The Princess of Thunder and Karate

(Chapter was written by Japananimegirl. Minor editing by myself)

After Christen's disappearance and no one, not even the Sailor Senshi's efforts, could find her, Rei and Yuuichirou were devastated!

The devastation was even worse because they couldn't even find Christen despite she was supposed to be able to be tracked with the command center's computer. However, despite the fact that Asteroid had tried countless search programs but for some unidentified reason they couldn't find the missing Senshi!

Ariel, who was the most maternal of the Neo-Sailor Senshi, held herself responsible if anything happened to the others. Also she was the last person to see Christen before she disappeared, but had no idea where she could have gone to.

As she walked home she thought, "Where would she go? Where she couldn't be found by anybody? Christen didn't show up at school either. Did Christen kill herself? No! Christen is dark, but she isn't that dark. I guess she just abandoned us." It wasn't hard to convince the other girls to agree to that.

After school she usually took her light brown hair out of the ponytail her mom had fixed it into as she preferred her natural crimped style better, however today she kept it up while searching the woods for the lost Senshi as she it make things easier on her.

Just as Christen was considered a vision of dark beauty she herself was consider a vision of beauty, but of the light not the dark. She often helped her friends out when they go shopping for accessories, perfume, shoes, etc.

She wasn't very picky about clothes nevertheless she always made sure to looked nice, even if her garments did get complicated. Like today's outfit for example was a fitting long sleeved snowy white shirt with jeans and white running shoes.

Luckily she did find Christen's tree-house only because as she skillfully climbed the tree just out of curiosity as it looked lived in.

"Christen, are you up here?!" she'd called out not actually expecting an answer anymore. All the same though she'd a slight shred of hope inside her heart dreamed she actually might get a response.

No luck.

Ariel didn't like the fact Christen considered living in these conditions: It was even dangerous to climb up here because of the missing plank of wood, making the steps. Also, missing roof tiles allowed moisture to seep in, accumulating into mold! It was good this place could hold a mattress, blankets, pillows, food, drink, matches/lighter, pots/pans, and a box of books.

Wait! It looked as if lost Senshi had been looking for a certain book before she left as some were strewn about the floor and one was still open! However the title confused the young girl as was she was sure the dark morbid girl didn't really believe in Vampires and Succubus's even if she was a Goth.

On the other hand wasn't it common for Sailor Moon to run into creepy creatures and who's to say it couldn't happen to Chibiusa and them too?

With the book in hand she swiftly dashed back to the Crystal Palace as fast as she could get there. She had put two and two together and unlikely as it seemed she knew her hunch was correct.

Christen had not just abandoned them; she'd gone after the enemy on her own! Considering the fact she hadn't come back for a few days meant one of two things: Either she joined the enemy or she was dead!

Despite her dislike of Christen, she hoped it was the former option. Even though she'd been brought up by her mother to be honest and therefore didn't approve of lying she just couldn't bring herself at this moment to tell any of this to Rei or Yuuichirou. She just couldn't upset them even more

So she made the choice of not saying anything to them at the moment and instead informed her team of what she'd discovered.

"OK, I'll admit it. Neo-Queen Serenity, as Sailor Moon, faced some pretty strange monsters, but do you really think a Succubus attacked the students and abducted Christen?" Gracie sounded unconvinced after Ariel presented them with her evidence and story.

Holly, Alexis, Emily, and Trisha had a hard time believing this too all looking at their friend with disbelieving looks as they looked at the book she'd given them as her proof.

"It explains why Christen would have left this particular book open on the floor." Ariel explained in weary and progressively frustrated voice. She'd been painstakingly trying to tell her findings however was having an exceedingly difficult time persuading them and getting them to connect the dots like she had.

"Ariel's got a good point." Chibiusa stated for she'd been able to see the truth in her words and connect the dots her friend had made for herself. She glanced at her team giving them a look as if reminding them to have an open mind to all possibilities.

"For Christen's sake, let's say Ariel's theory is right, what do we do?" Crystal questioned aloud. She looked exhausted but willing to entertain the idea of what they may be up against even if it was a highly freaky one. But after what their mothers had faces 'freaky' was a rather common for them, wasn't it?

"If we ask the Queen for permission to go and attempt a rescue mission, she'll send our mothers with us. I don't think Rei is in the right state of mind to go on a rescue operation. Plus, WE need to turn Christen back to our side, not the others." Ariel replied strongly as to emphases this was something they needed to do as if was their responsibility and theirs alone.

"Let's put it to a vote! All in favor of telling Mom we need to go on a rescue mission?" Chibiusa, who'd done just fine on her own before, didn't raise her hand on this one, but Crystal and Emily did.

"All in favor of leaving on our own and saving Christen?" Chibiusa raised her hand along with Gracie, Holly, Alexis, and Trisha.

"Ariel, you didn't vote," Crystal pointed out and everyone looked at Ariel in a perplexed manner as she was the one who kept Christen in line most of the time to begin with.

"I think it'd be better if we wait a little longer and see if we run into the Succubus and Christen another way."

She knew this wouldn't go down well in the minds of her eager teammates/friends, but it seemed better than the other two options.

Surprisingly the best they could do right now was nothing at all…