Chapter 5! Enjoy! Oh, and I've created a Facebook Fan page for this story. The link is on my profile.
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A Sailor Moon Haiku:
Writing a chapter,
Think about Sailor Moon Rights,
Feel sad – they're not mine.
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"Hey, you stupid Youma! I'm over here!" Sailor Moon called gleefully, popping out from behind a tree. The orange balloon-like youma laughed back and threw a coloured ball, which missed her and Mercury by a mile and hit a playground, exploding on impact.
"Sailor Moon, stop wasting time and just destroy the stupid thing, would you?" Sailor V said, leaning back against a tree. Sailor Moon nodded and pulled off her tiara.
"Moon Tiara Magic!" The tiara struck the youma, which squealed and crumbled into dust.
"Well, that was easy," Sailor Moon said, retrieving her tiara and putting it back on. Sailor V rolled her eyes and shook her head in defeat, then left.
"Gee, this place is a mess now," Sailor Moon said, looking around.
"Yeah. Let's get back to the base and tell Luna what happened," Mercury said, smiling. Sailor Moon nodded, and the two of them left the Lake Pertobe playground and walked back into town.
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"Hi, Luna! We're back! That was a really weak Youma," Steph said, walking down the steps.
"But it sure could make a mess," Bonnie added. Luna nodded to acknowledge that she had heard them, but continued searching the internet. Dee and Phoenix looked up from their game of cards and smiled.
"What'cha doin', Luna?" Bonnie asked, sitting down at the table.
"Doing research. I'm trying to find a clear picture of Sailor V, but so far I haven't had much luck," Luna said.
"Well, she does come and go pretty quickly. It must be hard for people to get a clear shot of her," Steph said. Luna looked at Steph for a moment, before nodding in agreement.
"Hey, Nixx, I wonder what your civilian power will be," Dee said, smiling.
"'Civilian power?' What do you mean?" Phoenix asked.
"Like this," Bonnie said, pulling a bottle of water out of her bag, opening it and levitating the water out of the bottle. Phoenix watched in amazement as the water flew around the room, froze, melted and then flowed back into the bottle.
"Wow, that's awesome! How'd you do that?" she asked. Bonnie shrugged.
"I dunno. I just can," she said.
"Our civilian powers are kind of reflective of our Scout powers. Mercury's element is water, so Bonnie can control those things in civilian form. I'm Mars, the Scout of Fire, so I can do things with fire in my civilian form. Like this," Dee said, getting up and walking over to the platform, which had been shifted against the wall. She looked at the wood on the platform and lit it easily, then knelt down and stared intently into the flames.
"What's she doing?" Phoenix whispered.
"She's fire reading. It's one of her civilian abilities," Steph whispered back.
"Really? Wow, that's cool," Phoenix said, watching Dee. Dee frowned at the images appearing in the flames, then nodded.
"Guys, this looks pretty big. We were in a huge park, and there was this other guy there. I'm not sure who he was, but his outfit was similar to Jadeite's yesterday. The five of us and that guy were watching Sailor V take her mask off. I couldn't tell who she really is, though, 'cause that's where the vision ended," she said, looking at the others.
"Sailor V must be more important than I first thought," Luna said, frowning and turning back to the computer. She pressed a few more buttons, and a photograph of Sailor V flashed up onto the screen. Luna gasped.
"Look at this!" Luna gasped, pointing at the photo. The girls crowded around the screen to look at the picture of the superhero.
"What exactly are we looking at, Luna?" Steph asked.
"That!" Luna said, pointing to the crescent moon on Sailor V's forehead. "That's the Lunarian symbol! That's the symbol of our Princess!" The girls gasped.
"So, does that mean that... she is the Princess?" Bonnie asked.
"I'm not sure, but it seems likely that she is. Whether she's the real Princess or not, she's definitely a target for the Negaverse," Luna said.
"We'd better warn her," Phoenix said.
"Yeah well, unfortunately, Nixx, that's not as easy as it sounds. See, we don't actually know who she is," Steph said.
"Yes, that's the problem. We have no idea who she is, and therefore no way to warn her. I think we should just keep our eyes open and warn her as soon as we see her," Luna said. The girls nodded. "I think I'd better let Central Control know about this," Luna added, pressing a few buttons.
"Please enter voice identification passcode," the electronic voice said.
"With a flash of lightning, the last Scout joins the rest," Luna said. Behind her, the four girls giggled.
"Welcome, Luna. It's good to hear that the four scouts are back together at last," the voice said.
"Yes, it certainly is. Now we just need to find the Princess," Luna said. There was a short silence, then the voice said,
"Yes, well, I think she'll probably awaken very soon."
