Multiversal Madness

by SailorGuardian9

A new threat has appeared from beyond the stars, the guardians and their allies must give everything they have to stop it! Failure is not an option, because if they fail, it will be the end of everything.

1. Chapter One

Chapter One

(Author's Note: If you haven't read the previous story Senshi Puffs, I'd highly recommend reading that first.)

It Came from the Past

It was another peaceful day in the city of Townsville, and two of the puffs were preparing to take to the rink for their favorite sport. "You ready to kick some Fear Leader butt today?!" Maylyn shouted as she stood in front of her derby team.

"Yeah!" They all shouted with enthusiasm.

"Are you ready to put your bodies on the line for a win?!" Maylyn asked as she stared at her teammates.

"Yeah!" The team shouted back in a forceful tone.

"Are you two ready to show your mommy what it means to be a Derbytante?!" Maylyn screamed as she stared at Buttercup and Bubbles.

"YEAH! We're gonna crush those guys for Ami mommy!" Bubbles and Buttercup screamed in response.

"Then let's get out there and put some fear in those Fear Leaders!" Maylyn shouted at the top of her lungs.

"Yeah! Derbytantes! Derbytantes! Derbytantes!" The whole team cheered as they all skated out of the locker room and onto the rink.

"Professor, where is she?" Blossom asked as she looked at the professor.

"Don't worry Blossom, she'll be here. She had a test today, so she might be running a little behind schedule." The professor answered as he stared at the rink. "Here come Bubbles and Buttercup. Go get 'em girls!" The professor shouted as he waved to his girls.

"Awe, I don't see Ami mommy in the stand." Bubbles quietly said with a small frown as she stared at the bleachers.

"She'll be here Bublyn, just have faith in her." Buttercup replied as she took her staring position.

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"Shit! I'm late, damn Yuma attack. I would've stuck another icicle up there if I'd known that thing was gonna make me late." Ami grumbled to herself as she activated her portal watch and leapt through it.

"Professor look!" Blossom yelled as she pointed at the corner of the room, noticing a small swirling portal.

"See, I told you she'd be here." The professor said with a smile as Ami exited the portal. "Ami!" The professor yelled as he waved to Ami from the stands.

"Professor!" Ami yelled back as she sprinted over to him and Blossom. "Sorry I'm late, there was another monster attack in Juban." Ami informed as she sat down between them.

"Did you kick its butt?" Blossom asked with a smile.

"Kaede did, quite literally I might add." Ami giggled as she hugged Blossom. "What'd I miss?" Ami asked as she let go of Blossom and stared at the rink.

"They just took the field, the buzzer didn't even sound yet." The professor answered with a smile.

"Thank goodness. Mom asked me to tape the match since no one else could make it." Ami replied as she pulled her wand out. "Mercury crystal power, make up." Ami quietly said as she took her guardian form, then activated her visor. "Now I can record everything in Mercurian high def without even having to hold a camera." Mercury said with a smile as she focused on Buttercup and Bubbles.

"I'm so jealous of your technology Ami, maybe I'll have cool things like that one day." The professor said with a smile as the buzzer rang.

"There they go!" Blossom yelled as she pointed at the ring. "WOO! Go Derbytantes!" Blossom cheered with enthusiasm.

"This is my first time watching a match. What's the goal?" Mercury asked as she looked over at the professor for a moment.

"The teams start at opposite ends of the field, and the goal is to gain possession of that ball and throw it into the opponent's net. It's a little like soccer on roller skates, except that it's much more physical and the nets look like giant bug catching nets." The professor explained with a smile.

"Got it." Mercury replied as she watched Bubbles and Buttercup roll down the field.

"Go long Bublyn!" Maylyn shouted as she threw the ball at Bubbles.

"Got it!" Bubbles yelled as she caught the ball, then raced towards the opponent's net.

"Watch it Bublyn!" Buttercup shouted as she slammed into a member of the Fear Leaders, knocking her out of Bubble's path.

"Thanks Buttercup! I mean Buttlyn!" Bubbles yelled back as she pushed further down the field.

"Take the shot Bublyn!" Maylyn yelled as one of the Fear Leaders plowed into her like a freight train.

"Here I go!" Bubbles shouted as she launched the ball into the net.

"Score one for the Derbytantes!" The announcer shouted into her microphone.

"Watch it guys, they're brining it back!" Maylyn warned as the Fear Leaders took possession of the ball, then barreled towards them.

"Yo Maylyn, slingshot me girl!" One of the other team members yelled as she sped towards Maylyn.

"Oh yeah!" Maylyn said with a grin as she grabbed the girl's hand, then launched her forward.

"OH!" The entire crowd yelled as the girl accidentally clotheslined herself on one of the Fear Leaders arms.

"Oh dang! Ya good Jaylyn?!" Maylyn asked with small smile.

"Think I swallowed another tooth." Jaylyn groaned as she slowly sat up.

"This is brutal. I can see why Buttercup likes it, but I'm kind of surprised that Bubbles is into it." Mercury said with a smile as she looked at the professor.

"So was I, but as long as she's happy then what the heck." The professor replied with a shrug.

"Score for the Fear Leaders, it's all tied up folks! Let's see what happens next!" The announcer shouted into her microphone.

"Bobby! Do the thing!" Maylyn yelled as she looked at another one of her teammates.

"Oh my god, is that a full grown man?!" Mercury yelled as she stared at the guy Maylyn was talking to. He had to be almost six feet tall, and easily two-hundred and fifty pounds.

"Yeah, that's Bobbysuzeraelyn, don't let his appearance fool you, he's really nice and gentle." Blossom explained with a smile.

"I think that Fear Leader would disagree." Mercury quietly said as she watched Bobby plow into one of the Fear Leaders, slamming them to the ground with bone breaking force.

"Nice one Bobby!" Buttercup yelled with a grin.

"OH! It's all net baby!" Jaylyn yelled as she launched the ball into the Fear Leader's net.

"Another point for the Derbytantes! One more and it's game over!" The announcer shouted in a hyped tone.

"This is it guys, one more point and we win the championship. Let's do it." Maylyn said with a grin as she looked at her teammates.

"You don't mean..." One of the other team members asked with a surprised expression.

"That's exactly what I mean Haylyn." Maylyn answered with a grin.

"Let's do it Maylyn." Haylyn said with a smirk as she looked at Bubbles and Buttercup.

"You two ready?" Bobby asked with a grin.

"Always." Buttercup answered with a nod.

"Then let's do it." Maylyn said with a smirk as the team split up.

"Here it comes, the signature move." Blossom said with a big smile as she stared at the team.

"What signature move?" Mercury asked with a confused expression.

"Just watch, you're gonna love it." Blossom answered with a grin.

"Now!" Maylyn shouted as she dashed towards the other team.

"Give me a boost Bubblyn!" Buttercup shouted as she sped towards Bubbles.

"Up up and away!" Bubbles cheered as she grabbed Buttercup and threw her into the air.

"Catch Buttlyn!" Maylyn yelled as she snatched the ball from one of the Fear Leaders, then threw it at Buttercup.

"Got it! Now here it comes, power buffed smash!" Buttercup shouted as she caught the ball mid air, then spun around a few times before launching it into the net.

"That's game folks! The Derbytantes win the championship!" The announcer screamed into her microphone.

"HOORAY! Derbytantes! Derbytantes! Derbytantes!" Everyone in the stands cheered in unison.

"Nice game everyone!" Maylyn congratulated as Ms. Bellum carried a large gold trophy over to the Derbytantes.

"Well played Derbytantes, you won the championship." Ms. Bellum congratulated as she handed Maylyn the trophy.

"Couldn't've done it without our secret weapons." Maylyn said with a smile as she fist bumped Bubbles and Buttercup.

"You all played very well out there, congratulations." Ms. Bellum congratulated again with a smile.

"Say cheese everyone, you're gonna be on the front page of tomorrow's newspaper." The Mayor informed as he held a camera up.

"Cheese!" Everyone yelled as the mayor took the picture. "Yay, now let's go see Ami mommy!" Bubbles cheered as she and Buttercup dashed over to the bleachers.

"Girls! I'm so proud of you two, you both did so good out there, your whole team did!" Mercury yelled as she grabbed the two puffs and hugged them.

"Thanks Ami mommy!" Both girls yelled with smiles.

"I wish I could stay longer girls, but I have to get home and study for a test. I'm very proud of you girls, take care now." Mercury said with a smile as she hugged all three puffs before activating her portal.

"Can we come with you and hang out with Mako mommy?" Bubbles asked with a smile.

"She's studying as well right now, but I think Chibisua's free." Mercury informed as she let down her transformation.

"Can we go professor?! Please!" The girls begged with hopeful eyes.

"I suppose so, but remember to eat something before you start playing. Especially you and Bubbles, you played really hard out there today, and you need to eat to stay healthy." The professor instructed with a smile.

"Yes professor!" The girls replied as they hugged him before floating over to Ami.

"Any specific time you want them home?" Ami asked with a smile.

"Nope, it's winter break now so they're free to do as they please." The professor answered in a happy tone.

"Sounds good professor, see you later tonight or tomorrow." Ami said with a smile as she activated her portal.

"Have fun girls, and listen to your Ami mommy." The professor instructed as he waved goodbye to them.

"Bye professor!" The girls yelled as they followed Ami through the portal.

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"Home sweet home, now let's head to Usagi's so you can play with Chibisua." Ami said with a smile as she lead the girls towards Usagi's house.

"Do you think she'll be surprised to see us?" Blossom asked as she floated next to Ami.

"Definitely. Now hurry up girls, I have a lot of work to do before tomorrow's test." Ami instructed as she started running faster.

"It's okay Ami mommy, we know how to get to Usagi's place." Blossom informed as she matched Ami's pace.

"Yeah Ami mommy, we can go by ourselves." Bubbles added with a giggle.

"Not in my world girls, the monsters here are more dangerous than the ones in your world. I'd never forgive myself if something happened to you because I wasn't there when you needed me." Ami replied as she ran down the sidewalk. "Besides, we're already here." Ami informed as she jogged into Usagi's driveway, then walked up to her front door. "Knock knock!" Ami yelled as she knocked on the door.

"Who is it?!" Usagi yelled back as she came down the steps.

"Ami!" Ami yelled back in a friendly tone.

"I've got it Usagi, you just keep studying." Chibiusa replied as she ran to the door.

"I hate year end finals." Usagi grumbled as she went back up to her room and continued to study.

"The puffs are here!" Chibiusa cheered as she hugged the girls.

"Hi Chibisua!" All three puffs yelled with joy as they hugged her back. "Ami mommy said you were free to play, is that true?" Bubbles asked with a smile.

"Yep, come on in." Chibisua said with a smile as she gestured the puffs inside.

"Who's at the door Chibisua?" Ikuko asked from the kitchen.

"Ami and the puffs!" Chibisua answered in a happy tone.

"Hi girls, I'm making brownies right now, but feel free to make yourselves at home." Ikuko said in a friendly tone.

"Thank you Mrs. Tsukino!" The puffs thanked as they floated inside.

"I'm sorry to ask this of you Tsukino-San, but can you watch them for me please, I have to get home and study?" Ami asked with a pleading expression.

"Of course Ami." Ikuko answered with a smile.

"Thank you. Okay girls, be good and have fun. Ami mommy has to go home and do school work, I'll see you all later. You all know who to call if something happens, right?" Ami asked as she stared at the girls.

"One one nine?" Blossom asked with a smile.

"You've got it Blossom, have fun. I love you, see you later!" Ami yelled as she shut the door and started running back home. Ami ran back home, unaware of the threat that was coming for her world. As Ami ran home, a meteor crashed into the middle of the Northern Pacific Ocean. The meteor sank beneath the water, all the way to the bottom of the ocean, where it sat for several minutes before sprouting large black branches. The branches continued to grow, and new ones began to branch out from the old ones, then the structure started to gain height. It rose from the waters like a mighty sunken city, a city from hell. The tip of the structure stretched hundreds of feet into the air, then it just stopped and remained stagnant. Oblivious to what was coming for her world, Ami jogged home to study. "Mom, dad, Mako, I'm home!" Ami yelled as she entered her apartment and took her shoes off.

"Welcome home honey, how was the game?" Mako asked with a chuckle.

"We're not married yet Mako, don't start with the whole honey thing. But it's nice to see you Mako." Ami giggled as she walked over to Mako and kissed her. "I can see you're really studying hard there." Ami said with a grin as she stared at Mako, who was wearing a cooking apron covered in flour.

"I got bored alright, I'm not good at studying without my study buddy." Mako said with a sigh.

"Well she's here now, so let's go hit the books." Ami replied as she grabbed Mako's hand and started dragging her towards their room.

"Oh, but my cake!" Mako yelled with disappointment.

"Will be there when we're done." Ami giggled as she opened the door to their room.

"Fine." Mako grumbled as she crossed her arms in a huff. "So how'd the match go?" Mako asked as she sat down on the bed.

"Very good, the Derbytantes won the championship and the girls came back with me to visit. They're at Usagi's place hanging out with Chibiusa right now." Ami answered with a smile as she sat down at her desk.

"You left your babies alone at Usagi's place? Is Ami mommy getting a little less over protective of her sweet little puffs?" Mako asked with a grin.

"No way, I just trust Tsukino-San with them. She's really good with Chibiusa, plus she raised Usagi. Anyone who has a daughter like Usagi must be a perfect parent, so I trust her and Mr. Tsukino with the girls." Ami explained with a smile as she started studying.

"I wonder how things are going over at casa Tsukino right now?" Mako wondered out loud as she started studying.

"I'm sure it's going fine, I told the girls to behave and they normally listen. Buttercup would be the most likely to get into trouble, all that spice in her." Ami giggled as she flipped through her math book.

"How much you wanna bet they're driving Luna and Artemis nuts right now?" Mako asked with a smirk.

