Usagi, Minako, and Rei were wandering around the Juban District, shopping for outfits for Take's big concert.
"Oh my god! How did you guys manage to get tickets?" Usagi asked.
"Oh, Take gave them to Mamoru. She said that she hopes that the three of you enjoy the show." Minako said.
"Wait, you two aren't going?"
"Grandpa's sick, so I have to look over the shrine." Rei said, glaring at Minako, who had a huge grin on her face.
"While I put one of my idol auditions to use and I'm now one of Take Komatsu's Back Up Dancers!" Minako said, as she made a Sailor V like pose of victory. Then she glanced at her watch.
"Oh my god! I'm running late for practice!"
"What a surprise, you're always late." Rei said.
"Who's running late?" a small voice said. Usagi's eyes went big as she recognized the voice. All she needed to know was to see the cotton candy hair.
"Chibi Usa!?"
Chibi Usa was running up to Usagi, giving her a big hug.
"Hi, Usagi!" Chibi Usa said.
"What are you doing here?" Usagi asked.
"Well, Puu- Chan said that there are weird things going on here in the past so mama told me to come over and check it out." Chibi Usa explained.
"Surprise again!" Rei and Minako said.
"Aren't you supposed to be going somewhere?" Rei said to Minako.
"Oh my god! You're right!" But before Minako was able to take another step, a blue beam shot at the four. Usagi, Rei, Minako, and Chibi Usa ran into the nearby alley to prevent someone from seeing them transform.
"Moon Eternal!"
"Pink Crystal Power!"
"Mars Eternal!"
"Venus Eternal!"
"Make Up!"
To Sailor Moon, Mars, and Venus's surprise, Chibi Moon also had an eternal form. It was like the Inner Senshi's uniforms, but her uniform was pink.
Then, landing in front of them, was… Sailor Earth!?
"Sailor Earth?" Sailor Moon tried to approach her, but was almost zapped again. Sailor Earth had a death glare. Something wasn't right.
"Man, so much to do, so little time." Neko muttered to herself, as she struggled with shopping bags. Then she noticed the action going on in the alley.
"Leo Star Power! Make Up!"
Somewhere above the buildings, Emerald had a seat to observe what was going on.
"Hm, Jupiter and Mercury sure had a punch in their crystals." Emerald said, as she continued to mess with a bigger crystal.
The gem in Sailor Earth's tiara glowed a dark red, as she continued to attack Sailor Moon.
"I knew that something was wrong with her!" Sailor Mars said.
But still… it doesn't make any sense. She wasn't like this a few days ago…
Flash Back
"Mars get Sailor Moon out of here!" Sailor Earth shouted, while dodging the spiked microphone that the youkai was throwing at her.
Flashback Ends
"Venus Love and Beauty Shock!" Venus shouted, as her love chain wrapped Sailor Earth into place. Sailor Earth smiled evilly, as she broke her bonds.
"What the!?"
Before Sailor Earth made another move…
"Leo Cat Scratch Brigade!"
Yellow beans of light attack Sailor Earth.
"Sailor Earth! What's gotten into you!?" Sailor Leo shouted.
"Cut the act already!" Sailor Mars shouted. Sailor Leo looked at Mars blankly.
"What are you talking about?" Leo asked.
Sailor Earth placed a hand on Sailor Leo.
"Let's go for today." Sailor Earth said to Leo.
"Sailor… Earth?" Leo looked at Sailor Earth questionably. Then it hit her. But before Leo was able to do anything, the two disappeared.
Looking in at the alley ways entrance, Sapphire smiled in satisfaction.
"Thank you Emerald. Thing are falling perfectly into place."
(Somewhere in Harajuku)
"Sailor Earth! Where are we?" Leo shouted. Sailor Earth stared at her, while preparing a blue energy sphere.
But before Sailor Earth was able to finish off Leo, a green bean shot through the heart of Sailor Earth and she was turned to dust, but not before showing the fangs of a youkai and an alien scream.
The person, who killed the youkai, was the real Sailor Earth.
"Leo! Are you alright!?" Sailor Earth said.
"Damn it! I can't believe I fell for that trick!" Leo said in frustration.
"What happened?"
"That youkai attack Sailor Moon and the others. They thought it was actually you. It sure made us look bad."
Sailor Earth thought for a moment. How were they going to get out of this mess?
"Leo, go find the other Zodiac and tell them what happened. I'll go to the Sailor Senshi."
"But Sailor Earth…"
"Just do it!" Sailor Earth shouted, as she took off.
"Just be careful…" Sailor Leo said quietly.
