Betrayal of the heart
Chapter Twelve: The Mysterious New Senshi
That night, after everything transpired, Rei had a strange dream. Untransformed because of the power loss, she watched in horror as the world around her, seen in red light, was slowly consumed by a black wave. Her four friends stood like red statues in front of her, motionless. A large and elaborate crystal appeared behind her, blinding her with its shine. The city was being destroyed, building by building, as the crystal split into three smaller crystals, then all of them disappeared. Eventually, the black wave consumed everything, shattering her statue-like friends into pieces.
Rei woke up sweating. Jadeite stared at her in concern and she told him about her dream.
"What if it comes true. We can no longer protect the people of Earth" She said. "Without our powers, we are helpless"
Meanwhile, in his laboratory, which was filled with various chemistry equipment, a mad scientist was heating a test tube with some purple liquid inside. A small round object inside it started growing, and eventually the tube broke, with a striped egg emerging from it and flying upwards. The professor's assistant, a red-haired woman whom he identified as Kaolinite, appeared.
"Understand our mission, Kaolinite. We need to find the Holy Grail, which will allow us to control the world. For the Grail to appear, we need to find three talismans hidden inside humans' pure hearts" He began laughing as the egg flew out of the lab.
"Leave it to me doctor" Kaolinite said, disapearing, leaving her lab coat behind.
At the Hikawa Shrine, Kaolinite (floating in the air) watched as the egg implanted itself into a tree/
"Someone will a pure heart is sure to appear" She said to herself.
Rei, now in her miko robes, tried to figure out the meaning of the dream, but was unable to feel anything. She went outside, picked a fortune from the booth and tied it onto the tree that the egg was embedded into, which was covered in fortune papers. The tree suddenly started mutating and transformed into a Daimon: Mikuji. Rei ran away and tried to escape, but the Daimon was flying too fast; she knocked Rei backward, sticking her to a wall, and started exposing her chest to a black beam. The beam began to remove Rei's Pure Heart Crystal, and the procedure was painful. Leaving Mikuji to finish the job, Kaolinite disappeared.
Meanwhile, Usagi was walking down the street with Luna and was pushing her two twins. Suddenly, they heard Rei's screams, and Usagi ran towards the sound, leaving the twins with Luna. When Usagi came upon the scene she was shocked and horrified. She wished that there was someway to help her friend. Suddenly a white rose sailed through the air and hit Mikuji. Usagi turned to see Demando, no Prince Dimande standing there.
"How dare you harm an innocent girl" He said. Prince Dimande fought hard with Mikuji, but he was no match for her, and was pinned against a tree. No longer confronted, Mikuji finally extracted Rei's Heart Crystal from her chest. Usagi, thinking Rei was dead, began to cry.
However, as the Daimon grabbed the crystal, she was suddenly struck by two energy balls: one yellow, one blue. The tree reappeared, and the Daimon Egg fell out and broke. Rei collapsed on the ground, and Usagi ran to her.
Atop a nearby tree, two mysterious silhouettes, who were clearly Sailor Senshi, examined the crystal, find out that it was not a talisman, and returned it. The crystal flew back into Rei's body, and she awakened, to Usagi's surprise and joy. Meanwhile, Luna noticed the two mysterious figures jumping off the tree and running away.
"I'm sorry doctor. The heart crystal was not a talisman, and there was some resistance as well" Kaolinite reported. The scientist frowned.
"We shall have to try harder next time" He hissed.
Usagi stared at Prince Dimande.
"You got your powers back" She said softly. Prince Dimande nodded.
"Yes, My whole family did. It happened last night, when we sensed the presence of evil here in Japan. What will you do?" He asked. Usagi sighed.
"I don't know. The only one left with powers is Luna, and she'd be no match for them. Rei and I need to talk to the others, can you take the twins home" Dimande nodded and reverted back to civillian form. Rei and Usagi called up the generals and thier friends and once everyone was gathered at the shrine, they explained what had happened.
"My dream" Rei suddenly remembered. She told the others of her dream and the omnious shadow of darkness.
"This is really bad. There are two unidentified senshi, and we can't even transform" Usagi said, worriedly.
"We'll figure something out" Kunzite assured them. "I promise"