"I don't make bets I can't win. Now stop procrastinating and get to studying Mako, we have several big tests tomorrow before break." Ami instructed in an authoritative tone.

"Yes ma'am." Mako giggled as she focused on her studies. While Ami and Mako buckled down to hit the books, the puffs were having a blast at Usagi's place.

"Kitty! Kitty! Kitty!" Bubbles cheered as she flew around the house chasing Luna.

"AH! Why are you so obsessed with me Bubbles, go bug Artemis for a while!" Luna yelled as she ran up the steps towards Chibiusa's room.

"I can't find Artemis." Bubbles replied with a frown as she continued chasing Luna.

"Found him!" Buttercup yelled from Usagi's room.

"Um, Buttercup, what did auntie Usagi say about her room?" Usagi asked with a stern expression as she stared at Buttercup.

"Not to bug her because she's studying." Buttercup quietly replied.

"And what are you doing right now?" Usagi asked with a smirk.

"Disturbing you. Sorry Usagi." Buttercup apologized as she slowly floated towards the door.

"Why don't you girls go play my Sailor V game with Chibisua, you can ask my dad to help you hook it up to the big T.V downstairs." Usagi suggested with a smile.

"That'll be fun, thanks Usagi!" Buttercup yelled as she flew out of the room.

"Thanks Usagi, you really spared one of my nine lives there." Artemis thanked with a relieved breath.

"Any time Artemis." Usagi giggled as she went back to studying.

"Uncle Kenji, can you help us hook up the Sailor V game to the T.V please?" Buttercup asked as she floated into the kitchen.

"It's already hooked up, I think Shingo's playing right now." Kenji informed with a smile.

"Cool, thanks uncle Kenji." Buttercup thanked as she left the kitchen.

"Can we play next Shingo?" Bubbles asked with a smile as she sat down by Shingo, followed by Blossom, Chibiusa, and Buttercup.

"Sure, just give me a sec to beat this level." Shingo replied as he started the final boss battle.

"That lady looks like Aunti Mina." Bubbles giggled as she stared at the screen.

"Of course it does, that is Aunti Mina, that's just a different outfit." Shingo explained as he continued playing. "Oh man! The final boss always gets me. Alright, who wants to play next?" Shingo asked as he held up the controller.

"Me!" Buttercup yelled with a smile.

"Alright Buttercup." Shingo replied as he handed Buttercup the controller.

"Sweet. Thanks Shingo." Buttercup thanked as she started the game. Three hours passed as the girls played the Sailor V game to their hearts content, but they were each starting to suffer from a similar issue.

"My tummy hurts." Bubbles quietly said as she looked down at her stomach.

"Mine to." Blossom said with a frown as she patted her stomach.

"I don't feel good." Buttercup groaned as she wrapped her arms around her aching stomach.

"Are you guys sick?" Chibisua asked with a frown as she stared at the puffs.

"Mhm." Bubbles quietly answered with a nod.

"MOM! The girls don't feel good!" Shingo yelled towards the kitchen.

"Who doesn't feel good Shingo?" Ikuko asked as she walked into the living room.

"The puffs." Shingo answered as he gestured to the puffs.

"What's wrong girls?" Ikuko asked as she knelt down by the girls.

"Our tummies hurt." Bubbles answered with a sad expression.

"I think I know why, hold on girls." Ikuko replied as she started walking towards the steps.

"Finally, all done for the night." Usagi sighed as she put her book down.

"Usagi!" Ikuko yelled as she knocked on Usagi's door.

"Yeah mom?!" Usagi yelled back as she stood up from her desk.

"Usagi could you call Ami please, I think she forgot something really important?" Ikuko asked as she walked into the room.

"Sure mom, what do you think she forgot?" Usagi asked as she pulled her communicator out.

"I'll give you a hint, the girls have stomach aches and a rumbling in their tumbblies." Ikuko answered with a frown.

"What?! They haven't eaten yet?! I'll call Ami right now." Usagi yelled in a shocked tone as she slammed her finger on the Mercurian symbol.

"Uh oh, I hope the girls aren't in trouble." Ami said to herself when she saw the moon symbol flash on her communicator screen. "Everything okay Usagi?" Ami asked in a calm tone as she stared at her communicator screen.

"NO! Did you forget something Ami?!" Usagi asked with a cranky expression.

"No, I'm sorry if the girls are causing a ruckus. I'll come get them." Ami replied as she closed her study guide.

"The girls are behaving like angels, but that might have something to do with their lack of fuel." Usagi said with a grumpy expression.

"Lack of fuel? I don't... Oh my god! I haven't fed them yet, shit, I'm a terrible parent! I'll be right there Usagi!" Ami shouted into her communicator as she hung it up.

"Everything okay Ami?" Mako asked as she walked into the room.

"NO! I screwed up Mako, I got so wrapped up in my studies that I never checked on the girls or fed them! I feel awful about this, what kind of mother am I?!" Ami shouted as she ran out of the room.

"A new one!" Mako yelled back as she chased after Ami.

"Girls, come check this out!" Saeko yelled as Ami came running out of her room.

"No time mom, I messed up and totally forgot to feed the girls! They're so hungry that they're sick!" Ami shouted as she dashed out of the Apartment, with Mako right on her heels.

"It's not easy being a parent, but you'll get the hang of it." Saeko chuckled to herself as she stared at the T.V.

"Is it back on?" Hiroto asked as he walked over to Saeko with a bowl of popcorn.

"Yep, the season premiere! I can't wait to see if they save the hostage or not, I've waited two months for this." Saeko answered in a giddy tone as she stared at the T.V.

"This is gonna be just like old times, we use to watch this when we first started dating." Hiroto chuckled as he put his arm around Saeko.

"We interrupt this program for breaking news from NASA, reports of a possible meteor strike in the Northern Pacific Ocean have been confirmed by satellite. JAXA is currently heading to the impact sight to study what scans have indicated to be potential microscopic life forms within the meteor. We'll keep you updated as this story develops, we now return you to your regularly scheduled program." A news anchor finished as the screen went black for a second before a show came on.

"Oh! Did you hear that honey, aliens from another planet." Hiroto said with a grin as he put his arm around Saeko.

"I'm sure it's nothing, probably just a few fish or something that got into the meteor." Saeko replied with a wave of her hand.

"You're probably right." Hiroto said with a smile as he went back to watching the show. While Hiroto and Saeko watched their show, Ami was just bursting through the door of Usagi's house.

"I'm here! I'm so sorry girls, I'm a terrible mother! You three must be starving right now, oh your dad's gonna kill me!" Ami shouted as she ran into the kitchen by Ikuko.

"We're okay Ami mommy, auntie Ikuko fed us." Bubbles informed with a smile.

"Oh thank goodness. I am so sorry Ikuko-San, I got so wrapped up in my studies that I totally lost track of time and blew it! You girls must be so upset with me." Ami quietly apologized with a frown as she stared at the puffs.

"It's okay Ami mommy, the professor gets busy sometimes and losses track of time as well. Normally we just eat snacks at home, but we didn't have any here that we knew about. We should've said something hours ago." Blossom said with a smile.

"I should've been paying more attention, I have to get use to this whole mommy thing yet. I promise to do better girls, I won't let you go hungry again." Ami quietly said as she hugged all three puffs. "Thank you so much Tsukino-San, how can I ever repay you?" Ami asked with a smile.

"Why don't you all take a break from your studies and take the kids to the park, I think they'd like that." Ikuko suggested with a smile.

"I think that's a wonderful idea Tsukino-San. What do you think girls, you wanna go to the park?" Ami asked with a smile.

"Yeah!" The puffs yelled with enthusiasm as they threw their arms in the air.

"Great, I'll see if Usagi wants to take a break and bring Chibiusa along." Ami informed as she walked up the stairs. "Usagi!" Ami yelled as she knocked on Usagi's door.

"Yeah?!" Usagi yelled back as she closed her study guide.

"You wanna bring Chibisua to the park with the girls and I?!" Ami asked in a friendly tone.

"Sure, I'll be right out! Could you please ask Shingo if he'd like to come with?!" Usagi asked as she stood up and stretched.

"No problem!" Ami replied as she walked back down the steps. "Shingo! We're going to the park, you wanna join us?!" Ami asked as she walked into the living room.

"No thank you Ami, I'm about to beat my high score on Sailor V." Shingo answered as she stared at the T.V.

"Alright, we'll be back later then." Ami replied as she left the room and walked over by the puffs.

"Ready Chibiusa?" Usagi asked as she came down the steps.

"Yep!" Chibisua answered as she ran over by Usagi.

"Should we call Naru and see if she wants to take a break as well?" Usagi asked with a smile.

"Sure." Chibiusa answered as she walked into the kitchen and grabbed the phone, then called Naru.

"Yes?" Naru asked with obvious exhaustion in her voice.

"You okay mama Naru?" Chibiusa asked in a concerned tone.

"Yeah, I'm just exhausted form all of this studying. What's up Chibiusa?" Naru asked with a yawn.

"I was gonna ask if you wanted to come to the park with Usagi, Ami, the puffs, and I, but you sound really tired." Chibiusa answered in a sad tone.

"I am. I'm sorry Chibiusa, but I can't come today. I'll hangout with you tomorrow after finals though." Naru explained in a sad tone.

"Okay, I'll see you tomorrow mamma Naru." Chibiusa replied in a happy tone.

"Sounds good Chibiusa, tell Usagi I said hi." Naru instructed with a yawn.

"I will. Bye mamma Naru." Chibiusa quietly said as she hung up the phone.

"She too beat to come?" Usagi asked with a smile.

"Yeah." Chibisua answered in a sad tone.

"That's okay, you'll see her tomorrow after school. We're all gonna go to the crown to celebrate the end of our finals." Usagi informed as she walked towards the door.

"Yay!" Chibisua cheered with glee.

"Come on everyone, let's go have some fun." Ami said with a smile as she opened the front door and walked out of it.

"Yay, the park!" The kids cheered as they ran or flew out of the door. "Come on you three, we don't have time to walk!" Blossom yelled as she picked Chibiusa up.

"I love flying with you guys!" Chibisua giggled as she held onto Blossom.

"Me to, I don't have to transform to do it. Now I get to hitch a ride instead of giving a ride." Usagi chuckled as Buttercup picked her up.

"Come on Ami mommy." Bubbles giggled as she scooped Ami up and started flying towards the park.

"I forget how fast you girls are, we'll be there in no time at this rate." Usagi said with a smile as the girls sped to the park.

"We're here!" Buttercup cheered as she set Usagi down.

"Alright girls, we'll be on the bench over there if you need us." Ami informed as she pointed at a basic park bench.

"Come play with us Ami mommy! Please!" Bubbles begged with puppy dog eyes.

"Uh, you know I can't say no to that look. Alright, come on Usagi. If I'm being dragged into the play set then so are you." Ami said with a smirk as she started following the puffs to the main structure.

"Fine, but I am not pulling you out of another tunnel." Usagi chuckled as she followed Ami.

"When have you ever done that for me?" Ami asked with a smirk.

"Let's see, I did it at least twice at this park and once or twice at the chuckle cheddars. You have bad luck with tunnels Ami." Usagi answered with a grin.

"I don't believe you. Is that true Chibiusa?" Ami asked as she looked down at Chibisua.

"I know the one about you needing help at this park is true, you were in your regerga or regres something or other state when it happened." Chibiusa answered with a giggle.

"Regressed state." Ami giggled as she patted Chibiusa's head.

"What's a regressed state?" Bubbles asked with a confused expression.

"It's a state of mind that makes someone my age act like someone your age." Ami explained with a smile as she followed the girls onto the play set.

"That would look funny." Buttercup chuckled as she walked up a few steps.

"Come on Usagi!" Chibiusa yelled as she lead Usagi across a bridge towards a tunnel.

"Come on Ami mommy!" The puffs yelled as they followed Chibiusa and Usagi.

"This way Usagi!" Chibiusa yelled as she crawled through the tunnel.

"Do I have to?" Usagi groaned as she stared at Chibisua.

"Not if you don't mind being called a chicken." Chibisua giggled as she exited the tunnel.

"You manipulative little...fine." Usagi grumbled as she slowly crawled into the tunnel.

"Um, Usagi, are you sure you wanna do that?" Ami asked with a nervous expression as she watched Usagi enter the tunnel.

"No, but I'm not a chicken!" Usagi yelled back as she struggled her way to the other side. "UH! This is so annoying!" Usagi groaned as she slowly squeezed out the other side.

"Yay! Now it's the puffs turn!" Chibiusa yelled with a giggle.

"Coming!" Blossom yelled as she flew straight through the tunnel, followed by Bubbles, and Buttercup.

"Ami mommy's turn!" Bubbles yelled with a smile.

"I'll try girls!" Ami replied as she started crawling through the tunnel. "This is way easier than it was the last time, thank you workouts." Ami giggled as she slithered through the tunnel with ease.

"Show off." Usagi grumbled as she crossed her arms in a huff.

"Come on Usagi, let's go down the slide now!" Chibiusa cheered as she ran towards a long tube slide.

"Are you trying to cram me into the smallest things you can find Chibiusa?" Usagi grumbled as she followed Chibiusa.

"No, I just wanna spend time with you. You've been studying so much lately that you hardly have time for any of us right now." Chibisua explained with a frown.

"Oh, I'm sorry Chibisua. Why didn't you tell me you were lonely and needed some mommy time, I would've taken a break for you?" Usagi asked with a small frown as she looked into Chibisua's eyes.

"Really?" Chibisua asked with a smile.

"Really. Now let's go down the slide." Usagi replied as she walked up to the slide.

"Thanks Usagi." Chibisua thanked as she sat down in front of the opening. "See you at the bottom!" Chibiusa yelled as she pushed herself down the slide.