(Later that night)
Sailor Neptune and Uranus were now on a man hunt. Sailor Earth tried to kill the princess today. That was high treason to the heir of the Silver Millennium. The thunder storm that was brewing above them perfectly described the outer senshi's rage.
Flashback
"She did what!?" Haruka shouted. Rei called Haruka and Michiru for an emergency Sailor meeting.
"Calm down Haruka." Michiru said.
"You two aren't going to hurt her, are you? There has to be a reason why she changed." Usagi said, trying not to cry.
"Usagi! She tried to take your crystal! She and the Zodiacs can't be trusted! We'll take care of them." Haruka said, as she stormed out of the room.
"We'll make sure you stay safe." Michiru said, as she followed Haruka.
"But you guys," Hotaru said. The remaining senshi turned towards Hotaru. "Maybe we should wait until Setsuna get back from the time gate and see what she has to say about the matter."
"And wait until Sailor Earth gets another chance to kill Usagi? We can't afford to wait Hotaru." Michiru said, as she walked out of the room.
"Things are getting too complicated…" Minako said. Thought she may have skipped a practice that was going to cost her job, she knew that being here was more worthwhile. Flashback ends
"Uranus! Neptune!"
The two outer senshi turned to find the one they were looking for catching up to them.
"Neptune Deep Submerge!"
Since the outers received their power ups, their attacks were more deadly than before. Sailor Earth barely managed to dodge the attack. But she wasn't able to avoid Uranus's killer punch.
Sailor Earth grabbed her stomach, because the knock the breath out of her.
"Just who do you think you are?" Uranus shouted.
"Let me explain…" Sailor Earth said, in between breathe. The rain started to come down hard. But Uranus refused to listen to Sailor Earth and punched her in the face.
"Uranus, go a little easy. We still need some answers." Neptune said, placing a hand on Uranus's shoulder. Sailor Earth slowly tried to stand up.
"Why did you try to kill the princess today?" Neptune asked, in a deadly tone. "Why are you after the Silver Crystal?"
"Who said I was after the crystal…?" Sailor Earth gasped. "I have enough burdens on my shoulders."
"Quit lying!" Uranus shouted, as she continued to hurt Sailor Earth. Neptune noticed that Sailor Earth wasn't fighting back. She allowed Uranus to continue with the beating. The rain help make the impacts sting more.
"Don't you two understand?" Sailor Earth shouted, as she pulled away from Uranus long enough to say what she had to say. Blood was coming out of her lip, and bruises were forming all over her body. "This isn't any of my doings! All I want to do is protect the future queen! Why can't any of you see that?"
Uranus and Neptune continued to look down coldly at Sailor Earth.
"We had enough." Neptune said.
"Stay away from the princess. Uranus said. Then the two disappeared. Sailor Earth, overwhelmed with pain, blacked out.
(On the rooftops somewhere)
"Couldn't you have gone a little easy on her?" Neptune asked.
"Neptune, she almost killed Usagi today! There's no way I'll forgive her for that."
"Uranus…
A soft laugh was heard.
"My, my, aren't we being overprotective?"
Uranus and Neptune looked ahead and saw Sapphire,
"Who are you!? Uranus shouted.
Sapphire merely smiled. She cautiously approached Uranus and Neptune.
"Maybe you should have heard Sailor Earth out. Then you two would have realized that that little brat would never hurt a hair on the Moon Princes. That little girl had nothing to do with today's events."
Sapphire's staff began to glow a destructive aura.
"It was me…"
A blue light overpowered Uranus and Neptune, who was in shock over what Sapphire told them.
(11 pm that night)
Maru locked up the studio as he headed home for the night. It was one of those nights when he had that dream again.
The dream about a lone maiden alone in a palace of stone. Her face remained hidden under her long mane of jet black hair. She always called out to him…
'Please remember…remember our lives together… hurry and find me…' the maiden would say in a beautiful but sad voice.
Now that I think about it, Take- San does remind me of that woman… Maru thought to himself. He thought about going to visit her dreams again.
I can just hear Asteria now…
'Quit being an idiot! Do you want him to find out!? You can't just go out into dreams. He'll sense you!'
Before he had a chance to change into his other form, he noticed a dark figure lying in the alley. He ran towards it to find an injured Sailor Earth. Her tiara began to glow. Her entire body flashed and Sailor Earth turned back to Take.
"Take- San!" Maru said, as he tried to wake her up. She was drenched. This wasn't good. If she was one of the Sailor Guardians that he was looking for, then something had to of happened to her. He picked her up bridal style and tried to find some help. He remembered that one of her friends lived in the area and he took off.