Serah decided to drop by the arcade after school. She hadn't slept much due to her mind racing about Aena's revelation of her being a Sailor Senshi. What did that mean exactly? She was a mild mannered schoolgirl with aspirations to become a teacher, not fight crime by moonlight.
She entered the arcade, passing the Sailor V game poster. She paused, was she now like Sailor V? Perhaps they could team up she thought that would be so cool to fight alongside her idol. A blonde muscular man poked Serah as she remained in space.
" Uh Serah?" The man worriedly asked.
"Oh, hi Snow. I guess I kind of drifted out there." Serah returned to reality.
"Yeah, I just wanted to make sure you were okay."
"Yeah I'm fine, just tired." Serah shrugged.
"Well have some fun! Someone's challenging your Sailor V score so you should get to it!" He joked.
"What! No way!" Serah huffed. She marched over to the game and threw her Yen in.
"Good luck!" Snow winked as he walked off. Serah immediately became overwhelmed with the game. She killed enemies left and right hoping to match the score. Who could've played in her absence? It showed that fighting crime came with a steep price of your high score.
"Phew, got my high score back. That'll show them!" Serah rallied. Out of the corner of her eye she could see Snow playing with a cat. She joined him and quickly recognized Aena. She was thoroughly enjoying being scratched under her mouth a little too much.
"Hey Serah, congrats on your score. I'm going to grab this cute kitty some milk so make sure she doesn't run off!" Snow headed to the arcade's backroom.
"What are you doing?" Serah crouched down to confront Aena.
"I'm looking for you. We have enemies to fight."
"I'm busy."
"What could be more important than saving the universe?" Aena wondered.
"I'm playing Sailor V. I have a reputation to maintain." Serah quipped.
"You're ignoring me for a video game? We have to fight the people of the Negaverse and take down the evil queen!"
"Yeah I'm still not convinced that this isn't like some really bad acid trip or something or maybe I died of exhaustion."
"Silly girl, don't get involved with drugs. I knew a Sailor Senshi that was involved with that sort of thing and it didn't work out well for her."
"Oh yeah? What happened to her?"
"I've only heard rumors but from what I know Sailor Pluto locked her away on the Sun for a couple thousand years so she could sober up." Aena recalled.
"Jeez, remind me not to piss off that Pluto chick or whatever. Anyway, go back home and wait for me I'll be awhile." Serah waved as she haphazardly turned coming in to direct contact with a familiar face.
"Watch where you're going." A soft voice growled.
"I'm so sorry!" Serah exclaimed.
"The telephone will probably be okay but be more careful." She looked up to find the chestnut haired man she ran in to yesterday.
"Ugh, it's this asshole again. I'm suddenly not sorry." Serah hissed.
"Whatever, maybe invest in some lenses." The man said as he walked off.
"What an asshole." Serah mumbled to herself.
"He could run into me any day." Aena trailed off.
"Hey! You're a cat!" Serah shouted just as Snow returned with a bowl of milk and some tuna fish.
"Yeah I know she's a cat." Snow replied.
"No not you, I was talking to the cat."
"She's a cat, I know."
"No, I was talking to her, not you." Serah clarified.
"Uh okay but cat's can't talk. You okay Serah? I think you should get home and catch some Z's. I don't want your sister hunting me down because I let you walk around all sleep deprived." Snow placed the items down to Aena who in turn purred accordingly.
"Don't encourage her." Snow raised his brow as he continued to pet her.
"Claire's not around anyway, she's been sleeping at the temple." Serah sighed. Ever since her parents died years ago they were unable to take over the family shrine after their grandparents died. Claire had taken it upon herself to fulfill her ancestral duties but that meant leaving Serah home alone for weeks at a time.
"Bummer, she's just doing what she feels she needs to do and stuff. I'm sure she's upset about not being with you."
"I suppose, it still sucks." Serah shrugged.
"Still, get some rest before you get sick okay?" Aena mewed in agreement.
"Alright, enough of that from you. Come Aena, we're going home." Serah grabbed her cat and tucked her into her backpack.