"Coming down!" Usagi yelled as she jumped head first down the slide.

"Yay!" Chibisua cheered as she came out the other end of the slide.

"AH!" Usagi yelled in shock as she stopped dead halfway out of it. "Um, a little help please Chibisua." Usagi said with a small blush.

"Okay." Chibisua giggled as she grabbed Usagi's hands and tried to pull her out.

"OW! Stop, those are my hip bones digging into the side!" Usagi yelled as she stopped pulling.

"What's Usagi doing Ami mommy?" Bubbles asked with a confused expression.

"I think Usagi might be a bit too big for the slide, will one of you go down it and give her a little shove please?" Ami asked with a smile.

"I'll do it!" Buttercup yelled as she dashed down the slide.

"That's wasn't Buttercup, was it Ami?!" Usagi asked in a nervous tone.

"Maybe!" Ami yelled back with a nervous chuckle.

"I think she gets too much joy out of..OOF!" Usagi started saying, until Buttercup slammed into her and forced her out of the slide. "Shoving people." Usagi groaned as she landed flat on her chest in the grass.

"Ha ha! Fear my might!" Buttercup yelled as she flew back up the slide.

"My turn!" Blossom yelled as she jumped down the slide. "WEEEEE!" Blossom shouted with joy as she zipped down the slide, then popped out of the other end. "Come on Ami mommy!" Blossom yelled with a big smile.

"Alright Blossom, I'm coming!" Ami yelled back as she sat down in front of the slide. "Coming down Usagi!" Ami yelled as she pushed herself down the slide, stopping only a little further ahead of where Usagi stopped. "Well Usagi, take solace in that fact that you weren't the only one with issues!" Ami yelled as she flailed her legs around a little.

"Oh I do Ami, I do!" Usagi yelled with a smirk as she watched Ami struggle.

"Take a picture it'll last longer!" Ami yelled in a grumpy tone as she struggled in the slide.

"If you say so!" Usagi giggled as she pulled out a camera and flashed a picture.

"I was joking! You'd better delete that Usagi!" Ami shouted as she flailed around trying to get free.

"I will." Usagi replied as she deleted the photo. "Alright girls, now your Ami mommy needs help. Just give her legs a little pull." Usagi instructed with a giggle as she grabbed Ami's legs and pulled.

"AH!" Ami yelled in surprise as she popped out of the slide and tumbled into Usagi.

"Never mind, I got her!" Usagi yelled to the girls as she rolled Ami off of her.

"My turn!" Bubbles yelled with glee as she dove down the slide. "Teehee! That was fun!" Bubbles giggled as she floated to the side. "Your turn Buttercup!" Bubbles yelled with a smile.

"Alright! Look out below!" Buttercup shouted as she dove head first down the slide, flying out of the other end like a bullet from a gun. "WOO! That was awesome, now what should we do?!" Buttercup yelled as she looked at everyone.

"OH OH! Push us on the swings please Ami mommy!" Bubbles yelled as she dashed over to the swing set.

"Alright girls." Ami replied as she ran over to Bubbles.

"Come on Usagi!" Chibiusa yelled with a laugh as she ran over to the swings.

"Make us go really really high!" Buttercup yelled as she held onto the swing chains.

"Okay. Ready? One, two, threeeee!" Ami yelled as she pushed Buttercup on the swing as high as she could.

"Woohoo! I love this, it's like flying except that I don't have to use any energy to do it!" Buttercup cheered as Ami pushed her higher.

"Your turn Blossom. Up up and away!" Ami yelled as she pushed Blossom as high as she could.

"Woohoo! You're better at this than the professor! But don't tell him that!" Blossom yelled with a giggle.

"Up you go Chibisua!" Usagi yelled as she pushed Chibiusa on the swing.

"WEEEEEE! Higher! Higher!" Chibiusa cheered as she soared into the air.

"Hold on, I've gotta give Bubbles a push now." Usagi informed as she gave Bubbles an equally hard push.

"Yay!" Bubbles yelled with a big smile as she went higher than the top bar.

"Do it again Ami mommy!" Buttercup yelled with a big smile.

"Alright, here it comes Buttercup!" Ami yelled with a grin as she grabbed Buttercup's swing, then threw it forward as hard as she could.

"Yeah! Watch this Ami mommy!" Buttercup yelled with a smile as she gripped the bars as tight as she could, then flew forward, causing the swing to do a complete loop over the top of the swing set.

"Wow! That was really cool Buttercup!" Ami complimented as she stared at Buttercup.

"I can do it faster to, watch!" Buttercup yelled as she did the same thing but faster.

"Be careful Buttercup, last time you did that you ended up face down in the dirt." Blossom warned with a straight face.

"Pft, I'm fine. See, I can go even faster!" Buttercup shouted as she sped up her loops, to the point where she was just a rotating green streak.

"Slow down Buttercup, otherwise you're gonna fly off like last time!" Blossom yelled in a worried tone.

"You were right Blossom!" Buttercup yelled as she flew off the swing like a rocket.

"BUTTERCUP!" Ami screamed in horror as she watched Buttercup soar off the swing.

"I messed up!" Buttercup shouted as she braced herself to slam into the ground. "OOF! Huh?" Buttercup yelled as she slammed into something soft and powdery. "Snow? Where did this come from, isn't it summer here?" Buttercup asked as she rolled out of the pile of snow.

"Nice save Ami." Usagi giggled as she looked over at Ami, who was holding both her hands out towards Buttercup.

"That girl's gonna give me a heart attack, I don't know how the professor does it with her everyday." Ami sighed as she walked over to Buttercup.

"Oops." Buttercup quietly said with a nervous giggle.

"You okay Buttercup?" Ami asked as she kneeled down by Buttercup.

"I'm good, thanks Ami mommy." Buttercup thanked with a smile.

"Be careful please, I know you're a super hero and all, but you're still my baby; I don't want you getting hurt. Now come on girls, let's go on the merry go round real quick, then I think it's time to go home." Ami instructed with a smile as she stood up and held her hand out to Buttercup.

"Okay!" All the kids yelled as they followed Ami and Usagi over to the merry go round.

"Now we're not going too fast this time, I don't wanna launch another one of you halfway to the moon." Ami giggled as she watched everyone climb onto the merry go round.

"I can do that easily, watch." Bubbles giggled as she jumped into Usagi's arms. "Ta da, I launched myself to the moon." Bubbles said with a squeaky giggle.

"That's a good one Bubbles." Chibiusa laughed as she sat down and grabbed a bar.

"Alright everyone, grab a bar and hold on tight." Ami instructed as she started spinning the merry go round.

"Faster Ami mommy!" All three puffs yelled with smiles as they clung to the bars.

"Alright, hold on tight!" Ami yelled as she whipped the merry go round as hard as she could before jumping on it.

"WOOHOO! I always love the merry go round, it's my favorite part of the park!" Usagi laughed as they all spun around.

"Mine to Usagi!" Ami yelled back with a smile.

"I can push us faster if you want!" Blossom informed with a smile.

"Yay! Do it Blossom!" Chibiusa yelled with a big smile.

"Okay!" Blossom replied as she grabbed one of the bars, then started flying forward at a really high speed.

"Alright, kick it up Bloss!" Buttercup cheered as she watched the world spin around her.

"You've got it!" Blossom replied as she started flying faster.

"Blossom! This is too much for your Ami mommy and I! We're gonna hurl!" Usagi shouted as she clung to the bar for dear life.

"If we're not launched off of here first! Slow down Blossom!" Ami shouted in a shaky tone.

"Okay!" Blossom replied as she slowed the merry go round down.

"Uh, and I thought the Kino sisters were bad. I think I'm gonna puke." Usagi groaned as she stumbled off the merry go round.

"I don't know what's up and what's down." Ami mumbled as she fell off the merry go round.

"Oh no! We broke Ami mommy!" Bubbles yelled in horror as she stared at Ami.

"Don't worry Bubbles, we'll live." Ami said with a smile as she slowly got to her feet.

"Oh man, is this what drunk people feel like? If that's the case I'm never drinking." Usagi groaned as she sprawled out on the ground.

"You should know what drunk people feel like Usagi, remember that time at that party where you drank that punch?" Ami asked with a giggle.

"Not at all." Usagi answered with a straight face.

"Then you know what if feels like to be drunk, you don't remember a thing from the time you got drunk." Ami chuckled as she helped Usagi to her feet.

"That was fun girls, but Ami and I should get you all home now. We have to go study more before tomorrow's test." Usagi said with a smile as she held her hand out to Chibisua.

"Okay." All the kids replied as they started leaving the park.

"See you tomorrow Usagi, I'm gonna take the girls home." Ami informed as she activated her portal watch.

"See you then Ami, and good luck on your tests." Usagi replied with a smile.

"You to Usagi, take care." Ami said as she walked the puffs through the portal. "Come on girls, let's get you home." Ami said with a smile as she walked the puffs home.

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"We're home!" The girls yelled with joy as they dashed into their house.

"Welcome home girls, did you behave yourselves today?" The professor asked as he stepped out of the kitchen.

"They were little angels as always professor." Ami answered with a smile as she hugged the professor.

"That's good to hear Ami. Would you like to stay for dinner, I just took the roast out?" The professor asked as he hugged Ami back.

"I wish I could professor, but I have to get home and study a little more before bed. But I can hang out tomorrow after school, we were planning on taking the girls to the crown for an early dinner if that's okay with you." Ami informed with a smile.

"That'll be lovely Ami, good luck on your exams." The professor said with a smile as he started plating dinner.

"Thank you professor. I love you girls, Ami mommy will see you tomorrow after school." Ami informed as she gave each of the puffs a hug.

"Bye Ami mommy, we love you to!" The puffs replied as they each hugged her back.

"You girls be good, see you all tomorrow." Ami said with a smile as she activated her portal and left.

"I love it when Ami mommy hangs out with us." Bubbles said with joy as she sat down at the table.

"I know you girls do, but Ami has to study now. So wish her luck on her test, you'll see her again tomorrow." The professor instructed as he started plating dinner. While the puffs ate dinner Ami had returned to her universe and was heading home to study. It was gonna be a long night for her and the rest of the Senshis. Hours passed and before she knew it Ami had studied herself to sleep at her desk.

"Oh jeez, not again." Mako sighed as she walked into their room, finding Ami face down on her desk in a puddle of drool. "If I had a yen for every time." Mako giggled as she gently picked Ami up and laid her in their bed. "Goodnight Ami, see you in the morning." Mako whispered as she laid down next to Ami and fell asleep. Everyone slept peacefully until around six the next morning.

"Time to get ready, I don't wanna be late today." Usagi said to herself as she got out of bed and started getting dressed.

"Morning Usagi, are you ready for your exams?" Chibiusa asked as she walked past Usagi's room.

"I hope so, are you ready for your tests?" Usagi asked in reply as she looked at Chibisua.

"I think so." Chibisua answered as she started walking downstairs.

"We'll find out." Usagi replied as she finished getting dressed, then followed Chibiusa downstairs.

"There're my favorite kids, so who's ready for a test?" Ikuko asked with a smile.

"We are!" Shingo yelled with a smile.

"Oh jeez! Shingo, when'd you get here?" Usagi asked with a breath.

"I was right behind you guys. Guess I know how important I am." Shingo grumbled as he nudged Usagi with his shoulder.

"You're extremely important Shingo, you're my little brother. You know how I am in the morning sometimes." Usagi chuckled as she tousled Shingo's hair.

"Hey, I just combed that." Shingo whined as he fixed his hair.

"Eat up you three, you all have big tests today." Kenji instructed as he looked up from his paper.

"Thank you for breakfast!" All three of them thanked as they sat down to eat. "I wonder how Rei's doing today, I haven't heard from her since some time last week?" Usagi wondered out loud as she took a bite of her waffles.

"She's probably been busy studying, you know how dedicated Rei is. Good thing Mina's there to balance her out." Chibiusa giggled as she took a sip of orange juice.

"She can be a real stick in the mud sometimes, but we depend on that part of her more than I'll ever admit." Usagi giggled as she continued eating. While everyone ate breakfast at the Tsukino residence, the Hino residence was bustling.

"Hurry up Mina, we still need to finish the chores and wash up!" Rei yelled as she shoveled some cereal into her mouth.

"I can only eat so fast!" Minako yelled back as she downed her milk in one gulp.

"Eat faster!" Rei yelled as she practically inhaled her breakfast.

"I wonder if Ami and Mako are this stressed right now?!" Minako wondered out loud as she finished her cereal.

"Now get to the chores, I'll sweep the yard you sweep the shrine!" Rei ordered as she bolted from the table, followed by Minako. While Rei and Minako worked on their chores, Ami and Mako were running around their apartment grabbing their stuff for the day.

"Okay, got the extra pens and pencils, study guides for between classes, and high protein drinks to help with brain power!" Ami yelled as she stuffed hers and Mako's stuff into the appropriate bags.

"Good, I've got our lunches packed and some extra yen for after school at the crown. I can't wait to treat the girls to their first meal at the crown." Mako said with a smile as she stuffed the yen in her bag.

"Me either, I bet they'll love the arcade." Ami replied as she sat down for breakfast.

"Especially Buttercup, I can totally see her killing it on either the ghost warrior game or the racing game." Mako said with a grin as Saeko set breakfast on the table.

"Alright girls, I made cinnamon oatmeal for breakfast. It's high in nutrients so you'll have all the brain power you need to pass your exams." Saeko informed with a smile.

"Thanks mom, we'll do our best today." Ami replied as she started eating her breakfast.

"You girls always do." Hiroto replied with a smile as he flipped through the morning paper.

"Anything about that meteor in there?" Saeko asked as she sat down across from Ami.

"Meteor?" Ami asked in a confused tone.

