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Chapter 8: Galaxia Returns! The Dark Reunion!
Outside on the backyard of the Tsukino residence, Yuka, in her white karate outfit is now practicing her martial art skills. Despite of what she has learned from Reimi relating to Usagi, Mamoru and Chibiusa, she maintains her fighting composure and concentration. After demonstrating her left and right punches and kicks, she utilizes her Ki powers by channelling within herself and fired one of her trademark moves into the sky.
"Ki-Kou-Dan!" Her flamed fist shot an orange, pink and red projectile at alarming speed until it fizzled out.
Just then, Ikuko comes from out of the sliding door and made an offer to her. "Sorry to interrupt, Yuka but I think you've been training for almost an hour. Take a break and have a drink already."
She wipes the sweat from her forehead and complied. "Sure." By getting back inside the house, Ikuko gives her a white towel to dry herself off. "Thanks."
"You're very welcome, Yuka. I've noticed that you've regained your confidence back there. It was quite entertaining" says Ikuko smiling.
After gulping down a full glass of water, she replied back. "Think nothing of it, Ikuko."
"Which reminds me. Would you mind having a seat with me, Yuka? Me and my husband have something important to tell you" she told Yuka as they both sat on the dining room table, followed by Kenji sitting next to her.
"So, what is it that you want to tell me?"
Ikuko explained. "We really appreciate you staying with us and becoming part of the family. However, we've recently found out that another member is joining us, but only temporary and she's lucky to have the guest room."
"Oh? Who might that be?" says a curious Yuka, while her eyes blinked.
"Someone that you're very familiar with and we both agree to help them sort out the expenses, along with staying close to you" informed Kenji.
It took awhile for Yuka to cogitate as to whom Ikuko and Kenji have welcomed into the Tsukino residence. Then, her brown eyes flashed with vigour and figured out who it was. "Hold on. You don't really mean..."
She was interrupted by the sound of the doorbell coming from the front door.
"Come, Yuka. Let us greet our newest member of the house" told Ikuko as she, Kenji escort Yuka.
As soon as they approach the main entrance, Ikuko kindly allowed Yuka to open it.
When she does, her mouth dropped and her eyes were widened in bewilderment to see who is now joining her and the Tsukino's home. It was her childhood friend and rival, Satomi Yajima and her young brother, Daisuke with their luggage.
"Hi, Yuka. Surprise?"
"We're roommates for the time being."
Yuka gasped. "Oh? You mean it's only short-lived?"
"I'm afraid so, Yuka. Still, it will be nice to stay with you for awhile" says Satomi as her brother nodded his head in agreement.
In-spite of this, Yuka greatly smiled back and hugged her best friend/rival warmly. "I'm glad to hear it."
"Me too." Small tears were shown in Satomi's eyes and also smiled back.
While Satomi and Daisuke are welcomed by the Tsukino family and Yuka, back on over at the Industrial Park, the entire Sailor Guardians group couldn't believe their very eyes of what they're witnessing within Michiru's Deep Aqua Mirror: the mysterious individual that Reimi is talking with is none other than the former leader of Shadow Galactica, Sailor Galaxia.
"I cannot believe this! Galaxia has returned? How is this possible?" cried Setsuna.
Before long, they could all hear Reimi continuing her chat with Galaxia from Michiru's mirror.
Reimi: "You should be thankful that I saved you from a group of punks and brought you here to my home."
Galaxia: "I...I appreciate your help but, why would you do this?"
Reimi: "Seeing someone as radiant as yourself and being left alone is a terrible thing to waste."
Galaxia: "I see. You found me after I was revived from the Galaxy Cauldron and my final moments with Sailor Moon until my own bracelets had shattered."
Minako gasped and asked Rei standing next to her. "What does that mean?"
"I'm not so sure."
