Luna found his place, finally. It was a big hassle trying to sneak on the airplane back to Rome, and if it weren't for magic, she might not have gotten so lucky. Italy's house wasn't as glamorous or kid-like as she thought it would be. It seemed like an ordinary little Italian villa in the countryside with a nice medium-sized tree resting to the side of the house. If anything, it was confusing since there was no grape vineyards nearby. Luna gazed upon the house, looking for a way in. She tried to find an open window of some sorts. After climbing the tree at the side of his house, and seeing a window open on the second floor, she miraculously jumped and made it to the window, strutting along inside. Luna seemed to stumbled upon an art studio; it was full of awe-inspiring art. Paintings, sculptures, everything. The fact that the window was open, and how there was the smell of fresh paint, it's no doubt that someone was in the room recently, doing some artwork. Luna crept outside the room and into the halls, trying to identify where the Italian was. She took a left and looked at the room next to the studio. No luck; just an empty laundry room. Who designed this random house, she thought to herself. Luna kept looking around, until she discovered an open door downstairs on the first floor. It was the kitchen. Sure enough, once she entered, she found an Italian who was humming quietly to himself while he made something. Her little kitty nose was still plugged up from the paint smell, and only being at the source of delicious scents freed her of that nasal prison. She jumped up on the islet that was there, and sat down, anticipating Italy to turn around and see Luna calmly, awaiting him.
As Italy was cooking, he began to pout, not having a certain ingredient on him. He was making an uncommon version of pasta that he likes, fit for one person. Italy turned around to get something for the dish when all of a sudden he sees a real life cat sitting on the islet of his, much to his dismay and panic. "V-Ve! What are you doing here, Luna!... You know, I'm beginning to think you're a burglar or something, sneaking in to all of these buildings!"
The cat made a motion with her head, almost like she was flipping her hair back and forth on top of her head, if she had any. "I followed you all the way to Rome... and that was quite a difficult task; you should thank me for coming all this way to see you." She panted to him. Italy slowly went to grab whatever ingredient he needed, as he motioned the feline over to the counter with him. As he began to put the new piece of food in his pasta, Luna hopped from the islet to the counter, watching him cook. Italy spoke gently while his eyes and mind were mainly focused on the food he was preparing. "Okay?... thank you for travelling all this way, I guess. Good kitty." He exclaimed.
"Yes, good kitty indeed. Now, halt your food preparations for a second; I have business to talk to you about."
"Ve~ I can talk about it while I'm cooking some glorious pasta!"
"Oh brother... fine then. Listen up. I have a story for you. You're with me so far?"
Italy shakes his head yes. "Yeah, you have my undivided attention." Luna nods back at him, and she clears her throat quietly, like a young lady, before speaking. "Okay then. A vast amount of time ago, there once lived the Moon Kingdom, a beloved and sacred place in the known Solar System. It was a very peaceful place, ruled by enlightened and serene leaders, and Queen Serenity was truly the best to serve under. She was the last queen however, because several centuries ago, the evil NegaVerse found it's way into our own universe to wreak havoc on it and to dissolve it. The NegaVerse is an evil presence, an evil universe with negativity swarming it." She pauses for a breath. "Anyways, the NegaVerse came and had a spectacular earth-shattering battle with the Moon Kingdom, fighting respectively for conquest and peace. While the fight was fought well, the NegaVerse was simply too much for the Moon Kingdom to handle, and Queen Serenity knew that their hours were imminent. She did the one last thing she could do, which was to banish the NegaVerse away and lock them away, using the Imperium Silver Crystal. However, in doing this, she utterly brought the Moon Kingdom to a destructive demise. Not all was lost though. Her son, the Prince, was sent to the Earth in spirit, along with many other people from the Moon Kingdom, so they would be safe and try to one day, restore the Moon Kingdom to it's former glory." She triumphantly says, with a big grin on her face. "This is now, where you come in, Italy, or should I say, Sailor Moon. A brief background for you. The Sailor Scouts were a group of powerful protectors of the Solar System, each hailing from a different planet and representing it, and the leader and most powerful and influential of them all, was none other than Sailor Moon, champion of love and justice, protector of the moon. As well as Earth, you could say. Anyways, I am here to find Sailor Moon and the Sailor Scouts, to unite them together, and to bring an end once and for all to the evil NegaVerse. Now, it's good that I finally found you, because I can just sense it that the NegaVerse is acting up again-"
"Ve? Luna, that's so much information to take in... I'm busy with food." Italy whines, hardly paying much attention to things that she is saying. Luna rolls her eyes and scolds him with her blue eyes, groaning at his remark. She replies "Look, can I just have your attention for just one minute!?"
"Hmm... Okay! Pasta is done!" He exclaims, turning the stove and oven off, as a piping hot pot cools down, ready with delicious pasta inside of it. "It's done now. While I wait for it to cool off, I guess I can play with you kitty!"
"No! This is no time for jokes Italy, we have a serious problem on our hands." She sighed. "Just... follow me, alright?" She quickly says, hoping off the counter valiantly, and rushes towards upstairs, back to the art studio. Italy, confused, runs up with the feline to where he was painting not too long ago. "Hey Luna, slow down!"