"Yeah, there was a meteor impact in the northern Pacific Ocean yesterday. JAXA is coordinating with NASA to get additional help in studying it, they detected possible microscopic life forms in it." Hiroto explained with a smile. "Yep, right here. It says a U.N conference is going to be held later this week to discuss the joint findings in the meteor, how exciting." Hiroto answered in a giddy tone.

"I didn't know you were into space stuff." Saeko said with a grin as she looked at Hiroto.

"I'm not into it per say, but the subject of aliens is always cool." Hiroto replied with a chuckle.

"Yeah it is, intellectual beings from another world! That would be so cool to see, unless they were evil that is." Mako chuckled as she looked at the clock. "Oh crap, we're late Ami! Shovel, shovel like your academics depend on it!" Mako shouted as she shoveled her breakfast in.

"Don't have to tell me twice!" Ami replied as she did the same thing. "Thanks for breakfast mom, gotta go now!" Ami yelled as she grabbed her bag and ran towards the door.

"Wait up!" Mako shouted as she tore after Ami.

"Good luck girls!" Hiroto and Saeko both yelled with smiles.

"Come on Mako, let's put all that training to good use and move it!" Ami shouted as she sprinted towards school.

"Never thought you'd be running late like this Ami, it's so unlike you!" Mako yelled with a smirk as she ran up to Ami.

"Yeah well, I've got a lot more responsibility now other than just school and guardian work. I have children to take care of now, or should I say we have children to take care of now." Ami replied with a grin.

"It's worth it though, they're so cute and lovable. How'd the match go last night by the way, I think I forgot to ask about it?" Mako asked as she continued running towards school.

"Good, they kicked butt! They got 'em right in the final moments with their signature move, I'm so proud of the girls!" Ami answered as they ran past the shrine.

"Wait up!" Rei shouted as she and Minako darted after the two of them.

"Hey, long time no see. How's it been, the girls doing good?" Minako asked as she ran up to Ami.

"They're doing great, I was just telling Mako about the tournament last night. Derbytantes for the win baby!" Ami yelled with glee.

"You really took to the role of mother well, I'm glad they make you as happy as you make them Ami." Rei said with a smile.

"Here come Usagi and Naru." Minako pointed out as she looked down the adjacent sidewalk.

"Hey guys, you ready for your test today?" Naru asked as she and Usagi ran up to the group.

"As we can be, what about you two?" Mako replied and asked as she looked at Naru.

"I'm gonna do my best, but you know me." Usagi chuckled.

"Oh we sure do bun head." Kaede said with a grin as she and Sarah ran up to everyone.

"Hey sis, where've you been lately?" Mako asked with a smile.

"We were studying our um, anatomy." Kaede answered with a grin as she lightly nudged Sarah.

"Mhm, you discover anything new?" Rei asked with a smirk.

"Well, I did find out that Kaede likes it when ya heat the massage oil before ya use it." Sarah answered with a grin.

"T.M.I you two, T.M.I." Rei groaned as everyone approached the school.

"We made it with time to spare. Good luck everyone, see you at lunch." Ami said with a smile as she lead everyone inside.

"Good morning girls." Tanaka greeted as everyone walked past her.

"Morning sensei." Everyone replied with bows.

"Good luck today, do your best." Tanka instructed as she watched everyone walk away.

"We will, thank you sensei." Usagi replied with a smile. "This is it, good luck everyone." Usagi said with a smile as she looked at her friends.

"You to Usagi, see you at lunch." Ami replied as they all dispersed towards their classes.

"Hey Ami, you ready for that test?" Satsuki asked with a smile as she passed Ami in the hall.

"I hope so, are you ready?" Ami asked in reply.

"I better be, I've been studying my rear off for the past week." Satsuki answered with a grin.

"Same here. Good luck Satsuki." Ami replied as she ran up the steps to her class.

"You to!" Satsuki yelled back as she continued down the hall. Ami jogged into her first class and sat down at her usual desk.

"Excuse me, I'm sorry to bother you, but that's Ms. Mizuno's desk." One of the other students informed as she looked at Ami.

"I know it's my desk." Ami replied as she looked at the student.

"AMI?! Oh my god, what happened to you?! You lost a ton of weight, and you're shredded now! I thought you were a different person!" The student yelled as she gawked at Ami.

"Nice try Yui, you know I'm in a relationship already. But I appreciate the compliment." Ami chuckled as she pulled her pencil case out.

"It was worth a try." Yui sighed as she lightly pushed her pencil back and forth.

"What about that new girl from 1-C, she's pretty cute? Why don't you talk to her?" Ami suggested with a smile.

"Yeah I guess so." Yui replied with a sigh.

"What about Fuji otherwise? He's been eying you since the start of the last semester." Ami suggested with a smirk.

"He is pretty handsome I suppose, plus I hear he's a really nice guy. Alright, maybe I'll talk to him. Thanks Ami." Yui thanked with a smile as the teacher walked into the room.

"Alright class, let's get this started. You'll have one hour to complete your tests, good luck." The teacher informed as he started passing out the tests. "Everyone have a test?" The teacher asked as he looked at his class.

"Yes sensei." Everyone answered with straight faces.

"Alright, you have one hour. Starting...now." The teacher informed as he looked at the clock. The students quickly got to work on their tests, and before they knew it the hour was up. "Alright class, that's time. Pencils down." The teacher instructed in a kind tone.

"Oh my god, that test was brutal." One of the students groaned as he stretched his wrist.

"Tell me about it, anyone know what the answer to number twenty-five was?" Another student asked with a smile.

"C!" Ami answered as she started packing her bag up.

"Oh crud, well I got that one wrong." The student grumbled to himself.

"Not necessarily, it asked you to defend your position in part two. So if you were convincing in your stance then you might've got it right." Ami informed with a chuckle.

"I suppose so, thanks Ami. It's nice to see you so happy again, it's been a while." The student replied as he started packing his things up.

"It feels good to be happy again." Ami said with a giggle as she started leaving the room.

"Have a good break everyone, I'll see you next semester." The teacher informed as he watched everyone start to leave.

"Bye sensei!" Everyone yelled as they left to their next class. Hours passed as everyone took exam after exam, but it was finally lunch time, and everyone was famished.

"Oh thank god, lunch time! I think I'm down to my last brain cell." Minako said with a sigh as she sat down under a big tree with everyone.

"What's new?" Rei asked with a smirk.

"Ha ha, you're so funny Rei." Minako sarcastically replied as she opened her bento box.

"Oh my anatomy final was killer, even I didn't know what some of those things meant." Kaede said with a frown as she stretched.

"What was one of the terms?" Ami asked as she took a bite of her lunch.

"It wasn't a term, it was asking the difference between a macrophage and a monocyte. I thought they were the same thing." Kaede explained with a smile.

"Technically they are, but the term you use is dependent on where the cell is traveling in the body. When circulating in the blood vessels they're called monocytes, but when they circulate outside the blood vessel they're known as macrophages. Though don't ask my why they do that, even I don't know the reason for that." Ami explained with a smile as she took a bite of her sandwich.

"I bombed that question then, I wrote and I quote. Trick question, they're the same thing." Kaede replied with a sigh.

"That sounds just like ya darling." Sarah chuckled as she took a bite of her sub.

"How'd your exams go Sarah?" Usagi asked as she looked at Sarah.

"I think they went well, but I ain't too sure." Sarah answered with a shrug.

"What about you Usagi, you make it through your English exam?" Rei asked with an evil smirk.

"As a matter of fact I did, but I wouldn't be surprised if I passed with just barely enough points. I studied hard for it, by I'm not that great at writing English, I can speak it pretty okay, but I can't write it." Usagi replied with a giggle.

"That's okay, it ain't an easy language ta write. Hell, I grew up writing it and I still struggle with it. I'm sure ya did fine Usagi." Sarah said with a smile.

"Thanks." Usagi replied as she finished her lunch.

"Now what do we do, we still have ten minutes?" Minako asked as she finished her lunch.

"I know just what to do." Mako replied with a grin.

"What sis?" Kaede asked as she looked at Mako.

"Sleep." Mako replied as she laid in the grass and closed her eyes.

"Now you're speaking my language Mako." Usagi chuckled as she did the same thing.

"Sounds good ta us, see y'all in a bit." Sarah said with a smile as she and Kaede laid down, followed by everyone else. Ten minutes passed and the bell rang signifying the end of lunch.

"Awe, oh well. Back to class everyone." Rei said with a sigh as she jumped to her feet.

"Good luck on the rest of your exams." Ami said with a smile as everyone started going inside.

"We gonna meet out front after school so we can take the kids to the crown?" Usagi asked as she looked at everyone in their group.

"Yep, see you all in a couple of hours." Ami answered as she lead everyone inside and they all went their separate ways.

"Bye Ami." Mako waved as she went to class. The rest of the day seemed to drag like a ton of bricks, but eventually Ami found herself at the end of her last class.

"Good job class, you all worked hard today. So for the last thirty minutes or so since you're all done, I thought we could all watch a movie." The teacher said with a smile as he popped a movie into the cassette player.

"Sweet! The original black and white Godzilla!" One of the students yelled with a smile.

"You knew that just by the opening scene? Don't give away any spoilers." The teacher said with a grin as he sat back and watched the video. While everyone finished up their days, principal Tanaka was doing some work in her office, until she was distracted by three odd figures outside her window.

"AH! What the heck?!" Tanka shouted as she looked out her window.

"Is everything alright Tanaka-Sa-AH! What are those things, huge bobble heads?!" The office attendant yelled as she ran into Tanaka's office.

"Call the guardians please!" Tanka yelled as she backed away from the window.

"On it!" The office attendant replied as she ran over to the P.A microphone. "Attention Sailor Guardians, please report to the principal's office immediately, and hurry!" The office attendant shouted into her microphone.

"Really?! So close to the end, we almost made it through without a monster attack!" Ami shouted as she jumped up from her desk and ran towards the office. "Tanaka-San, what's going on?!" Ami yelled as she burst into Tanaka's office.

"There are giant headed humanoid creatures floating outside my window!" Tanka yelled as she pointed at her window.

"Oh geez, are they dressed in red, green, and blue outfits?" Ami asked with a sigh.

"You had a vision about this and didn't warn me?!" Tanka yelled in an angry tone.

"Not exactly sensei, hold on." Ami replied as she walked over to the window and opened it. "Girls, come down here! I know you're up there!" Ami yelled as she looked towards the roof.

"Uh oh." Blossom quietly said as she looked over the edge of the roof.

"Busted." Buttercup added as they all floated down to Ami.

"Hi Ami mommy!" Bubbles giggled as she floated through the window, followed by Blossom and Buttercup.

"Hi Bubbles." Ami said with a smirk as she stared at the girls. "What did Ami mommy say was going on today?" Ami asked as she stared at the girls.

"You had a bunch of big tests." Blossom quietly replied with a sad expression.

"Mhm, and what were you girls not supposed to do?" Ami asked with a straight face.

"Bug Ami mommy." The girls replied as they hung their heads in shame.

"What did you do?" Ami asked with a smirk.

"Bug Ami mommy." All three puffs replied in sad tones.

"That's right, you know what happens when you don't listen?" Ami asked with a straight face.

"You leave us?" Bubbles asked with a sad expression.

"NO! No of course not Bubbles, Ami mommy's not gonna leave because you did something wrong. No, you just get time out, just like the professor gives you. Now take those chairs and sit in the corner for five minutes." Ami instructed as she pointed at three chairs in front of Tanaka's desk.

"Yes Ami mommy." All three puffs replied as they did as they were told.

"I'm sorry Tanaka-San, they're still learning about boundaries and stuff." Ami apologized with a smile.

"What are those things Ami?" Tanaka asked as she stared at the girls.

"They're my adopted daughters from another universe. They've grown rather attached to me, as I have to them." Ami explained with a smile.

"Wait, you went to another universe? When did this happen?" Tanaka asked with a shocked expression.

"Over winter break, a few days before Christmas actually." Ami answered with a smile.

"Oh, well I guess that explains your unusually happy attitude lately. These girls have really helped you all recover after everything, it's good to see you all found your happy again." Tanaka giggled.

"Actually sensei, I think our happy found us." Ami chuckled as she looked at the girls.

"Ami, what's going on?! Why did they call us?!" Mako asked as she and the rest of the guardians ran into the office.

"Three little girls gave Tanaka-San a bit of a scare." Ami answered with a grin as she pointed at the puffs.

"What are you three doing in the corner?" Minako asked as she stared at the girls.

"Ami mommy put us in timeout because we didn't listen to her." Bubbles answered in a sad tone.

"Ami mommy's cracking the whip on her sweet little puffs? That's harsh Ami." Usagi chuckled as she stared at Ami.

"Is it, I remember you spanking Chibisua when she got into trouble once." Ami replied with a grin.

"Touché." Usagi said with smirk.

"Alright girls, time's up. You can leave the corner now, but please put the chairs back." Ami instructed with a smile.

"Yes Ami mommy." The puffs replied as they put their chairs away.

"You have a knack for this mother thing Ami, keep up the good work." Tanaka said with a smile as she looked at the puffs.

"Thank you sensei." Ami thanked with a bow. "Alright girls, let's get going. We're gonna meet Chibiusa and Shingo at the crown." Ami said with a smile as she started leading the girls out of the room.

"Bye bye Ms. Tanaka, we didn't mean to scare you!" Blossom yelled as she left the room.

"Bye girls!" Tanaka chuckled as everyone left the room.

"Alright girls, let's get going." Ami said with a smile as Blossom and Buttercup landed on her shoulders, while Bubbles landed in her arms.

"Look at you Ami, you're like a taxi for Powerpuff Girls." Mako giggled as she stared at Ami.

"You wanna take a passenger Mako mommy?" Ami asked with a grin as she turned her shoulder with Buttercup on it towards Mako.

"Here I come Mako mommy!" Buttercup yelled as she dove into Mako's arms.

