In the cold of the arctic, a castle stood, tall and unbearing, and in this castle, a woman kneels before a set of doors as they slowly creaked open.
"Please awaken, Queen Metallia, our great ruler. Awaken with this energy I offer to you, knowing that you will soon have real rewards!"
The doors opened and on the other side was pitch blackness, and in his blackness, one could make out the glowing red eyes of a monster.
"Hurrrryyy…bring me the Silver Crystal right now, I don't have much energy…." The monster spoke, in a raspy and slow voice.
The woman looked down at the floor, knowing the creature would not like her answer.
"Queen Metallia, my subordinates have searched around the globe for the Legendary Silver Crystal, but we have not found it. All that is left to do is search Japan!"
The glowing red eyes narrowed,
"But I can feel it even here, underneath the earth's surface…I feel its power coming to me."
The woman looked up,
"But we can't find it! It doesn't help that those Senshi keep getting in the way! They may have already obtained it!"
Anger radiated off the creature,
"Senshi? Could they be those wretched beings from the Moon Kingdom that sealed me here? They have been resurrected! They are once again trying to stop me! I will not allow the heir of that kingdom to beat me like her mother! Destroy them, and steal the Silver Crystal away!"
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Naru walked into the new shop, Rental Shop Dark, and looked around. She looked around and spotted two of her friends.
"Yumiko! Kuri!" Naru spoke, running up to her friends.
There two girls turned and looked at her, one with short black hair, and the other with long black hair they smiled at Naru.
"Oh Naru! You're here to rent movies too?"
Naru frowned,
"Yeah, Usagi's been really busy lately so I figured I'd spend the weekend watching movies or something. Speaking of which, did they always have this huge video store here?"
"Oh, this chain has been opening stores all over the city lately. I'm sure you'll find something you want to watch."
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Rei stood outside a video store that had recently opened. For some reason Rei had a bad feeling,
"Hey do you remember that 'Silver Crystal' everyone was speaking about?" A man spoke, and caught Rei's attention. Were people still looking for the Crystal?
"Of course I do! I've been coming to rent videos so often I'm exhausted from staying up late!" Another man spoke, smiling.
Rei narrowed her eyes, what did a video shop have to do with a video rental store?
"By the way have you checked out the new releases? You know, there's a rumor that Sailor Moon runs this place!" The man spoke again following the other into the store.
Rei looked at the store suspiciously, something just didn't sit right with her. Rental Shop Dark…what an odd name. Looking at the store Rei couldn't help but feel uneasy. She should keep an eye on this place, she decided. After all, there was no harm in being safe.
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"I wonder what's in Makoto's lunch today!" Usagi spoke happily, a smile on her face.
Makoto looked at Usagi and smiled, proudly.
"Heh! Today I have fruit jam sandwiches! You should try the strawberry ones!"
Usagi bounced a little, and excitedly cheered picking up a sandwich. Usagi's tongue stuck out of her mouth a little, as she was excited to try the sandwich. It was then that Usagi noticed Ami's computer screen or rather the familiar figure on it.
"Hey, Ami? Is that Sailor V?"
Ami didn't look at Usagi but spoke,
"Indeed, you said you were interested about her. So I thought I'd do some research."
Usagi blinked, and read the information compiled on the screen. Usagi really wondered if Sailor V could turn out to be a Senshi…. After all Michiru and Haruka had turned out to be Senshi too. Usagi wondered how many other Senshi could be out there. Maybe she could ask Michiru or Haruka about Sailor V next time she saw them….
"The Phantom Soldier of Justice Sailor V…" Makato spoke with a thoughtful look on her face.
It was then that Ami pointed to the screen,
"Look here, she has a crescent mark on her forehead. I wonder if she could be related to the Moon Kingdom Luna told us about."
The Moon Kingdom, the fallen Kingdom that she was supposedly heir to. Usagi didn't know what she thought about that yet.
"You're really interested in this, Ami. But Luna said she felt nothing strange about Sailor V." Makoto spoke, looking at Ami.
"Maybe Usagi has detection powers Luna doesn't have! After all she's our leader and she's awakening faster than us."
Usagi stared off into space, her the leader? That wasn't true, and she knew it. She was the Princess, someone to be protected, not someone who would lead. She had only saved everyone with the Moon Stick because of Haruka…if she hadn't been there. Usagi couldn't tell the others what Haruka and Michiru had told her; they'd never believe her. They would probably only be mad at her for compromising her identity as Sailor Moon.
"So this is where you've been hiding!" A voice came, and Umino leapt out of the bushes.
Umino glanced at the computer and laughed,
"Still looking into that Sailor V girl? Nobody cares about her anymore! It's all Sailor Moon now! I won't let you girls beat me to finding her identity!" Umino laughed as he typed seemingly random things into Ami's computer.
Usagi only watched Umino stiff and wide-eyed, and she remained that way until he left.
"What's that guys deal? He was so aggressive!" Luna spoke, as she walked up.