Reimi: "That's right. Usagi Tsukino dove herself into the Galaxy Cauldron and freed her best friends from deep within that crater. Prior before that, she taught you about her real purpose of what's she fighting for: peace, justice, her friends and loved ones. No matter many battles, the struggle between light and dark, hope and despair, happiness and sadness and everything else will be an endless struggle; as long as the stars will forever shine brightly. That's how she managed to reach out to them and were fully resurrected with their Sailor Crystals. Several years later, you followed afterwards."
Setsuna covered her mouth in pure disbelief. Both herself and everyone else couldn't believe that they weren't the only ones fully revived from the Galaxy Cauldron, due to Usagi's courageous efforts and her awe inspiring words to Galaxia during her last encounter. The conversation between the two women pressed on.
Galaxia: "Indeed. But I...". For the very first time in her entire life, tears were formed in her red eyes and buried her face with her hands. "I cannot forgive myself! How could I've been so blind? I don't really deserve to be a Sailor Guardian! All I ever wanted in my life is to be loved by everyone and yet, I let my obsession of power get inside my head. I'm nothing more than a failure!" She kept crying hard and it allowed Reimi to pull her close to her chest.
Reimi: "Go ahead and cry." She stroked her long orange and red wavy hair. "It's the only way to let out your emotions."
Not willing to see anymore of this, Michiru turns off her mirror and felt very dumbfounded of what she and everybody else saw. "I...I don't know what to say."
"Me neither" added Haruka and then, she remembered something moments ago as her eyes flashed with vigour. "Of course! Those memories that Reimi showed us were actually from Galaxia herself!"
"What was that?" cried Hotaru.
"Regardless, I've never seen her that miserable before. She was a power hungry tyrant that stole our Sailor Crystals, controlled us to hurt and nearly kill Sailor Moon and now, she's finally confessed after what she's done? I will never forgive her!" says Setsuna with anger in her pink-reddish eyes.
Haruka, Hotaru and Michiru all nodded their heads in total agreement. So does Minako, Ami, Rei and Makoto regarding Galaxia's cruel actions towards them.
In the mean time, deep within outer space and inside the gigantic mobile space fortress, Zeidan has called forth his minions for an important meeting in their next mission.
"Now, there is a very good reason as to why I've brought all of you here."
"And what might that be, my lord?" thought Aurem standing next to Arlissa and Xenomic.
"Does it have to do with the Eternal Sailor Guardians?" says Ryoko with an evil smile and holding her hawk talon in her hand.
Zeidan countered. "Not quite. I have a more cunning idea." With a huge grin underneath his beard and a small glow from his one red eye, he strongly advised this to his cohorts. "Bring me Yuka's accomplices alive."
"By using them and break Yuka Takeuchi's carefree spirit?" thought Xenomic, while shrugging her armour plated shoulders.
"Precisely. If any of her colleagues tries to warn the Eternal Sailor Guardians, let them. It won't make any difference" answered Zeidan.
Back at Jahana Group, Reimi is chatting with Mamoru in her Jahana Group mansion after observing the unholy scenes that occurred between him and the corrupt Sailor Guardians attacking Eternal Sailor Moon, Chibi-Moon and Chibi-Chibi Moon from a recorded film. During their pep talk, Reimi offered him some herbal tea and he kindly accepted it. They're later joined by a tall white-haired man with white moustache, black eyes, while wearing a yellow robe with brown jacket, white sash around his waist and black sandals with white socks. He sat down next to Reimi.
Mamoru drank the warm aroma and the taste was very good. "Wow. This tea is delicious." He looks at their surroundings. "I must admit that your mansion looks fantastic."
"Much obliged, Mamoru-san" says Ryuichiro with a slight nod.
"Now, getting back to our topic." After drinking her own tea, she continued. "There was a reason as to why Galaxia stole your crystal and the eight Sailor Guardians. She wanted to become the strongest Sailor Guardian in the entire galaxy by surpassing Sailor Moon and wanted nothing more than to gain access of the Galaxy Cauldron."
"But, why would Galaxia use me and all of us to attack Usako like that?" thought Mamoru.