"OOF! Gotch ya! Come here you little rascal!" Mako chuckled as she tossed Buttercup in the air a few times.

"Woohoo!" Buttercup cheered

"Let's get to the crown everyone, don't wanna keep Chibiusa and Shingo waiting too long." Kaede said with a smile as she lead everyone out of the school.

"Oh oh! We can help speed everything up." Bubbles giggled as she flew over to Rei and picked her up.

"AH! Bubbles, auntie Rei can walk just fine!" Rei yelled as Bubbles started flying towards the crown.

"You're walking too slowly!" Bubbles yelled back.

"Uh oh, Bubbles is getting hangry." Blossom quietly said as she stared at Bubbles.

"Then we'd best pick up the pace everyone. Let's go!" Naru yelled as she started running towards the crown.

"Yay!" Blossom and Buttercup cheered as they picked Ami and Mako up.

"Guess we'll meet you there!" Ami yelled as the puffs vanished.

"They're so cute, I love 'em. Come on y'all, let's get moving!" Sarah shouted as she started running towards the crown.

"Last one there's a rotten egg!" Kaede laughed as she chased after Sarah.

"Wait for us!" Usagi shouted as she and Minako ran after the others.

"Hi Usagi!" Chibiusa yelled with a smile as everyone passed her school.

"Hey Chibiusa, how'd your tests go?" Usagi asked with a smile.

"Good I think, are we gonna go eat now?" Chibisua asked as she started jogging with Usagi.

"Yep, we'll grab Shingo on our way past his school." Minako answered with a smile.

"Where are Ami, Mako, and Rei?" Chibiusa asked with a confused expression.

"The girls were a little impatient, so they're taking the aerial route." Usagi chuckled.

"They're so much fun, I can't wait to play games with them today." Chibiusa said with a smile as they ran past Shingo's school.

"Come on Shingo!" Usagi yelled as she stopped in front of his school.

"Bye guys, see you soon." Shingo waved to his friends as he ran over to Usagi. "Hi sis, how'd your tests go?" Shingo asked as he stared at Usagi.

"Some of them I feel good about, others not so much." Usagi answered with a smile.

"Where are the girls?" Shingo asked as he looked around for the puffs.

"Probably there already." Minako answered with a chuckle.

"Then let's pick it up slow pokes!" Shingo yelled with a grin as he started running towards the crown.

"Don't have to tell us twice!" Usagi replied as she and everyone else sprinted after Shingo. After several minutes everyone arrived at the crown.

"Yay! The others are here finally!" The puffs cheered as they watched everyone walk through the door.

"Hi Power Puffs!" Chibiusa yelled as she ran over to the puffs.

"Hi Chibiusa!" The puffs yelled back as they all hugged Chibiusa.

"Do you mind if we ordered your usuals for you already, the girls are starting to get tummy aches?" Ami asked as everyone piled into their usual booth.

"That's fine, thanks Ami." Minako replied as she set her bag on the floor.

"So what'd you girls get?" Usagi asked as she stared at the puffs.

"I got a cheeseburger with extra pickles and a chocolate milkshake." Buttercup answered with a smile.

"I got the steamed pork buns and a root beer float." Blossom answered with joy.

"I got the pink sugar heart attack pancake stack with extra whipped cream!" Bubbles yelled with joy.

"That was your Ami mommy's favorite when she was regressed." Usagi pointed out with a chuckle.

"Really?" Bubbles asked with a big smile.

"Really really." Usagi answered with a giggle.

"Hey look, they're talking about that meteor on the news again." Kaede pointed out as she looked at a T.V in the top corner of the room.

"When did they put a T.V in here?" Mako asked as she turned around and looked at the T.V.

"Last month, you mind if I turn it up?" Yuki asked as she stepped out of her office.

"Not at all." Usagi answered with a smile.

"As you can see behind me, the military has been mobilized due to the strange activity that has started to take place in the crater. Officials have confirmed that this is some kind of alien life form, though its origins and properties are unknown. We go live now to a U.N conference discussing what if anything should be done about this." A reporter spoke over the T.V, just before the image changed to a live conference from the U.N.

"Hey, that's the prime minister!" Minako pointed out as she stared at the T.V.

"You know who our prime minster is?" Rei asked in a surprised tone as she looked at Minako.

"I may not be the sharpest knife in the kitchen, but I'm not a complete idiot." Minako said with a straight face.

"Sharpest in the drawer Minako." Rei sighed as she shook her head back and forth.

"Quiet, I wanna know about this alien." Usagi ordered as she stared at the T.V.

"As acting prime minister of Japan, the closest country to this odd find, I believe that we should work together in a joint operation with all the major powers of the world to study this odd discovery. JAXA and NASA are already coordinating with each other to speed up the research of this strange meteor.

"What about the issue of the life forms found within it?" The Brazilian President asked in a worried tone.

"That's a good question, and unfortunately we don't have an answer to that. Whatever they are, they're made from something that's not charted on the periodic table, what's concerning though is that whatever it is appears to be spreading. It's for this reason that I'd like to ask the U.S for additional troop support since you already have a fire base in Okinawa. Is that something you can do Mr. President?" The Prime Minister asked with a straight face.

"Gladly, I'll have Sec Def brief Sec Nav on the situation and they'll send the right team for the job." The U.S President replied with a calm expression.

"What about the world's how we call them, black ops team? Have any of them been briefed about this?" The Australian Prime Minister asked in a calm tone.

"They have not, there hasn't been a need to yet. Though if you'd like to vote on reading them in we can do that." Japan's Prime Minister replied in a calm tone.

"I don't think we need to go to such drastic measures as calling in super hero teenagers yet, but we should keep them in mind should the situation escalate." The U.S President said in a professional tone.

"Agreed. So for now we'll continue to study this odd thing, and we'll send out a weekly report to all of you. Agreed?" The Japanese Prime Minister asked with a flat expression.

"Agreed." Everyone else replied.

"Then unless there's anything more to discuss about this issue, I believe we can adjourn this emergency meeting." The Japanese Prime Minister informed in a happy tone.

"Wow, that's interesting. A meteor with life forms in it, that could be a huge scientific breakthrough." Ami said to herself as she turned away from the T.V.

"Hopefully they're friendly life forms." Usagi quietly said as she looked at Ami.

"Maybe they'll be the kind that suck your brain out through a straw! AH!" Buttercup yelled as she bared her teeth at Bubbles.

"AAAAH! Not my brain!" Bubbles squealed as she covered her head.

"Don't worry Bubs, they'd starve before they got anything out of you." Buttercup said with a grin.

"Hey, that's mean Buttercup!" Bubbles yelled with a grumpy expression.

"Girls, don't start fighting, otherwise I'll have to take you home and feed you veggies for dinner instead of the yummy food you ordered." Ami said with a grin. Bubbles and Buttercup quickly slapped their hands over their mouths.

"Who knew you'd be the mothering type Ami, you use to be so shy that the thought of a love letter would give you hives." Rei giggled.

"Woah! Is that true Ami mommy?" Buttercup asked with a smile.

"It sure was Buttercup, but I think that was my body's way of telling me that your Mako mommy was the only love for me." Ami answered as she looked at Mako.

"Awe, that's so sweet Ami. I love you to." Mako said with a smile as she gave Ami a kiss on her cheek.

"The food's here!" Chibiusa yelled as she watched the waitress bring their meals over.

"Here you are folks, the usuals for the guardians and their friends, the pork buns for the cute little red head, the pancakes for the adorable blonde, and the cheese burger for this handsome little guy." The waitress said with a smile as she passed out everyone's food.

"Ha ha! She called you a boy Buttercup!" Blossom laughed as she banged her fist on the table.

"We told you should grow your hair out and act nicer." Bubbles giggled as she took a bite of her pancakes.

"Shut up, Ami mommy has short hair to you know." Buttercup grumbled as she took a bite of her burger.

"Yeah, but she doesn't act like a grumpy brute like you do." Blossom replied with a grin.

"Girls, stop picking on Buttercup. Remember what happened last time you picked on her too much?" Ami asked with a stern expression.

"Sorry Ami mommy." Blossom and Bubbles apologized with sad expression.

"Don't apologize to me, I'm not the one you're picking on." Ami instructed as she stared at the girls.

"Sorry Buttercup." The puffs apologized with the same sad expressions.

"It's okay. Now let's eat so we can play games." Buttercup said with a smile as she took another bite of her burger.

"You're so good at this Ami, it's fun to watch you lay down the law." Kaede chuckled as she took a bite of her burger.

"Heck yeah it is! Ta think that just a few months ago ya were acting like a two year old in Texas, and now y're a mother of three. The universe works in such mysterious ways." Sarah chuckled as she ate some of her meal.

"You mean the multiverse." Naru giggled as she ate a fry.

"Good one Naru." Usagi said with a smile as she took a sip of her soda.

"So, are you girls excited for summer break?" Minako asked as she looked at the puffs.

"We're on winter break right now." Blossom corrected as she munched on her food.

"Oh that's right, we're six months apart." Minako replied with a smile.

"Oh my god, I didn't realize I was so hungry. I ate that whole burger in maybe two minutes." Mako said with a smile as she stretched a little.

"Same here, my dumplings didn't last more than a minute." Usagi chuckled as she finished her soda.

"That was great sis, thanks for lunch." Shingo thanked as he finished his meal.

"Thank you Usagi!" Chibiusa thanked as she slurped down the last of her soda.

"You're welcome." Usagi replied with a smile.

"Who's ready to hit the arcade?" Rei asked as she stretched a little.

"We are!" All the kids yelled with excitement.

"Let's go everyone." Mako said with a smile as she got out of the booth.

"Yay!" All the kids cheered as they jumped up from the table, except for the puffs who just flew into the arcade area.

"You have your work cut out for you Ami, good luck keeping up with them." Usagi giggled as she walked with everyone to the game room.

"WOAH! Bloss, check it out! They have Ghost Protocol in this world, let's play!" Buttercup yelled with a smile as she grabbed the gun shaped controller out of its slot.

"Sweet! Let's get those bad guys Buttercup." Blossom replied as she grabbed the other controller.

"You girls look so cute with those things, those toy guns are taller than you." Minako chuckled as she put some coins in the game. "Good luck girls, I'm gonna show Bubbles the crane game." Minako informed as she walked with Bubbles over to the crane game.

"That's the biggest teddy bear ever! I need it auntie Minako! I need it I need it!" Bubbles yelled as she stared into the crane game.

"Don't you worry kiddo, your auntie Minako is an expert at the crane game. Watch and learn Bubbles." Minako said with a grin as she cracked her knuckles, then put some yen in the coin slot.

"How much you wanna bet she fails?" Rei asked with a smirk as she looked at Ami.

"Fifty yen says she gets it first try." Ami replied with a smile.

"Alright, let's...wait a minute, you can see the future you cheat." Rei grumbled as she stared at Ami.

"That's not how it works Rei, I can only see blurry glimpses of certain things. Though I have been working to improve my ability." Ami replied with a smile.

"Enough to predict that?" Rei asked with a grumpy expression as she pointed at Minako, who pulled a teddy bear out of the machine that was bigger than her.

"Nope, that was just a happy coincidence." Ami answered with a smile.

"You know how I feel about those." A man said in a friendly tone as he came up behind Ami.

"Mr. Gibbs!" Ami yelled with a smile as she hugged Gibbs.

"Hey Ami, good to see all of you again." Gibbs replied as he hugged Ami back.

"I'm guessing it's no coincidence that you're here at the same time we are, is it Mr. Gibbs?" Ami asked with a smirk.

"Nope." Gibbs replied with a straight face.

"Does this have to do with the meteor?" Rei asked with a stern expression.

"Yeah, I'm guessing you saw the U.N conference?" Gibbs asked with a small frown.

"Not too long before you got here. Is there anything we can do to help?" Rei asked with a small smile.

"We don't know, that's what I'm here to ask about. I know that Mercury has visions sometimes, and Abby thought that it would be good to check in on you and see if you had any information that could help us." Gibbs explained with a straight face.

"I wish I did Mr. Gibbs, but I'm as in the dark about this as anyone else." Ami answered with a frown.

"That's alright, we figured it'd be a long shot. I'll let the director know, thanks girls." Gibbs thanked with a smile as he left the room.

"That was weird, you think this meteor thing is that big of a deal?" Rei asked as she looked at Ami.

"Well they did find some kind of life forms in it that aren't made from anything on the periodic table, that means they're an unknown substance and could be dangerous to our planet's inhabitants. I can see the reason for so much concern." Ami explained with a thoughtful expression.

"Do you think we should investigate it?" Rei asked with a straight face.

"I think we should talk to some government officials before sticking our noses in this; however, they did talk about contacting us once already." Ami answered with a stern look.

"We should call the G.O.G and see what Emiko and the others think." Rei replied with the same stern expression as Ami's.

"Hey y'all! They's got a new game!" Sarah yelled in an exited tone.

"What kind?!" Usagi yelled as she ran over to Sarah.

"Dance yer pants off two!" Sarah yelled with a smile.

"Cool! Let's try it sis." Mako yelled with enthusiasm as she ran up to the machine.

"Sweet, I'm gonna dance all over you sis." Kaede replied as she hopped onto the mat.

"Ready, set, dance!" Mako shouted as she started the game.

"Wow, look at Mako mommy's moves!" Buttercup yelled as she watched Mako dance.

"Do the moon walk!" Bubbles yelled with a smile.

"You know the moon walk?" Ami asked in a surprised tone as she looked at Bubbles.

"It's the funniest dance move ever!" Bubbles yelled with a giggle.

"No way Bubs, this is the funniest dance move ever." Buttercup replied as she laid down on the ground and tried to do the worm, bopping her head on the ground as she did.

"What the heck was that move Buttercup, the concussion?" Blossom asked with a confused expression.