"Um, we've all been wondering... Is Sailor V the Princess?" Luna asked. Again, there was a pause.
"Perhaps. You'll have to wait and see. But as I said, the Princess should be along sometime very soon," the voice said. Luna nodded, then switched the computer off.
"Luna... is it just me, or is Central Control not telling us something?" Steph asked. Luna sighed.
"I hate to say it, but it does sound like Central Control isn't telling us the whole story. Well, he must have his reasons. For now, we'll just continue as we are," Luna said. Steph nodded and pulled out her phone.
"What's that?" Phoenix asked.
"It's a special phone that Luna gave me. We've all got one," Steph said, flipping it open.
"That reminds me, Phoenix, here's one for you," Luna said, doing a backflip and creating a phone with the Jupiter symbol on it. Phoenix took it and examined the symbol. Steph smiled at something on the phone, then pressed a button. There was a flash, and the room was lit up by glittery spots reflecting off of the expensive, diamond-studded dress that had replaced Steph's school uniform.
"Wow! How'd you do that, Steph?" Phoenix asked, staring wide-eyed at the dress, and at Steph's hair, which was now piled up on top of her head in a very curly hairstyle.
"Our phones let us take pictures of people and turn into them. I saw a TV show that had this really gorgeous princess on it, and I just had to take a picture of her," Steph said, smiling and showing them the picture she had taken of the princess on the TV. Luna sighed.
"Steph, this isn't a game. You need to use your phone responsibly," she said. Steph paid no attention, instead changing the dress into a sleeveless pink party dress with a sash. She twirled around and smiled.
"I saw this one out at Gateway yesterday," she explained, smoothing the soft satin dress. Luna sighed.
"Anyway, Phoenix, let's teach you to use your civilian powers, shall we?" she asked. Phoenix nodded, and Luna did another backflip, creating a small metal box with two golden antennae on top.
"OK, Phoenix, basically you use your pointer finger and thumb like a gun and shoot electricity at your target," Luna explained. Phoenix extended her pointer finger and thumb and curled the other fingers up, then pointed at the metal box. A tiny spark erupted from her finger, but it was nowhere near powerful enough to reach the box.
"That's a good start, Phoenix. Try focusing all your power into that finger before you aim," Luna said, smiling. Phoenix nodded and closed her eyes. After a few seconds, the lights began to flicker, and then Phoenix's eyes snapped open. She pointed her finger-gun at the box, and, in a split second, the lights went out and a bolt of blue-green lightning arched from her finger to the box. Next second, the lights came back on, and everyone cheered.
"That's it, Phoenix. Well done!" Luna said, smiling. She nodded happily, then looked up sharply as a sudden surge of energy reached her senses.
"Youma," she said. The others looked at her, wide-eyed.
"Two in one day?" Dee asked.
"Yes, and from the feel of it, it's a strong one this time," Luna said.
"We'd better go, then," Bonnie said. The others nodded, and the four of them ran up the stairs, leaving Luna behind. Luna looked at the picture of Sailor V and frowned. Sailor V... Luna thought, If you're our Princess, why won't you reveal yourself to us?
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"Artemis... Do you get the feeling that it should be today?" Christina asked, placing her book on her bed and looking at her feline friend. Artemis frowned, then nodded.
"Yes, I think you're right. Today does seem like as good a time as any. But there's no point worrying about it. For now, just relax and gather your strength. I'll get you something to eat," Artemis said, before transforming into human form and going downstairs. He was pulling a block of chocolate from the pantry when he sensed the youma. He threw the chocolate onto the bench and ran upstairs.
"Christina, transform! There's a youma in town!" Artie said, bursting into Christina's bedroom. Christina threw the book onto the bed and pulled out her white-and-gold transformation pen. With a flash, she transformed into Sailor V, then jumped out her bedroom window and ran up the road. Artie changed back into a cat and followed.
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"In there!" Sailor Moon said, pointing to the cinema. The four scouts ran through the entrance and upstairs, earning several stunned looks from cinema patrons. They burst into the upstairs theatre to find the patrons lying around unconscious, their energy being drained by a youma that resembled a person dressed up as a video camera. The youma looked up and dropped its victim when it saw the scouts.
"Movies are supposed to be fun, you stupid jerk! We're the Sailor Scouts! I'm Sailor Moon!"
"Sailor Mercury!"
"Sailor Mars!"
"Sailor Jupiter!"
"And in the name of the Moon..."
"We shall punish you!" the Scouts chorused. The lens on the youma's outfit rotated, then shot out a ball of flame. The scouts flipped and twirled out of the way, and the fireball flew down the stairs and hit a cardboard advertisement, which caught on fire. None of the scouts noticed this, however, as they were too busy fighting the youma.