Usagi was about to whine to Luna about what just happened, but Makoto spoke first,
"Hey Luna! It's been awhile since you came to our school."
"That's true, I've been spending a lot of time in the underground facility. Huh? Where's Naru? Doesn't she usually eat with you guys?"
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Usagi stared at Naru, confused. Her friend didn't look well, her head was downcast, and her cheeks were sunken in.
"Luna?" Usagi spoke, confused as she watched Luna who stared at Naru's bag suspiciously. Then, seemingly out of nowhere Luna jumped forward and grabbed Naru's bag. Usagi was about to say something, but then she noticed that nobody did anything. There was no cry of alarm, it was like nobody saw them or rather Luna at all.
Luna shook Naru's bag violently and out fell a tape labeled Rental Shop Dark.
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Ami stood behind Usagi, as they reached the arcade. Luna was meowing incessantly in her arms. She watched as Usagi finished talking to Furahata, and impatiently tapped her foot waiting for her friend to enter the building. When Usagi finally did, they made a beeline towards the Sailor V game. Luna jumped out Ami's arms,
"Stick that tape into the machine! It's connected to the control center below us!"
"WHAT! Really?" Usagi yelled, as she started to insert the tape in the game machine. When the tape was fully inserted sparks flew from the machine, and Ami covered her eyes.
A few seconds later, Ami opened her eyes to see the tape completely on the floor destroyed,
"That's not an ordinary tape is it? It's like the game completely rejected it!"
Ami noticed Usagi was staring at the game screen, the screen was fuzzy and full of static.
"Uh, did we break the machine?" Usagi asked slowly, and then a familiar figure appeared on the screen.
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A pixelated figure of Sailor V appeared on screen and pointed at her. At her, Usagi. Sailor V looked a bit panicked but spoke with confidence,
"What are you waiting for Sailor Moon? That video is the work of the enemy, and the city is filled with them! The tapes don't just brainwash people, they put their lives at risk!"
Usagi stared at the screen in shock, unsure of what she had just seen. Was that Sailor V? Had Sailor V just talked to her? Suddenly the screen went white, completely blank as if nothing had happened.
"I'm heading to the control center!" Ami spoke, hurriedly and Usagi nodded, and watched as her friend, with Luna, disappeared down the steps to the control center.
Usagi stood in the arcade alone, and reached into her pocket. Out of her pocket she pulled the phone Haruka, and Michiru had given her. Slowly she put in the familiar numbers that belonged to Michiru's cell, and waited. The phone rang once, and then twice. The phone rang a third time, but then went silent. Nobody had picked up.
Well there was nothing Usagi could do about that, she needed to do something to help people. It was just like Sailor V had said, people's lives were at risk.
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Zoisite watched as a crowd of people broke through the glass of a general store, and they shouted and demanded to know where the heroine Sailor Moon was.
It was then a voice broke through the crowd,
"I'm right here! The Pretty Sailor Suited Senshi of Love and Justice Sailor Moon has arrived!" There stood a blonde girl with buns, in a sailor suit and Zoisite smirked, how easy was this.
Sailor Moon raised a wand into the air, and shouted,
"Moon Healing Escalation!" At those words, a bright light came from the wand, and enveloped the crowd. Zoisite paid no mind to this however, it didn't matter if he had the masses under his control anymore as he didn't need them. Instead he leapt at Sailor Moon from behind,
"Sailor Moon you came!" A wicked smile adorned Zoisite's face as he grabbed Sailor Moon by the neck, and held her from behind.
Sailor Moon struggled against his grasp, but unsurprisingly she was unable to free herself. Zoisite noticed a tear slip down the Senshi's face, but he didn't care.
"Now! Where is the Silver Crystal?" Zoisite demanded, and Sailor Moon gasped, struggling to get air.
"I don't know!" Sailor Moon choked out, it sounded as though she was having trouble breathing.
"Evil Spirits Disperse!" Shouted a girl with purple hair, who had jumped in from somewhere. She was the one who killed Jadeite, he noted. Fire shot at Zoisite but he didn't care- as it wouldn't hurt him anyway, it was too weak.
"Supreme Thunder!" Another person shouted, and this time it was a girl in green, with brown hair in a ponytail. She was the one who killed Nephrite. Zoisite noted the vibrant green lightning that shot at him, but he was not worried as these attacks would not faze him.
The thunder and lightning both collided with Zoisite, and smoke filled the area. But when the smoke cleared, Zoisite stood there unharmed.
"Annoying Pests! Now Die!" Zoisite shouted, laughing, preparing an attack.
But he never got to finish that attack, as Zoisite felt a searing pain. A blade, a blade of some sorts had hit him, and now he was falling apart.
As Zoisite fell his last thought was how he never would get to see Kunzite again.
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Usagi stared in shock, looking up at the sky. There standing on top of a building was a girl. She had long blonde hair, and she wore a sailor suit just like them, and on her face were bright red goggles….
Was that?
Was she the Legendary Phantom Soldier of Justice Sailor V?