"It was supposed to be that wiggly one that the professor use to do, you know the uh...I don't know, the wiggly one." Buttercup explained as she floated up to Blossom.

"I think you were trying to do the worm." Naru chuckled as she gently rubbed Buttercup's head.

"Yeah that one! Thanks Naru." Buttercup thanked with a smile.

"You mean this one?" Shingo asked as she laid down and did the worm.

"WOO! Go Shingo! Go Shingo!" Everyone cheered as they watched Shingo.

"When'd you learn to do that?" Usagi asked as she stared at Shingo.

"I watch too much T.V." Shingo replied with a smile.

"Oh! That's how it's done sis." Mako said with a grin as she patted Kaede's shoulder.

"Boo, I call hacks." Kaede said with a smirk as she nudged Mako.

"Cool! Can I play this one Ami mommy?" Buttercup asked with a smile as she floated over to a racing game.

"Sure, you wanna race anyone specific?" Ami asked as she gestured to their group.

"Can I race Usagi?" Buttercup asked with a grin.

"Taking on the princess, bold move Buttercup." Rei said with a grin as Usagi sat down in one of the chairs.

"Oh yeah, that's the Buttercup way." Buttercup replied as she chose her car.

"I hope you're hungry Buttercup, because you're about to eat my dust!" Usagi said with a smile as she chose her car. "Ready?" Usagi asked with a grin as she revved her engine.

"Oh yeah." Buttercup answered as she did the same thing. The words go flashed on the screen and Usagi left the start like a rocket, leaving Buttercup quite literally in her dust.

"See you at the finish line Buttercup." Usagi giggled as she sped through the course.

"I'm coming for you Usagi!" Buttercup yelled as she sped after Usagi, but there was no way she was gonna win.

"Boom! First place, good race Buttercup." Usagi said with a smile as she looked at Buttercup.

"Thanks Usagi." Buttercup replied as she looked at Usagi.

"How does Usagi always win at that?" Minako asked with a shocked expression.

"You get a speed boost in the beginning if you hold the pedal down at the just the right moment." Usagi answered with a smile.

"Wow, I never knew that." Minako replied as she watched Usagi stand from the game.

"AH! I won I won!" Bubbles cheered as she pulled a second enormous stuffed animal out of the crane game.

"You're not gonna have any room for those soon." Naru chuckled as she poked Bubbles, making her giggle.

"I'm gonna play again." Bubbles said with a smile as she put another yen in the machine.

"If she wins a third giant stuffed animal the professor is gonna blow a fuse." Ami mumbled as she watched Bubbles play the crane game.

"Why?" Mako asked with a smile.

"She already has a pile of them in her room, a literal pile of them." Ami informed with a giggle, just as Bubbles pulled another stuffed animal out of the machine.

"Yay! I got three, thanks auntie Mina for teaching me the secret trick!" Bubbles yelled as she hugged all of her stuffed animals.

"Yeah, thanks Mina." Ami grumbled as she glared at Minako.

"Sorry, I didn't think I'd create a monster from doing that." Minako apologized as Bubbles started another game.

"Jeez Bubs, don't you have enough stuffed animals?" Buttercup asked as she floated over by Bubbles.

"That's blastomee talking like that!" Bubbles yelled as she pulled a forth stuffed animal out of the game.

"You mean blasphemy?" Blossom asked with a sigh.

"Yeah that!" Bubbles yelled as she started her fifth game.

"How long do you think she'll play?" Usagi asked with a smile.

"Until she either runs out of yen or the machine runs out of prizes." Ami giggled as she watched Bubbles win another round. Twenty minutes later Bubbles had won all but one stuffed animal in the game.

"AH! Ami mommy, I'm all out of money!" Bubbles yelled with a horrified expression.

"Here, you might as well clear it out." Rei chuckled as she tossed Bubbles a yen.

"Thank you auntie Rei!" Bubbles cheered as she put the coin in the machine and won the last prize.

"Great Bubbles, now how are we gonna get those home?" Ami asked with a smirk.

"Um..." Bubbles quietly said as she looked at her pile of stuffed animals.

"I have an idea." Kaede replied as she walked out of the arcade. "Hey, Yuki-San!" Kaede yelled towards the office.

"Yeah?!" Yuki yelled back as she left her office.

"Do you have a huge garbage bag by any chance, like an industrial sized one?" Kaede asked with a grin.

"What do you need that for Kaede?" Motoki asked as he came out of the back room.

"When'd you get here Motoki?" Kaede asked as she stared at Motoki.

"About ten minutes ago. So what's up with the garbage bag?" Motoki asked as he stared at Kaede.

"Well, our new friend is quite the master of the claw game. So much so that she cleaned you out." Kaede chuckled in reply.

"Cleaned us out?! What does that mean Kaede?!" Yuki asked as she ran over to Kaede.

"See for yourself." Kaede replied as she lead Yuki into the game room.

"Oh my god, it's like a stuffed animal party in here! Who did this?" Yuki asked as she stared at the group.

"I did! I did!" Bubbles cheered as she laid in her pile of stuffed animals.

"You don't need a garbage bag Kaede, you need a trailer!" Yuki laughed as she stared at the pile.

"Oh come on Yuki-San, I know this place has some big bags. We use to get an industrial bag full of bun packages every month." Kaede replied with a smile.

"Well, I might have one of those in the back. Give me a sec." Yuki chuckled as she walked out of the room and into the kitchen.

"Hey Yuki-San, what's up?" Hideki asked as he flipped a few burgers.

"Do we have any of those big bags the buns are shipped in?" Yuki asked with a smile.

"Yep, I've got three of them in the recycling bin." Hideki pointed out with a smile.

"Perfect, some adorable little girl cleaned out the claw game." Yuki informed with a smile as she grabbed the bags.

"You're kidding? This I've gotta see." Hideki replied as he followed Yuki into the game room. "Holly cow, you weren't kidding Yuki-San, she really did clean it out!" Hideki yelled as he stared at Bubble's pile of stuffed animals.

"Teehee." Bubbles giggled as she hugged a giant bear.

"Here you go kiddo, a nice big bag for your stuffed animals." Hideki said with a smile as Yuki handed Kaede the bag.

"Yay! Thank you mister!" Bubbles cheered as she flew over to Hideki and hugged him.

"Did she just fly, or am I seeing things?" Hideki asked as he stared at Bubbles.

"If you're seeing things then so am I!" Yuki yelled in a shocked tone.

"Sorry, forgot to tell you about that little detail. They're super heroes." Ami chuckled as she patted Bubble's head.

"Just like their Ami mommy." Naru chuckled as she nudged Ami.

"You have kids?! Since when?!" Motoki asked in a shocked tone.

"Since about Christmas, some weird multiverse travel stuff happened and I ended up in their world. I kind of became like a mother figure to them." Ami explained with a smile as started stuffing the prizes in the bag.

"They're adorable Ami, what are their names?" Yuki asked as she stared at the puffs.

"I'm Blossom Utonium, and those are my sisters Bubbles and Buttercup." Blossom introduced herself and her sisters with a smile.

"Hi!" Bubbles giggled.

"Hey." Buttercup greeted with a smile.

"Hi there, it's nice to meet you girls." Yuki replied as she, Hideki, and Motoki shook the girl's hands.

"Can we go home Ami mommy, I'm sleepy?" Bubbles asked with a small yawn.

"Yes we can. Come on girls, say bye to Yuki, Motoki, and Hideki-San." Ami instructed as she heaved the bag of stuffed animals over her shoulder.

"Bye, thanks for the yummy food!" Blossom said with a wave as she started following Ami towards the door.

"Bye girls, bye Shingo! Have a good day!" Yuki yelled back as she watched everyone leave. "Now I have to go call the crane company and tell them I need a refill." Yuki chuckled as she walked towards her office.

"Oh my god, I feel like Santa Clause! Ho ho holy cow this thing is big." Ami groaned as she dragged Bubble's bag of stuffed animals towards the shrine.

"Here Ami mommy, we'll carry it." Blossom said with a smile as she took the bag from Ami.

"Thanks Blossom." Ami thanked as she stretched a little.

"Bubs, do you really need this many stuffed animals?" Buttercup asked with a straight face as she stared at Bubbles.

"Yep." Bubbles answered with a smile.

"Maybe you should give a few away, Chibiusa might like one." Blossom suggested with a smile.

'No, no, no.' Usagi thought to herself as she stared at the giant stuffed animals.

"Do you want one Chibisua?" Bubbles asked with a smile.

"Yes please!" Chibisua cheered.

"Dang it." Usagi whispered under her breath.

"Which one?" Bubbles asked as she opened the bag.

"Can I have the bunny please?" Chibisua asked as she stared at a giant white rabbit.

"Sure Chibiusa, here you go." Bubbles answered as she handed the rabbit to Chibiusa.

"Yay! Thank you Bubbles!" Chibiusa yelled as she hugged the stuffed rabbit. "Could you carry this please Usagi?" Chibisua asked with a smile.

"Fine." Usagi answered with a sigh as she took the stuffed animal.

"Do you want one to Shingo?" Bubbles asked with a smile as she looked down at Shingo.

"No thank you Bubbles." Shingo answered with a smile.

'Oh thank god, one of these things are bad enough.' Usagi thought to herself with a relieved sigh.

"We'd better hurry, the sky's looking kind of ugly." Rei pointed out as some dark clouds began to roll in over head. "Come on, the shrine's closer than any of your houses." Rei informed as she started running to the shrine.

"We're coming!" Mako yelled as she and everyone else ran after Rei.

"You want me to carry the rabbit Usagi?" Naru asked with a smile as she jogged alongside Usagi.

"No thanks Naru, I can walk by myself." Usagi replied with a giggle.

"Ha ha, very funny. But seriously, I can carry it if you want." Naru said again with a smile.

"Thanks Naru, but I think I can do it." Usagi replied as everyone approached the shrine steps.

"Come on y'all, the rain's a comin'." Sarah informed as she started up the steps.

"We're going as fast as we can babe!" Kaede yelled as she stormed up the steps.

"Yeah, you're not lugging ten pounds of plush rabbit!" Usagi snarked as she followed behind Kaede.

"What are you whining about, I've got the other sixty pounds of stuffed animals." Buttercup informed as she floated behind Usagi.

"That's coming from the girl who can lift a building." Usagi grumbled as she ran into the shrine.

"She's got you there Buttercup." Blossom giggled as everyone ran into the main building just before the rain started.

"We made it. Alright everyone, let's go relax and watch some T.V." Rei said with a smile as she lead everyone into the main room.

"Is that you Rei?!" Rei's grandfather yelled from the living room.

"Yeah, and I brought everyone else to!" Rei answered as she took her shoes off and walked in by her grandfather.

"Good, they need to see this!" Rei's grandfather yelled back in a worried tone.

"What is it?" Rei asked as she walked into the living room.

"Look." Rei's grandfather answered as he pointed at the T.V, which was currently switched to the news.

"Returning live to update you on our latest story, the life form inside the recent meteor has been confirmed as a sentient and hostile being. This was the last transmission from the impact sight before all communication was lost with the military and scientific personnel on scene." The news anchor informed in a stern and professional tone.

"Get in here everyone, now!" Rei shouted towards the others. "Except the young ones!" Rei warned as she stared at the T.V.

"Before we show this footage, we strongly recommend viewer discretion due to the graphic nature of the footage." The news anchor warned in the same professional tone.

"What's going on Rei?" Usagi asked as she and everyone but the puffs, Shingo, and Chibiusa ran into the room.

"Look." Rei instructed as she pointed at the T.V.

"What are we looking at?" Mako asked as she stared at the T.V.

"Just give it a second to start." Rei replied as the screen went black for a second, before cutting to a prerecorded video.

"What's happening?" Minako asked as she stared at the meteor from the earlier broadcasts.

"Was that big black tower always there?" Usagi asked as she stared at the black tower.

"It wasn't in any of the footage they showed before, but they could've edited it out for whatever reason. Classified stuff, you know the government." Ami answered as she stared at the screen.

"Something's coming out of the tower." Kaede pointed out as she stared at the tower, watching as black sludge oozed down the side of it.

"Could this be the sentient being they just mentioned?" Rei asked herself as she stared at the screen. The sludge stopped at the base of the tower for a moment, then it suddenly began to rise into the air until it stopped about thirty feet into it. Three horns sprouted on each side of the sludge's top, followed by a green mouth, two white eyes with black pupils, eyebrows made of flames, and a long red goatee.

"Ah, finally. Released from my prison, I can resume my conquest once again. This time, there will be no one to stop me." The creature spoke as it looked around.

"What are you great being?!" One of the scientist yelled as she looked up at the creature.

"I am the shape shifting master of darkness, the shogun of sorrow, I am Aku!" The creature shouted as it stared at the scientist.

"Where do you come from Aku?" The scientist asked as she stared at Aku.

"Your worst nightmares." Aku replied as he fired two lasers from his eyes and disintegrated the scientist.

"OH! What the hell?!" Rei shouted as she stared at the T.V.

"Look, the military's rolling in!" Usagi yelled as she pointed at the T.V.

"Fire!" The general ordered as he started shooting at Aku.

"Ha ha! Your pathetic technology is no match for the sheer power of Aku!" Aku shouted as he rained huge spikes from his hands, impaling tanks and soldiers alike in a one sided slaughter.

"This is horrible, we have to do something!" Usagi shouted as she stared at the T.V.

"Come on!" Mako yelled as she ran towards the door.

"Ha ha! Try and stop me now samurai!" Aku shouted as the screen went black.

"Wait, I need to send the girls home first!" Ami yelled as she ran into the kitchen.

"What's going on Ami mommy?" Blossom asked with a sad expression.

"I have to send you girls home, it's not safe here anymore." Ami informed as she activated her portal.