"Moon Tiara Magic!"
"Mercury Bubbles Blast!"
"Mars Fire Ignite!"
"Supreme Thunder!" the four attacks flew through the air, missing the youma and ricocheting back at their casters. The girls shrieked and ducked to avoid being hit.
"We need to work together!" Mercury shouted. The girls nodded and began their attacks again.
"Moon Tiara..."
"Mercury Bubbles...
"Mars Fire..."
"Supreme..."
"Magic!" "Blast!" "Ignite!" "Thunder!" the four attacks merged in midair and struck the youma, which exploded into dust with a flash of darkness. Sailor Moon sighed with relief as the cinema patrons began waking up. The girls looked around at the messy cinema, then gasped when they caught sight of the fire, which had spread to cover over half of the wall.
"Sailor Moon, we need to get everyone out of here! There's no way I can deal with this now!" Sailor Mercury yelled. Sailor Moon ran past the flaming wall to look down the stairs, and was relieved to see that the flames had not spread downstairs yet.
"OK, everyone, let's go!" Sailor Moon said, running back into the theatre. The five scouts hurried everyone down the stairs and out the front door just in time. Seconds after they had got everyone over to the other side of the road, the windows on both floors exploded, and burning wood began to fall from the second floor into the lobby. The Scouts heaved a sigh of relief and turned to leave, but were stopped by the crowd of people.
"You're heroes!"
"Thank you. You saved our lives."
"That was amazing!"
"Who are you four?" The Scouts smiled.
"I'm the Sailor Scout of Love and Justice, Sailor Moon."
"I'm the Sailor Scout of Water and Wisdom, Sailor Mercury."
"I'm the Sailor Scout of Flame and Passion, Sailor Mars."
"And I'm the Sailor Scout of Thunder and Courage, Sailor Jupiter." The scouts smiles widened as cameras flashed and people cheered. The four scouts looked at one another and nodded, then leapt over the crowd and ran down the street together.
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"Wow, that was cool. It's like I'm a celebrity," Sailor Moon said, smiling dreamily and sitting down on the grass in the empty Botanic Gardens.
"Sadly, though, I don't think there's going to be much left of the cinema after that youma," Mercury said, sinking onto the grass beside Sailor Moon and staring at the cloud of black smoke hanging over the town. The others sank onto the grass as well, frowning sadly.
"Such silly girls. I would have expected the priorities of the Sailor Scouts to be much different," a deep, unfamiliar voice said. The girls looked up to see a brown-haired, uniformed man standing on a nearby park bench. This guy looks like the guy that Dee was talking about earlier, Sailor Moon thought. Is he another one of the Generals that Jadeite mentioned? As if reading her mind, the man said,
"Sailor Scouts, at last we meet. I know that you have already met my fellow General, Jadeite, and I shall not forgive you for what you did. I am Nephrite, loyal follower of Queen Beryl-sama." The Scouts jumped to their feet and flipped away from the crystals that Nephrite threw at them.
"Where is your precious Princess? She's not here to help you, is she," Nephrite chuckled, watching the circling Scouts.
"What do you want with our Princess, anyway?" Mars spat. Nephrite chuckled, then frowned. "That, Sailor Scouts, is none of your business. I am going to defeat you Scouts once and for all and then I shall find your Princess and destroy her too!" Nephrite yelled, conjuring a large crystal and pointing it at Sailor Moon.
"Enough, Nephrite. If you want me, come and get me. If you can catch me first!" a familiar voice called, before a yellow beam of light flew across the Gardens and vaporised Nephrite's crystal. Everyone looked up to see Sailor V looking at them from the top of the bandstand.
"Sailor V... Are you...?" Sailor Moon trailed off. Sailor V smiled a little.
"I knew that today would be the day," she said, reaching up and removing her mask. She began to glow with an intensely bright orange light, which faded to reveal that her outfit had changed. She now wore a white leotard, an orange skirt, collar, choker and high-heels, white gloves with orange bands, a navy-blue bow on her chest, an orange bow on her lower back and her old red bow in her hair. The sunlight twinkled off of the gold crescent moon on her forehead and the large clear gem in the silver tiara on her head.
"Princess..." Sailor Moon gasped. Sailor V nodded.
"Princess! At last!" Luna cried, running into their midst.
"Yes, at last, Princess, you show yourself. And with the Silver Crystal, too. Thank you for making it so easy for me, Princess," Nephrite said.
"As if I would make anything easy for you, Nega-creep," Sailor V said coldly. Nephrite frowned and conjured another large crystal shard.