Eventually, the two reach in the centre of the room. It was quite spacious actually. It almost looked like it was a giant modelling room. Luna stood on all fours and spoke in a serious tone to the Italian. "I will now show you that you are truly Sailor Moon." She leaps in the air and does a somersault in the air, landing back on the ground. Where she originally somersaulted in the air, an object was forming from the thin air, appearing to be some sort of pendant. When the object fully materialized, it slowly dropped to the floor, shining a brilliant ruby colour. Italy was in awe of it; especially how it came to form itself. "Italy, wear this around your neck all the time, you'll never know when it'll come in handy. This is no ordinary thing however, it has the ability to transform you!" Luna spoke. Italy was already trying it on and liking it on him, gazing upon himself in a full-length mirror in the back of the room. "Transform me? What?"
Luna nods her head. "Indeed, it can. It transforms you into Sailor Moon. Now, repeat after me, and say "Moon Prism Power" so you can change!" She said with a bit of enthusiasm. Italy quickly responded. "Ve, I don't think this will work... but if it will make you happy... or quiet, I've got nothing to lose!" He stands up straight with a proper posture, and speaks. "Moon, Prism, Power!" As he says this, his body slowly fades away as he slightly levitates in the air, and just like the pendant, the Italian starts to see clothes materialize right on him. First, white gloves form on his hands, and next, white and black military boots form. On his torso and legs, a light blue blazer tailcoat shapeshifts over his body, similar but different from his military jacket, but not before a white undershirt forms on him with a little Italian flag on his left breast, where his heart is. He then receives shorts, coloured the same blue as the tailcoat, and once he finishes transforming, he finishes off with a nice pose: Him smiling while giving a peace sign. Once he snaps out of it, Italy panics at the sight of him sporting his new outfit. "Ahh! W-Where's my military jacket!? Is it gone forever?" He cries out to Luna, resuming his whining from earlier.
To much in awe to pay attention to his plea, Luna drops her jaw at the sight of the transformation, not seeing something like this in a long time. "Congratulations! You are now Sailor Moon!"
"But... I-I like being Italy!.. Wait, who is Italy then?"
Luna sighs. "You are... you still are Italy, but right now, you are Sailor Moon! You can change back once your duties are over for the time being. Your clothes will form back to normal, just like how the ones you are wearing were formed. Trust me, you'll get used to it."
Looking at the strange black cat, who was now sitting down, calm and relaxed, Italy nodded to her. "Fine... I'm Sailor Moon then. What now?" Italy said. He was scared, then excited, and now, he's bored. All within a minute of being Sailor Moon. Luna assured him. "Don't worry, I have news for you. Granted, it's most likely bad news, but here we go. Ahem. I think that your first day as Sailor Moon will be soon, since I have a bad feeling that the NegaVerse is already wreaking havoc, or plotting to, at least. I mean, did you hear about what happened with the airports?"
"Kind of?... What exactly do you mean, Luna?" Italy questioned her.
"Well, did you not find it weird how all the nations of the world were not present at that conference? And I remember hearing that Asian having complaints about being at the airport. I'm sure he was not the only one, I bet all of your other nations had the same problems, and are probably talking about it with um... America, or have already done so. Even myself, I had troubles getting through to fly. Well... I'm a cat, but you know what I mean. I think that the NegaVerse is trying to do something, I had tingly sensations all through the airplane ride there." She yawns. "Apparently... I'm really bad with jet-lag, I'm still on the time in New York City..."
Sailor Moon laughs at the remark. "So, you're saying that the NegaVerse is attempting to do... something with America's airports in New York?"
"Precisely. I think we need to go back there and see what's up with the situation there. I'm sure we will run into someone once we land."
"Ve, okay then. I'm always up for a fun little adventure! Oh, I better go eat my pasta before it gets as frozen as Russia's north!" He piped up, rushing downstairs, still in his Sailor outfit, to eat his pasta. The black cat exhales in both relief, and for knowing that the future ahead will be a long and treacherous one, a very tedious adventure about to unfold. "Well, I guess I'll watch him eat his pasta until he's done. Then we'll catch a flight back to America... Ah, and maybe get some sleep in as well." Luna mumbled to herself, slowly walking out of the art studio.
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"Jadeite! Come forward!" A voice says in the darkness. A brown haired man slowly emerges from the other side of the darkness. "Yes, my Queen?"
"I want you to start harvesting them for their energy now. We've been awaiting far too long in the shadows, observing them. We have enough forces recovered after all these years, and now, we shall strike! But first, we need energy. Jadeite, get me energy from them!" The voice cackles out.
The brown haired man nods. "Yes, my Queen. I shall not fail you. I will return with enough energy to fill the NegaVerse up."
"Good! I expect to see the energy soon enough! Now, go!" The voice adamantly states to Jadeite, who nods once more, and disappears into a void, most likely a portal to Earth.
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The fight against good and evil has only just begun. Even the NegaVerse had no idea what was coming against them, but neither will the Sailor Scouts, when their time comes.