"But we don't wanna leave you." Bubbles quietly said as she hugged Ami.

"I know Bubbles, but you have to go home where it's safe." Ami instructed as she hugged the puffs.

"For how long?" Bubbles asked with a few tears.

"I'll come get you when it's safe, I promise. Now go girls, tell the professor that something happened in my world and that it's not safe for you three right now." Ami instructed as she watched the girls float towards the portal.

"Bye Ami mommy." All three puffs quietly said as they entered the portal just before it disappeared.

"Goodbye girls." Ami quietly said with a few tears.

"It's better this way Ami, now come on, we have a monster to kill." Mako said in a stern tone as she lead everyone out of the house.

"Be careful girls!" Rei's grandfather yelled in a worried tone.

"We will grandpa!" Rei yelled back as she and the guardians disappeared down the shrine steps.

"Good luck Usagi." Naru quietly said as she clasped her hands together.

"Be safe darling." Sarah whispered as she did the same thing. The guardians ran for a few minutes before realizing that running wasn't going to work.

"What the hell are we doing?! We can't run to the middle of the northern Pacific Ocean!" Ami suddenly shouted as she stopped running.

"She's right. What are we gonna do?" Minako replied as she scrunched her face in thought.

"Mr. Gibbs! He can help us, doesn't he work for the Navy?" Usagi suggested with a big smile.

"A civilian branch of it technically, but he might be able to get us clearance onto a navel vessel that can take us there. Good thinking Usagi." Mako replied with a smile.

"Come on, we can call him from the pay phone." Rei pointed out as she rushed over to a pay phone and punched in the number.

"You remember his phone number?" Minako asked with a surprised expression.

"No, but I have it written down on some paper I always have on me." Minako answered as she dialed Gibbs's phone.

"Gibbs here." Gibbs answered in his usual detached tone.

"Mr. Gibbs, it's Minako. Are you still in Japan?" Minako asked in a slightly panicked tone.

"Technically yes, why?" Gibbs asked in a flat tone.

"We need your clearance to get onto a navel vessel, we have to get..." Minako started saying until Gibbs interrupted her.

"To the Northern Pacific Ocean. The ship's halfway there, but we can stop and send a chopper to pick you up. Hang tight, I'll have McGee ping your phone and we'll send a pick up." Gibbs informed as he put Minako on hold. "McGee, need you to ping an incoming call for me." Gibbs ordered as he looked at McGee.

"On it boss, stand by." McGee replied as he typed on a computer. "Got it, pay phone about ten meters west of the Hikawa Shrine." McGee informed as he looked back at Gibbs.

"Stay where you are, I'm gonna send a pick up to you girls." Gibbs instructed as he rushed to the bridge.

"Agent Gibbs, what's going on?" The admiral asked as Gibbs rushed into the bridge.

"I need you to dispatch a heilo to this location, we're gonna pick up some extra fire power." Gibbs informed as he jotted down some coordinates.

"They'd better be good Gibbs, we need the best." The admiral replied as he picked up a radio.

"There's no better team for dealing with forces like this." Gibbs informed with a stern expression.

"Go get your ringers Gibbs, but be quick." The admiral ordered before holding his radio up. "Chopper four, fuel up and prepare for wheels up A-SAP, we're picking up some V.I.Ps!" The admiral announced into the radio.

"Rodger that sir, we're prepped and ready." The helicopter pilot informed.

"Good work crew, be advised, this mission can not fail. Get in, grab the V.I.Ps, and get back here. That's an order." The admiral instructed in a strict tone.

"Rodger that sir, we're ready for lift off and we have agent Gibbs on board. We're moving out." The pilot informed as she started taking off.

"Rodger that four, God's speed." The admiral replied as he watched the helicopter fly away.

"Permission to ask who these V.I.Ps are sir?" The pilot asked over her radio.

"The Sailor Soldiers." Gibbs answered with a grin.

"They actually exist?! I've been stationed in Okinawa for six months and haven't heard anything about them except rumors! Have you ever met them sir?" The pilot asked in a surprised tone.

"Oh yeah, and they're just the team we need to deal with whatever this is." Gibbs answered as he looked out the window.

"Well Mina, what's going on?" Rei asked as Minako hung up the phone.

"Mr. Gibbs said to stay here, apparently he's coming to pick us up." Minako answered with a sad expression.

"How long?" Usagi asked in a worried tone.

"He didn't say." Minako answered as she looked at Usagi.

"I hope the girls made it home okay. I'm so worried about them right now." Ami quietly said with a nervous expression.

"I'm sure they'll be fine Ami, they're tough little girls. Have faith in them, plus their world has to be safer than ours is right now." Mako encouraged with a smile as she hugged Ami.

"Thanks Mako, that makes me feel a bit better." Ami replied as she hugged Mako back.

"What is that noise?!" Usagi shouted as she covered her ears.

"It's the helicopter, they sure didn't waste any time!" Kaede answered as the helicopter hovered above them.

"Hope you ladies can climb!" Gibbs yelled as he pushed a rope down to everyone.

"We'll do our best!" Usagi yelled back as she started up the rope, followed by everyone else.

"I've got you." Gibbs said with a smile as he helped each of them into the helicopter. "Put these headsets on and take a seat!" Gibbs instructed as he gestured to the headsets that were hanging above each seat.

"Yes sir!" Usagi replied as she and the others did as they were told.

"We're clear, head back to the ship." Gibbs ordered as he pulled the rope back up.

"U.S.S Rosevelt this is chopper four, we're R.T.B with the precious cargo. E.T.A five minutes." The pilot informed as she started heading back towards the carrier.

"Rodger that four, get the lead out. Sec Def wants to brief these ladies on the situation A-SAP." The admiral replied in a serious tone.

"Understood admiral, we'll be wheels down in two minutes." The pilot informed as the carrier came into view.

"Whoa. That's a big ship." Minako quietly said as she stared at a massive aircraft carrier.

"That's the U.S.S Rosevelt." The pilot informed as she started her decent towards the deck.

"Hope no one gets sea sick." Gibbs said with a straight face as he looked at everyone.

"No sir, we're all good here." Usagi answered as the helicopter landed on the deck.

"Keep your heads low and follow me!" Gibbs ordered as he got off the helicopter.

"You heard the man, let's go!" Usagi instructed as she followed Gibbs.

"Usagi's really taken to the roll of leader, this could be a second job for her!" Rei yelled with a grin as she and everyone else followed Gibbs and Usagi.

"Welcome aboard guardians. Agent Gibbs, your team's waiting for you in M-TAC." A woman in standard Navy uniform informed as she stood at attention.

"Thanks." Gibbs thanked as he lead everyone through a door. "Stay close, navigating a ship this size can be confusing until you know how." Gibbs warned as he lead the guardians down a couple flights of steps, then up few before stopping at a door. "Inside." Gibbs instructed as he opened the door and gestured everyone inside.

"Agent Gibbs, glad to see you." A man in the same standard uniform greeted as he shook Gibbs's hand.

"I got our ace in the hole, is Sec Def still on?" Gibbs asked as he stared at the man.

"Yes sir. On screen!" The man yelled as he looked back at a few rows of computers and the people working them.

"Yes sir." A woman answered as she hit a few buttons, causing a large screen in the front of the room to turn on, revealing a slightly older gentleman in very formal military wear.

"Agent Gibbs, did you locate the guardians?" The man asked in a stern tone.

"Yes sir, I've got 'em right here." Gibbs answered as he gestured to the guardians.

"H-hello sir." Usagi stuttered as she stared at the man.

"Hi there. I'm sure this is all very sudden and nerve racking to all of you, going from a day of exams to being on a navel ship. But we need your help guardians, the world needs your help. I'm sure you all know about the creature that showed up in the middle of these waters?" The man asked in a kind tone.

"Yes sir, that's why we called Mr. Gibbs to get transport to whatever it was." Usagi quietly answered.

"Speak up young lady, this is no time to be timid! If you're afraid to talk to a big old guy on a screen then what good are you in stopping this threat?" The man asked in a stern tone.

"Sorry sir! I'm not use to doing this kind of stuff, but I can assure you that fighting things like this are what we do best. We've been fighting dark supernatural forces from the shadows for almost four years now sir, whatever this thing is we'll do what we can to stop it." Usagi informed in a much more forceful tone.

"Glad to hear! Now we've noticed that conventional weapons can't harm this thing, so that's why we searched for other options. I don't know if you saw the conference at the U.N, but you were recommended by the leaders of both Japan and the U.S, so here's the question ladies. Can you live up to your hype?" The man asked as he leaned in closer to the camera.

"We're damn well gonna try sir." Usagi answered in a stern and confident tone.

"Good enough. We have a plan to minimize casualties while still providing some cover for you girls when you confront this creature." The man informed with a straight face.

"Let's hear it sir." Usagi instructed as she stared at the screen.

"Using the navel fleet as support, you'll be transported to the island via a zodiac, a type of inflatable boat. Once there you'll confront and hopefully destroy this creature by any means necessary. I know our whole plan rests practically on your shoulders alone, but it's the best we have right now. If any of you want to add anything we'd greatly appreciate your insight." The man explained in a professional tone.

"Sir, is there anyway to get real time footage of this creature?" Ami asked with a straight face.

"Yes ma'am, look off to the starboard side and you can actually see the creature in the distance." One of the seamen in the room informed.

"Starboard?" Ami asked with a confused expression.

"The right side." Gibbs said with a smile.

"Thanks. Yeah, let's go take a look please." Ami instructed as she walked out of the room and towards the closest right facing window. "Holly shit. That thing looks even bigger and meaner up close." Ami quietly said as she pulled her wand out. "Mercury crystal power, make up." Ami called out as she took her guardian form, then turned on her visor. "Okay, let's scan this ugly guy and see what's up." Mercury talked to herself as she scanned the creature. "Oh no. NO! No no no! Son of a bitch!" Mercury screamed as she turned her visor off and kicked the wall in anger.

"What's going on out there Gibbs?" The man on screen asked in a confused tone.

"I'm not sure sir." Gibbs answered as Mercury rushed back into the room.

"Usagi he's back!" Mercury shouted in an angry tone.

"Who Ami?" Usagi asked as she stared at Mercury.

"That thing, that's the source. That's the fucking source!" Mercury shouted as she punched the steel wall.

"Ami calm down, source of what?" Mako asked as she walked over to Ami.

"Reaper's original source! He came from that creature! I've analyzed enough parts of that freak to know what he is based solely on a visual scan! That thing is Reaper! Or at least the thing that Reaper came from! Fuck! I thought that day in the girl's world would be the end of it, but he just keeps coming back!" Mercury cried as she slumped down to the floor. "How do you kill something that constantly regenerates, even the titans had a weakness. But he doesn't! He just won't die!" Mercury cried as she pulled her knees up to her chest and buried her head in them.

"These are the secret weapons you were talking about agent Gibbs? A group of teenage girls, most of whom have or have had psychological issues of some kind?" The man on screen asked in a flat and unamused tone.

"Hey! You watch what you say about my fiancé, she's been through trauma like you can't imagine pal! This thing has tortured her for almost a year some way or another, she finally thought she had closure and then it turns out she busted her ass to kill a sliver of the hive that thing came from! Give her a break, she'll calm down eventually and we'll figure it out." Mako informed as she walked over by Mercury to comfort her.

"Are you insane agent Gibbs, you're putting the fate of our world in the hands of six unstable teenage girls?! You're as crazy as they are." The man on screen snapped at Gibbs.

"With all due respect sir, you have no idea what they're capable of. I've seen them fight before, they may struggle with some past demons, but when push comes to shove they get the job done no matter what. That's what we need right now, soldiers who don't quit no matter the odds, these six warriors are willing to put their lives on the line to spare the lives of everyone else on this ship. They'll pull it together and get it done, you can bet on that." Gibbs replied as he stared at the man on the screen

"You'd better be right Gibbs, because they're the best option this world has right now. We've thrown everything short of a nuke at this thing and haven't done anything but amuse it, your secret weapon is all we have now Gibbs. Get the mission done and save our world." The man on screen instructed in a firm tone as he hung up.

"That's it Ami, deep breaths." Mako quietly said as she gently rocked Mercury.

"Why won't he just die Mako? Why won't he just die?" Mercury cried as she leaned her head on Mako's shoulder.

"I don't know Ami, but sitting here crying about it isn't going to solve the problem. I know how much this thing's hurt you over the past year, but if you give in to that pain and fear then it wins. We don't let our enemies win Ami, we give our hearts and souls to the cause, and right now that cause is protecting our world from this monster. So let's take a deep breath, get our heads out of the sand, and get the job done. Okay?" Mako said in a soothing tone as she comforted Ami.

"You're right Mako, this has to end. Thanks babe, you always know how to keep my head screwed on straight." Ami said with a smile as she looked into Mako's eyes.

"What are loved ones for Ami?" Mako asked as she gave Ami a kiss.

"Sir, whatever the plan is we need to do it now! That thing knows we're here!" A soldier shouted as she came running into the room.

"What do you mean lieutenant?" The admiral asked as he looked back at the woman.

"Sir, something's coming at us on the port side!" A man shouted as he looked a large round green screen.

"We're picking up heat signatures on FLIR, they're coming fast from above!" A different man warned as he looked at a black and white screen.

"Take evasive action and prepare the landing craft! We need to get the guardians to that island now!" The admiral ordered in a strong tone.

"You're up ladies, follow me!" Gibbs ordered as he lead the guardians out of the room and back towards the main deck.

"All personal, brace for impact! Repeat, brace for impact!" A man announced over the loud speaker.

"Hold on!" Gibbs yelled as he leaned against a wall, followed by the guardians. Something hit the ship with the force of an earthquake, shaking the entire thing and throwing many people into walls and various other surfaces.

"Damage report!" The admiral yelled as he looked at a man on a computer.