Reimi explained. "She wanted Sailor Moon's heart to be succumbed with ultimate anger and despair. If that were to happen, she would've been possessed by the ruler of all darkness known as 'Chaos'. Then, their opposing powers within Usagi's body would've resulted in her self-destruction and leaving Sailor Galaxia as the only survivor."
Mamoru's eyes flashed with shock and gasped. "Oh, my god!" He couldn't believe that his beloved wife would've perished, if she had suffered defeat and allow an ancient evil possess her body and later, explode simultaneously. Then, he asked them about someone that Reimi had just brought up. "You said something about...Chaos. Who or what is that?"
Reimi turned to her father, regarding a certain individual. "Would you mind bringing in our special guest?"
He nodded his head. "As you wish, my daughter." Ryuichiro stood up from his seat and by walking up to the door, he goes out to fetch their visitor. A few minutes later, he returns with a tall woman with long wavy orange and red hair wearing her lime green dress and white slippers. "Here she is."
Once he brought her over, Mamoru felt shaken upon glancing at the golden red haired woman staring back at him. "Wh-Who are you?"
By making a deep sigh, she unveiled her identity to him with a frown on her face. "I'm...Galaxia."
"WHAT?!" cried Mamoru. Upon recalling the film that he and the Eternal Sailor Guardians had recently watched about being manipulated by her to hurt Usagi, he quickly got up and was about to throw a punch at her in anger until Ryuichiro caught it in the nick of time.
"Don't even think about it!" he yelled.
"But, why?! She used me and Usako's best friends to attack her!" shouted Mamoru.
Ryuichiro countered with an angry glare. "I said, SIT DOWN!".
Mamoru was taken aback from his harsh response. He loosened his fist and returned to his seat, while Galaxia sat down next to Ryuichiro and his beautiful daughter.
"We will not allow violence inside this mansion. Now, then, Miss Galaxia, explain to Mamoru about Chaos" advised Ryuichiro.
"Of course. Chaos is a primeval entity that has existed, since the very beginning of our universe. Its hell-bent on destroying everything and everyone by acquiring massive amounts of negative energy. You might even consider the polar opposite of your wife, Usagi Tsukino or rather, Sailor Moon" she said.
After taking another sip of his tea, he retorted. "I'm awfully surprised that you know so much about it. But, I don't know much about yourself."
She continued. "There's no need for that. In regards to Chaos, it was a shadow behind my group, Shadow Galactica. It lurked in the middle of the Milky Way Galaxy: the Sagittarius Zero Star. It only cared for power and many members of my crew that inherited Chaos' ideology. Truth be told, it's a dark force of the Galaxy Cauldron since it failed to become an actual star and was desperate to become permanent. One that is powerful enough to usurp the Cauldron as the highly powerful star in the entire cosmos. To do so, it sent out numerous incarnations of itself that were born out of pure darkness and in pursuit of the Silver Crystal."
Mamoru stood there in total shock upon listening to Galaxia's story about Chaos and its true purpose. As he glanced at his teacup, he thought to himself. "Now, I understand why Usako was constantly being targeted: they were after her Silver Crystal and use it for themselves." He was so busy contemplating that he almost fail to hear Reimi and Ryuichiro calling out to him.
"Mamoru?"
"Are you alright? You look very troubled" he wondered.
"Eh? I'm fine. It's just that I've never heard about Chaos until now." He traced back about what Galaxia had mentioned earlier. "When you said, 'incarnations', you mean like the enemies that Usako has fought in the past?"
Reimi nodded. "Yes. Based on the Intel that we've gathered, thanks to Galaxia, they were made from Chaos' essence and those enemies were Queen Metalia, Death Phantom, Pharaoh 90 and Queen Nehelenia. It doesn't rely on his servants. But rather, he tempted them with dreams of supreme power and wanted it for his own."
"Was there anyone that prevented its dastardly plans?" he asked.
