle of some sort. The bus is even gone!"
It was Luna who replied to Usagi's plea,
"Usagi transform! If you do, Ami will be able to get to you!"
It was then Luna turned to Ami, and handed her a pen.
"Take this now Ami, and transform!"
Ami nodded, she was still panicked but knew it would be good to listen to Luna. Ami held her pen in the air, and with her voice wavering she shouted,
"Mercury Power Make Up!" Just like that Ami was gone in a flash of light.
_
Usagi watched as Ami appeared in front of her, a wave of relief washed over her. She wasn't alone anymore.
"You've finally come Sailor Moon!" Someone shouted, and Ami looked over then pointed in alarm.
"Usagi! Look over there!"
Across the room stood a blonde man who wore ornate clothes, and in front of him he held Rei in a choke hold.
"Rei!" Usagi shouted, fear in her eyes.
_
Rei opened her eyes, that voice was it Usagi? Rei saw two girls in sailor suits standing in front of her. One had blue hair, and the other had long blonde hair with buns on her head. The two girls looked like Usagi, and Miss Mizuno.
"Let go of Rei you monster! I will never forgive you for locking people up in here! In the name of the Moon I'll punish you!"
That voice it really was Usagi…
"Mercury Aqua Mist!" The blue haired girl yelled, she sounded like Miss Mizuno.
"Usagi! You need to save Rei while the mist is up!"
The man who was choking her chucked,
"That's cute."
The fog vanished in an instant, and it was now hailing.
"It's no use Luna! I can't do this!" Usagi whimpered, tearing up.
Who was she talking to, Rei wondered. Just then a voice came through the watch on Usagi's wrist,
"Whatever you do, Usagi, don't cry! You'll never be able to save anyone if you cry! You need to throw your tiara!"
Usagi sniffled, at nodded as she raised her hand in the air.
"Moon Tiara Boomerang!" Usagi's tiara flew off her head, shot towards her, and the blonde man.
Rei was suddenly thrown out of the way against the wall as the man tried to block the tiara. She landed on her feet, thank goddess. All she could do was watch as the blonde man blocked the tiara with his arm.
Rei watched and it seemed hopeless to her, but then somehow right before her eyes the tiara had encased the man, pinning her arms to his sides.
"Ami throw that pen I gave you!" That voice from earlier came through the watch again.
Rei watched as the pen flew the air, and it started to glow. Rei's forehead felt hot, and a bright light enveloped her.
Then the flash was gone, and she found herself wearing the same sailor suits Miss Mizuno, and Usagi wore except in different colors.
Suddenly, Rei realized what she had to do. Rei held out her arm in front of her.
"Evil Spirits Disperse!" Rei shouted, fire burst to life in front of her head at these words, burning the blonde man, and the world around them.
It was over.
_
Usagi still wasn't exactly sure how Ami, Rei, the children, and herself ended up back at Sendai Hill. But that's where they were so maybe it's better not to question it. It was probably Luna.
"What is this? Why am I wearing these clothes?" Rei asked, confused.
It was then Luna walked up,
"You are the Senshi of Mars and are a Senshi of Flames and Passion. You were chosen to be a Senshi."
Usagi watched as Rei looked at Luna,
"A Senshi? Is that why I have special powers?"
Usagi smiled at Rei,
"You're one of our allies Rei! I'm so happy we found you Sailor Mars!"
_
Sailor Uranus watched from atop a building, as her Princess returned not just with herself but with a group of children, and two other Senshi in tow. Sailor Mars had awakened then? It was that cat, then. The cat was trying to wake them all up. Uranus sighed, relieved that her Princess was unscathed.
They needed to understand this situation better, than they did now. But how to do that?