"Hard hit sir, but no hull penetration!" The man informed as he monitored a screen.

"Get them out there agent Gibbs!" The admiral ordered in a strong tone.

"Let's go girls!" Gibbs yelled as he lead the guardians to the flight deck.

"Where do we go from here Mr. Gibbs?!" Minako asked as she looked at Gibbs.

"That raft over there! Climb aboard and they'll lower you into the water!" Gibbs shouted as he pointed at a black rubber boat with a machine gun on it.

"Everyone, transform now!" Usagi ordered as she pulled out her brooch.

"Yes princess!" Everyone replied as they all took their guardian forms.

"Moon love make up!" Usagi shouted as she took her guardian form.

"Let's go! Let's go!" A soldier in the boat yelled as he waved to the guardians.

"Pile in people!" Sailor Moon ordered as she jumped in the boat.

"Yes princess! Everyone else replied as they all pilled into the boat.

"GO! GO! GO! Get us in the water!" The boat's driver yelled as a few soldiers pushed the boat over the edge of the ship, then started lowering it to the water with ropes. The boat hit the water with a splash and a second later it was speeding towards the island.

"Pathetic humans! You can not stop Aku!" The creature shouted with a laugh as it watched the boat approach the island. "DIE!" Aku yelled as he fired two lasers from his eyes towards the boat.

"Kaede!" Sailor Moon shouted as the beams soared towards them.

"Electric igloo!" Europa shouted as she formed her igloo around the boat. The beams hit Europa's igloo and exploded against it, leaving the people inside unharmed.

"Thanks for the save ma'am! I thought we were goners!" The boat's driver yelled in a relieved tone.

"We're not out of the woods yet!" Jupiter pointed out as the creature prepared to fire another beam.

"Land ho!" The driver shouted as he drove up to the beach.

"Let's go!" Sailor Moon ordered as she and the rest of the guardians charged off the boat towards the creature.

"This is your best, six little girls?! HA HA!" The creature shouted as it stared down at the guardians.

"Eat this you freak, flame sniper!" Mars called out as she launched two flaming arrows into the creature's eyes.

"AH! Foolish little girl, your attacks can't harm Aku!" The creature shouted as he tried to grab Mars.

"Watch it Rei!" Venus shouted as she pushed Mars to the side, sparing both of them a brutal death.

"Angelic wings of freedom!" Sailor Moon shouted as she flew into the air, then flipped her wings forward, launching bright white feathers at Aku at super sonic speeds.

"AH! The sword!" Aku shouted as he changed his shape into some kind of ugly bird.

"Usagi, the creature's weakness is purity! Do what you do best, fight with your heart!" Mercury ordered as she looked over at Sailor Moon.

"Die!" Aku screamed as he fired a barrage of black spikes from his hand.

"In coming!" Jupiter shouted as she grabbed Mercury and pulled her towards Europa.

"Kaede, your barrier!" Sailor Moon ordered as she and the rest of the guardians ran over by Europa.

"Electric igloo!" Europa called out as she quickly formed her barrier around everyone. The spikes slammed into the barrier with much more force than the first barrage, and to everyone's horror they started to penetrate. "I can't hold it!" Europa shouted as she fell to her knees with her hands in the air.

"It's cracking!" Venus screamed as she watched a large crack crawl across the top of the dome.

"DIE!" Aku screamed at the top of his lungs as he made one huge black spike, then drove into the igloo, shattering it to pieces.

"AH!" Europa screamed in agony as the spike was driven through her igloo and down towards her, making a long deep cut down the length of her back.

"Sis!" Jupiter shouted in horror as Europa collapsed to the ground in pain, bleeding profusely from her wound. "Nobody hurts my sister!" Jupiter screamed as she took a stable stance. "Supreme thunder!" Jupiter called out as she threw her hands outward and conjured her attack, striking Aku directly in the top of his head.

"Obnoxious girls!" Aku shouted in anger as he fired his eye lasers at everyone. There was a mighty explosion and the guardians were strewn about like leaves blown by the wind. "HA HA HA! Your champions are worthless against the sheer might of Aku!" Aku shouted with a maniacal laugh as he stared at the guardian's broken and unconscious forms.

"We...we will stop you." Sailor Moon groaned as she crawled across the sand.

"Whatever...you are." Mars quietly said as she stared at Aku.

"I am Aku, master of darkness, the shogun of sorrow." Aku said with a grin.

"Wh-where...did you...come f-from?" Europa asked as she stared up at Aku.

"I came from the ancient times, reawakened by planetary alignments. For centuries I have been sealed away in that space rock by the gods, but now I'm free! Free to conquer this pathetic universe, it shall be ruled by me, Aku!" Aku shouted as he stared down at the guardians.

"We'll never let that happen." Jupiter said as she slowly tired to stand up.

"You can not beat me! I am unstoppable!" Aku shouted with a sinister grin.

"I have...have to win...for...for the girls." Mercury groaned as she dragged herself across the sand towards Aku.

"Oh! You have to win for the children? That's so touching that Aku can't bare to do this anymore." Aku said in a sarcastically sad tone, before breaking out in a fit of evil laughter. "Maybe before I kill you, I'll break your pathetic little girls!" Aku shouted as he waved his hand and vanished.

"Where'd he go?" Venus asked as she slowly got to her knees.

"I don't know." Mars answered with obvious pain in her voice.

"We need to get Kaede back to the ship." Sailor Moon groaned as she slowly got to her feet.

"I feel like I weigh a million pounds." Jupiter said with a grimace as she tried to stand up.

"Me to Mako, but we can't give up." Mercury replied as she got to her feet, then held her hand out to Jupiter.

"What do we do now, that thing was little more than annoyed by our attacks. Except for Usagi's, what did he say when your attack hit him? The sword? What could that mean?" Mars asked with a small breath.

"His weakness is purity of some kind, if we can find this sword thing, whatever it is, we can kill him." Mercury informed as she pulled Jupiter to her feet.

"Hey, I need help with Kaede." Venus quietly said as she slowly sat Europa up.

"I've got her." Jupiter replied as she carefully threw Europa into a firemen's carry.

"Come on, we need to get back to the ship and let everyone know what we discovered before we got our asses handed to us." Mars said with a wince as she dragged herself towards the boat.

"What the hell happened out there?" The boat's driver asked as everyone slowly approached him.

"We lost, but we didn't leave empty handed." Sailor Moon answered as she slowly got on the boat.

"What do you mean?" The driver asked as he helped Europa onto the boat and sat her down.

"We found a weakness in the creature." Sailor Moon informed as she let down her transformation. "Please get us back to the ship, and let them know that Kaede's been injured." Usagi instructed as she leaned back and closed her eyes.

"Yes ma'am." The driver replied as he started heading back to the cruiser. "Zodiac one to Rosevelt, does anyone copy?" The driver asked into his radio.

"We hear you zodiac one, go ahead." The admiral answered over the radio.

"The creature left and we're RTB, be advised we have one wounded, prep the med bay. Also be advised, a weakness may have been discovered in the creature, please alert Sec Def so he can be available for the de-brief." The driver informed as he approached the ship.

"Understood, good work guardians, I know that wasn't easy." The admiral replied as he hung up the radio. "You were right Gibbs, they may not have stopped it, but they did something no one else could, they found a possible weakness. I should've listened to you and had a little more faith in those girls." The admiral said with a small smile as he looked at Gibbs.

"You should tell them that when they get back sir." Gibbs said with a small smile.

"I'll be sure to do that. Thanks agent Gibbs." The admiral thanked as he looked at the screen in front of him.

"Any time." Gibbs replied as he left the room.

"Get Sec Def on the line." The admiral ordered as he continued to stare at the screen.

"Yes sir." A man replied as he hit a few buttons on his keyboard.

"Please tell me you have good news admiral." The man on screen said with a stern expression.

"We might sir, the guardians may have found a weakness in the creature. They should be here shortly to brief us." The admiral informed as he stood at attention.

"Where are they right now?" The man asked with the same stern expression.

"They should be back any minute sir." The admiral answered as he stared at the screen.

"Good to hear, I'll wait till they get here. Any complications?" The man asked with a slightly softer expression.

"The ship took a hit but there was no noticeable damage, but the guardians have a wounded teammate. She'll be taken to the med bay once they board." The admiral answered in a sad tone.

"Okay. I'll remain on the line until they're ready to debrief us, we owe them a few minutes with their wounded comrade at least." The man replied in the same sad tone. While everyone waited for the guardian's news on the monster, they were just boarding the ship.

"Wounded coming though!" The boat's driver yelled as he helped Kaede off the raft.

"We've got her!" Two medics yelled as they brought a stretcher over to Kaede.

"Take her by Duck in the med bay." Gibbs ordered as he ran out onto the flight deck.

"Yes sir." The medics replied as they carried Kaede inside.

"I'm going with." Mako informed as she followed Kaede.

"Any news?" Gibbs asked as he looked at Usagi.

"Yeah, I'll let you know once we get to that place with the big screen." Usagi replied as she followed Gibbs through the main door. "You all go and rest, let your princess handle the political junk." Usagi instructed as she looked back at everyone else.

"Yes princess." Everyone replied as they slowly dragged themselves through the doors.

"We'll take it from here." Tony said with a smile as he and Ziva walked over to the group.

"You all did well. Come on, Abby's dying to see you all again." Ziva said with a smile as she lead everyone down a hallway.

"Okay." Ami quietly replied as she and the others followed Tony and Ziva.

"In here." Tony said with a smile as he stopped outside a door.

"Abby?" Ami quietly asked as she walked through the door.

"Ami! Oh thank goodness you're all okay!" Abby yelled as she ran over to Ami and hugged her. "Where're Usagi and Kaede?" Abby asked once she noticed they were missing.

"Usagi's going to talk to that guy on the screen, and Kaede's with Ducky in the med bay. She took a bad hit Abby." Ami informed as she sat down in a chair.

"Are you okay?" Abby asked as she looked at Ami.

"No. That monster, Aku, he's Reaper's original source. All the hell I went through with Reaper, the struggle I went through to kill him, and it turns out I did all that to kill a mere sliver of his actual being. It was crushing to know that the effort we put into fighting Reaper all these months was for nothing. We did all that to kill a sliver of his actual being. What was the point of any of it?!" Ami cried as she stared at Abby.

"To lead us to where we are." Mako quietly said as she walked into the room. "Sorry if I'm interrupting, but sis said she was feeling okay and that she wanted some alone time with Ducky." Mako informed with a smile.

"Was it worth it though Mako?" Ami asked with a few tears.

"Do you think the girls are worth all of this suffering Ami?" Mako asked with a smile.

"Of course I do, I've told them that! They were worth all the suffering and a million times more." Ami answered as she wiped her tears away.

"There's your answer Ami." Mako said with a soft smile as she hugged Ami.

"Thanks Mako." Ami thanked as she hugged Mako back. "I hope the girls are okay, I miss them so much." Ami quietly said with a sniffle.

"Girls?" Abby asked with a confused expression.

"I had another trip in the multiverse just before Christmas, and I met three adorable little superheroes. Here, I've got a picture of them in my wallet." Ami said with a smile as she pulled a picture of the puffs and professor out of her wallet.

"Oh my god, their heads are huge. They look so cute Ami, what are their names?" Abby asked with a smile as she stared at the picture.

"This is Blossom, the fearless leader. Bubbles, the joy and the laughter; and Buttercup, the toughest fighter." Ami answered as she pointed out each of the puffs.

"Who's this man?" Abby asked as she pointed at the professor.

"Professor John Utonium, the brilliant man who made the Powerpuff Girls." Ami answered as she hugged the picture before putting it away.

"Made?" Abby asked in a surprised tone.

"Yep, and you'll never guess how." Ami answered with a giggle.

"Let me think, is it what all girls are made of. Sugar, spice, and everything nice? Abby asked in a sarcastic tone with a chuckle.

"Are you psychic?" Ami asked in a surprised tone as she stared at Abby.

"Wait, those are their actual ingredients? You're telling me that this guy dumped a bunch of sugar, spice, and nice things into a mixture and these girls came out of it?! That's insane!" Abby shouted in a shocked tone as she stared at the picture.

"It sure is, but he accidentally added one other ingredient to the mix." Ami said with a giggle.

"What was it?" Abby asked in an intrigued tone.

"Chemical X." Ami answered with a grin.

"Never heard of it. Do we even have it in this universe?" Abby asked with a smile.

"I don't know, I've never looked." Ami answered as she put the picture away. "I hope they're doing okay." Ami said with a small sigh as she looked down at her feet.

"If they're anything like you then I'm sure they're fine." Abby encouraged as she patted Ami on the back.

"Thanks Abby, you were just the bubbly spirit I needed to boost my own." Ami thanked as she hugged Abby.

"What are friends for Ami." Abby replied as she hugged Ami back.

"Alright, I told Sec Def what we found out and he's gonna send it up the chain and let the U.N comity know. I think we've done all we can for the time being, the best thing we can do now is rest and prepare ourselves for if that thing comes back." Usagi informed as she walked into the room and laid down.

"How's Kaede doing?" Minako asked with a sad expression.

"Ducky patched her up, she's gonna stay in the med bay for the time being though." Usagi answered as she slowly closed her eyes.

"I'm gonna go stay with her, do you mind if Ami stays with you for now Abby? I know she feels comfortable around you." Mako asked with a sad smile as she stood up.

"Yeah, I'll watch her nice and close for you Mako." Abby answered as she put an arm around Ami's shoulders.

"Thanks. Goodnight everyone, see you all later." Mako quietly said as she left the room.

"Goodnight everyone, I'm very proud of all of you. You all did well today, even if we didn't win, we didn't give up." Usagi quietly said as she started to fall asleep.

"Goodnight girls, Ami mommy loves you." Ami whispered as she held her wallet against her heart and fell asleep.