"Catch you tomorrow Serah!" Snow waved and headed back to his duties.
In another universe a woman sat on a throne with a crystal ball between her hands. She had wildly long dark blonde locks and glasses that shimmered in what little light surrounded her.
"How is the mission going?" She called out. A silver haired man stepped forward. His hair was neatly pulled back into a tight ponytail and he had a perpetual scowl on his face.
"Queen Jihl, I am still gathering the necessary energy from our victims to satisfy our goals." The man responded.
"I'm counting on you Rosch." Jihl said.
"You will not be disappointed." He smiled before disappearing.
"Oh man what a long day!" Serah drew a hot bath and began to soak. It was quite customary for her to do so before bed each day. She turned on the radio and found a different station to listen to.
"Welcome back to Love Connection. Ladies, is there a man in your life that takes your breath away? Tell us, call us on our connection line tonight." The smooth voice instructed.
"Man in my life? Hmm…" Serah began to drift. Was Yuj for her? No, that would require an interest in females. Was it Maqui she pined for? The only thing he vied for was more processing power for his computer. Could it be Snow? He was the perfect gentleman to her and great with animals.
"Serah? Serah!" Aena screamed.
"What?"
"I was afraid you were going to drown. You had a vacant expression and kept going deeper into the water."
"I was just thinking."
"Don't think and drown."
Aena quickly dodged the wave of water coming her way from a splash.
"I sense evil coming from that radio station, we should check it out." Aena suggested.
"Maker, do we have to?" Serah pleaded. Aena simply glared at her.
Outside of the radio station Serah and Aena waited. A singular guard stood and only one guard stopped her from her from her investigation.
"I can't walk through the door, what do we do?" Serah inquired.
"Use the broach. Transform into someone else, like an executive." Aena hinted.
"Oh good idea." Serah grabbed her broach and quickly transformed into a member of the staff. Now clad in a business suit and heels with glasses she confidently walked up to the guard and flashed her ID.
"We're presently closed." The guard mustered.
"Do you see this badge? I am the VP of this station! I can come and go as I please!" Serah did her best to not giggle at how authoritarian she was.
"Yes…yes ma'am!" The guard buzzed her through the doors.
"This is R signing off for tonight. Remember ladies and gents, let's get those love letters rolling." Rosch chuckled as he turned off the recording button.
"That's a rap!" Rosch immediately straightened up to the surprising voice.
"Who the hell are you?" He demanded.
"I am the protector of love and the guardian of justice! I am Sailor Moon!" Serah exclaimed in her form.
"Oh you, that pest. Go home little girl you don't know what you're getting yourself in." Rosch sighed.
"Let's take this outside!"
"Very well." With a wave of his hand the two of them found themselves on the roof. Serah took a second to eye her surroundings.
"Yeah, this works. Okay…right, I'm here to punish you!" Serah shouted.
"Silly girl."
"Moon Tiara Magic!" She threw her newly trusted tiara. Rosch waved it aside and the deflated tiara crashed to the ground. Serah pursed her lips, what now? As Rosch began to charge a rose stopped his advance.
"Love letters are intimate, not something to be read on a radio show." The masked man exclaimed.
"Tuxedo Mask!" Serah welcomed his assistance.
"Sailor Moon and I will protect the integrity of love!" He continued.
"I don't have time for this. Queen Jihl has no tolerance for indolence!" Rosch began his advance once more.
"Now Sailor Moon!" Tuxedo Mask instructed.
"Moon Tiara Magic!" Serah threw the tiara past Rosch.
"You missed again!" He yelled as he readied his attack. The tiara swung back around and hit him swiftly in his back.
"Think again." Serah smirked.
"We're not done here Sailor Idiot." Rosch disappeared into the night.
Back at her house and now comfortable in her pajamas she watched the midnight news.
"Officers report that the office staff had been drugged and a mysterious man had been recording Love Connection unbeknownst to them. There are no suspects and no leads." The reporter said before she clicked off the television.
"Maker. I would love to send Tuxedo Mask a love letter. He could save me all night." Serah said before sighing. Aena simply rolled her eyes.
