Chapter 6-Hikawa Shrine

Buffy got out of the car and walked up the steps, following Haruka and Michiru. She looked up at the beautiful shrine and quickly recognized it as one of the meeting spots for the sailor scouts. "Hmm, this is their library." Buffy mused.

Sailor Mercury, Sailor Mars, Sailor Venus and Sailor Jupiter stood in front of the temple, looking hostile. Before Buffy could speak, Sailor Jupiter charged at the slayer in full speed.

"Give us back our princess!" A fist came flying, straight toward the slayer's face.

Buffy easily dodged that. She held up her arm and blocked Jupiter's other fist. Buffy yelled to Haruka, "tell her to stop. Make her stop. I don't want to hurt her."

The two traded blows and kicks, both on equal grounds. Buffy was surprised that she didn't need to hold herself back. Jupiter was more than capable of withstanding her punches. Out of the corner of her eyes, she saw Haruka and Michiru watching and NOT helping. Buffy rolled her eyes. "Okay, this is ridiculous." She leapt up and flipped to Jupiter's back. Then she hopped onto Jupiter and wrapped her legs around the senshi's waist. Buffy put one arm around Jupiter's neck and placed her in a chokehold.

"Okay, Jupiter. What are you talking about? Please, st…." Before Buffy could finish her sentence, Jupiter grabbed her arm and flung her across the yard and into the bushes.

At that point, Michiru stepped in and helped Buffy to her feet. "This is Buffy. She is a vampire slayer, the strongest warrior in her world. She is not the enemy. She didn't know what happened either." Haruka stepped in front of Jupiter, as the senshi tried to lunge at Buffy again.

"Why didn't you help earlier?" Buffy looked at Michiru, puzzled.

"Oh. A little sparing won't hurt. I like watching you fight." Michiru picked some stray leaves out of Buffy's hair. The slayer raised an eyebrow at how gentle Michiru was touching her. Then the sea goddess gave the slayer a wink, causing Buffy to blush.

Sailor Mercury walked up to Buffy and started scanning her using the mercury computer. Buffy stared at the blue hair girl. "You are the smart one. Ami, right? Tara told me you are very good with your computer. You are her favorite out of all the Sailor scouts. She loved you, maybe a little too much."

Sailor Mercury blushed but didn't miss a beat with her typing. This girl was strange but she had a familiar aura. She reminded Ami of Usagi. Strangely warm and direct.

"Okay. So you are human after all and you are not one of the Death Busters." Mercury snapped her computer close. "But I have no idea what to do with you." The water senshi felt defeated. Jupiter came up and put her arms around Mercury. "We will find a way. We will get Sailor Moon back."

"Wait!" Buffy just realized. "You mean Sailor Moon is not here? Where did she go?"

Sailor Mercury quickly recounted the fight earlier that led to the kidnap. They were having a sailor meeting at the temple when one of the witches sent in a Daimohn to attack. Then in the middle of the fight, a strange light tunnel appeared in the sky and sucked Sailor Moon into it. The four of them tried to grab onto Sailor Moon's legs but was repelled by the light. Luckily, the four of them were able to defeat the monster without the princess's help.

Buffy widen her eyes, realizing the consequence of Willow's little spell. "It's my friend's fault. She didn't mean it. She's a powerful witch, a good one. But she's still having a lot of trouble controlling her power. See, we were watching you guys on TV. Then she made a weird comment. She wondered what would be like if I was in this world…..Then I was here. Maybe the universes needed to balance. Anya was always talking about maintaining a balance between dimensions. If the spell takes out a powerful warrior from one world, then another warrior must take the empty spot."

"I am sorry. Looks like you are stuck here with us. At least for now." A stranger appeared. Buffy turned to look at the beautiful soldier. It was Sailor Pluto. "I can't look into your timeline because you are from a far dimension. Even Sailor Teleport can't reach that far. It also requires a lot of dark energy to open up the portal again. Looks like we are on our own. We would have to defend the Earth by ourselves at this point."

The inner scouts couldn't believe what they were hearing. Sailor Mercury sank to her knees and felt numb. A world without Sailor Moon. A world without the princess. Earth would be doomed. She failed everyone.

Sailor Mars walked toward Buffy. "Then, you have to fight with us. You say you are the strongest warrior in your world. If Sailor Moon is in your world, she would help your people." She then turned to Haruka, Michiru and Sailor Pluto. "You guys can go now. We will take care of Buffy for now. She can stay in the spare room. This doesn't concern you anymore."

So that night, Buffy stayed at Rei's shrine. She still had faith in Willow, though. This was probably a few days worth of research. Willow would find a way to re-open the portal and fix both worlds.