Finding Heaven on Earth
Vacation Album: Kaguya Island

Disclaimer: I do not own Sailor Moon. No character in here do I own. Kaguya Island and its characters belong to the creators of the Sailor Moon musicals.

Chapter 2

The storm had cleared up by time they reached the distant island and the sun was starting to set. They were all exhausted.

Serena clung to Diamond, shivering with cold. "At least we made it. What do we do now?"

"Now we all teleport home and then I'll contact the fool who dared to sell me that thing!" Diamond declared.

"Don't bother brother," Sapphire said. "I've been trying to send a message to Rubeus and Emerald. I can't get a signal."

That bit of news meant absolutely nothing to everyone but the two brothers. Serena was about to ask what was wrong when Diamond bit his lip. "If we can't even mind speak, there's no way we can teleport."

"You mean we're stuck here?" Lita asked. "How will we get home? No one will even know we're missing!"

"Nonsense," Zoisite said. "When we don't return by the appointed time, they will know that we are missing and they'll come to look for us." That was quite true and extremely reassuring. After all, they hadn't gone on vacation without everyone's families knowing exactly who was going, for how long and where.

"The question is what we do until then," Darien stated.

The question, indeed! Fire, food, clean water and shelter were absolutely essential if they were to survive until their rescue. One by one, they exited the boat, just grateful to be on dry land. Serena immediately squealed at how soft and warm the sand was beneath her feet, but Darien's mind was elsewhere. He tried to ignore how familiar this island looked as they got out of the boat.

Ami stood hand-in-hand with Zoisite. She was already looking around the beach, towards the jungle. "I think if we can build a shelter, a fire and find food, we'll be fine." She pointed towards a pair of trees, under which was a pile of poles and palm fronds, probably knocked down by the storm. "Look, here's something we can build with. I'm gonna take the boat back out to the wreck and see if there's anything there that we can use to survive."

"I don't know if you should go alone," Zoisite said worriedly.

Ami touched his arm reassuringly "I'll be fine. The water is calm now. You would be better here helping them set up camp." She looked at Serena. "Serena, can you find some firewood. We need to get a fire started and dry our clothing. Lita will you teach her how to make fire?"

"Without matches or lighter? If someone will teach me then sure," Lita laughed.

Sapphire chuckled along. "I know how to start fire without either, I'll help her. You help with the shelter."

Lita nodded gratefully. She had never even gone camping before, not that she could remember, anyway. It was good that someone in the group had survival skills.

Darien shook his head. "Ami, you still shouldn't go out there by yourself. Frankly, none of us should go off by ourselves."

"I concur," said Diamond. "As the captain of…" he gave a weary chuckle, "…of our vessel, I must insist that no one goes off on his or her own." Ami accepted the ruling; it was a reasonable one. "Besides, that wreck out there is mine, and I want to see what's left of her." So Ami and Diamond pushed the inflatable rescue boat off the sand and rowed back.

Meanwhile, the other men quickly realized their duty was the shelter with the Lita and hurried to it. Zoisite was the one who came up with the idea of using another pole, to make sure things were level. By time Ami and Diamond returned from the wreckage with what they could salvage, including a pot, the shelter was ready and the fire burning.

"I was able to find some bottles of water for us to share, tomorrow we can go explore the jungle for another water source," Ami stated.

"For now, we should probably get some sleep," Zoisite said. "We're going to need all the strength we can get."

The physical exertions succeeded at one thing: everyone was too tired to feel afraid. So, in groups of twos and threes, they curled up beside the fire and quickly fell asleep. Somehow, Darien had the best sleep he'd had in weeks. Dreamless and sound, he relaxed and accepted fate.


"Your Highness, we have done as you asked," a woman with long teal hair told a man dressed all in lavender. "The storm blew them to the island."

"Well done," the King told the two women before him. "Everything should fall into place from here. Now there is a mission awaiting you in that time."

Teal-hair's companion, a tall blonde female with a masculine countenance, stood up. "Yes Your Highness. The Earth depends on our mission."


Tokyo

In the living room of the Sage home, the coffee table was loaded with papers and folders of all sorts. Phoebus was looking through his notes.

"I don't understand. How could he escape?" Phoebus asked. "It should have been impossible."

"A lot of things should be impossible," Wise Man declared as he rifled through his own set of papers. "We must find him before he can wreak his manic ideals on the entire universe. If we could only know what he needed to bring them to fruition, we would know where he was going."

"I was able to talk to some the other inmates," Phoebus began. "They said he kept going on about talismans and pure hearts."

Wise Man gasped. "Pure Hearts? Talismans. No, he can't be after them. If he…"

"What? Do you know what he's talking about?" Phoebus asked.

"I can't say for sure, but I have a hunch he's closer than we expect. We should search a little closer to home, I think."

"I do have other news as well," Phoebus started. "When I was at the prison, he was said to have mentioned a child with a special birthmark, a black star."

Red eyes snapped up. "A black star. That has to be… no that's impossible."

"As you said, many things are supposed to be impossible," Phoebus countered. "I think if we find him, we might find her or at least another clue to go on."

AN: Okay, it's short but this whole story isn't going to be as long as the last one and I am exhausted.