"Stay back! Don't touch her!" Artemis ordered, jumping onto the railing of the bandstand. "Coming from the time of the Silver Milennium, heir to both the Moon Kingdom and the Imperium Silver Crystal, she is Sailor Venus-sama!" he declared.
"Enough chit-chat. Give me the Crystal!" Nephrite yelled, pointing his crystal shard at Sailor Venus.
"Stop wasting your breath, Nega-creep. I'd never give you the Crystal, and you're nuts if you think I would!" Sailor Venus said. Nephrite roared in anger and threw his crystal shard at Sailor Venus, who simply pointed at it.
"Venus Crescent Beam Smash!" she shouted, a yellow beam of light flying from her fingertip and vaporising the crystal shard in midair. The beam continued on its path, striking Nephrite in the stomach and sending him flying backwards into a flower garden, where he disappeared in a cloud of orange smoke. Sailor Venus turned to the other scouts and smiled, then jumped off the bandstand and landed in front of the others.
"Princess! Watch out!" Mars yelled, seeing another brown-haired General appear behind her. She whirled around just in time to see Tuxedo Mask leap between her and the female General, who froze, wide-eyed. The two stared at one other for what seemed like an eternity, then the General said "I don't beleve it! Master? Master Endymion? It... It is you!" Tuxedo Mask's eyes widened in confusion. The General also looked somewhat confused as she dissapeared in a whirl of black rose petals. Tuxedo Mask turned to look at Sailor Venus.
"So... You're the Princess, eh?" he said, looking at her. Sailor Venus put her hands on her hips and frowned at Tuxedo Mask.
"What's it to you?" she said. Tudexo Mask bristled at the iciness of Sailor Venus' tone. He turned and smiled at the other scouts, then left. Sailor Venus watched Tuxedo Mask leave, then smiled at the others.
"Good job at the cinema, girls. See you later," Sailor Venus said, before turning to leave.
"Princess, wait," Luna called. Sailor Venus turned back to smile at Luna.
"Yes, Luna? Is something wrong?" she asked.
"Well... you see, we've been told that it's our mission to protect you, Princess," Luna said.
"I understand, Luna, but I can't have that. I have things that I need to do, and there are things that I need you four to do, too," Sailor Venus said, smiling gently.
"But, Princess..." Luna said weakly.
"Please, Luna. I need you to protect each other, and protect Earth. Everything is pivotal on you doing that," Sailor Venus said. Artemis nodded in agreement and jumped onto Sailor Venus' shoulder.
"Yes, the next few days are going to be some of the most important days yet. The Negaverse is definitely getting stronger, and you'll need to properly awaken to be able to defeat them," he said.
" 'Properly awaken?' What do you mean?" Sailor Moon asked.
"You need to find the true power of the Sailor Scouts within yourselves. If you do that, you will become much stronger, and you'll also remember your past lives," Sailor Venus said. She smiled, then, inexplicably, shuddered. Shaking the moment off, she nodded to the Scouts, then ran off.
"I wonder what all that was about?" Mars wondered.
"I'm not sure, but we need to obey the Princess. For now, we'll focus on awakening your Scout Powers and protecting Earth and each other," Luna said. The girls nodded, then detransformed.
"Well, today certainly was an eventful one, wasn't it," Phoenix said, smiling. The others nodded in agreement.
"Well, we'd better get back to Base and start training you to awaken your Scout Powers," Luna said smartly.
"Aww, Luna, can't we have the rest of today off? I mean, that was the second youma battle today, plus we had to fight that creepy Nephrite guy as well," Steph whined. Luna sighed, but smiled a little.
"Alright, Steph, we'll wait until tomorrow to start training," Luna said. Steph cheered and led the others back into town.
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"Wow, what a day," Christina said, sinking onto the couch. Artie nodded and ran upstairs, then returned with the book that Christina had been reading. He then picked up the block of chocolate that was on the bench and presented both to Christina.
"Go on, you've earned it, Princess," he said. Christina took them, but frowned at Artie.
"Artemis, I thought we talked about this. Please don't call me 'Princess', It's really strange, and it's not right," she said, before breaking off a row of chocolate and stuffing it into her mouth. Artie smiled and watched as Christina sunk back into the fantasy of her book.
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Author's note: Yes, I know that in the manga, Minako transforms into V with a completely different pen to everyone else's. I just felt like giving myself a usual pen and changing the colours instead. Oh, and it should be noted that the cinema here actually did burn down, and I felt like explaining it with a Youma. Please review! This is chapter 5, and I've only had three reviews so far, two of them from Steph(Yes, I am referring to the Steph in my story. Konnichiwa, Usagi-chan!). I want more opinions! So, onegai(that means 'please', for anyone who doesn't know) review!