By sipping her own cup of tea, Reimi responded. "Only one. Your wife, Usagi Tsukino, also known as Eternal Sailor Moon. Instead of surrendering her Silver Crystal, she tossed herself into the Cauldron, gathered countless Sailor Crystals inside her body and used it to drag the evil entity straight down; breaking it apart and disintegrate into the deepest depths. Normally, it would've eventually killed her, just like yourself. But, she miraculously survived the ordeal, freed the Sailor Guardians' Sailor Crystals from within the Galaxy Cauldron and resurrected both you and her best friends. That's when you and Usagi officially tied the knot a few years later."
After sharing her shocking information on Sailor Moon defeating the true evil and rescuing her companions from the Galaxy Cauldron, along with himself, Mamoru cried softly. "Sh-She did that? That Usako. She still is the brightest and eternal star in the whole universe. I-I don't know what to say. Anything else?" He wiped his tears from his eyes and continued to sip his tea.
By making a small sigh, she responded. "Just a few of them. First off, although your wife successfully defeated Chaos, her victory isn't permanent since the Cauldron is the source of all life and would return one day in its primary form as Sailor Chaos. Second, much like yourself and the eight Sailor Guardians, it also contained a Sailor Crystal and its known as the Chaos Crystal; giving it immense power and far greater than anyone else. And finally, there was another group of Sailor Guardians called the Sailor Starlights from another galaxy and assisted your wife. To our surprise, one of them took a strong liking towards her."
Upon hearing that last statement, Mamoru coughed up his tea. "Y-You can't be serious? One of them did?"
Ryuichiro replied. "That's right. Unfortunately, you won't be able to see them."
"What do you mean by that?" he looked puzzled.
Reimi retorted with her arms folded. "They were all killed from one of Galaxia's servants and it allowed your wife to move forward to free you and everyone else from her dark clutches."
Galaxia's red eyes were widened in pure shock. She couldn't believe that the Sailor Starlights had perished after she destroyed their home planet and countless others. "It's not possible!"
"No way!" He turns to Galaxia and noticed some sadness in her eyes with her head down. "Why are you feeling so upset after everything that you've done to hurt my wife? Have you no shame for the heinous crimes that you've committed by controlling me and everyone?! Just to obtain power and conquering the entire universe as the strongest Sailor Guardian?!"
By lifting her head up slightly, she replied back. "As of right now, I honestly do and my role as a Sailor Guardian is indeed forever stained. When I understood your wife's purity, hope and love regarding the true existence of our universe, my very own bracelets were shattered and I vanished thereafter. Essentially, I now know what it means to be a true Sailor Guardian and having my own Sailor Crystal. I wasn't actually pursuing power and spread destruction all across the galaxy, it was love" she told him.
"But if you were that deeply obsessed with power, why didn't you realize it in the first place? Were you blinded by your own temptation?"
"You could say that I was like a moth drawn to a flame. Needless to say, it was my own selfish actions that caused me to become a power-hungry fool and thought that everything your wife believed in were all mere illusions. That's when she told me the real truth about the unending battle between light and darkness and so forth" Galaxia said sadly.
After finishing his cup of tea and placing it on the table, he asked. "I see. You were not only cruel and arrogant, but also lonely. How is it that you were brought back to life?"
Galaxia answered. "Remember the Galaxy Cauldron? Not only did your wife freed the Sailor Crystals from down below that crater and resurrected both yourself and them, I too was revived afterwards. When that occurred, I found myself in an alley a long while back. That is, until Reimi rescued me from a group of thugs and transported me here."
Mamoru shook his head in disbelief to see Galaxia reborn. He buried his eyes with his hand. "I cannot believe this! What else could go wrong?"
Elsewhere, inside the Mokihan restaurant and in the middle of evening, Kaori locked up the place and starts heading back to Jahana Group by meeting up with Reimi before making a quick conversation with Ami.
"I enjoyed our little chat today, Ami-san. But, are you still feeling under the weather after seeing the footage Reimi-san had showed you and everyone else?" she thought.
The aquatic intelligent bookworm hung her head down for a brief moment. Seconds later, she replied back with a small sigh. "Mostly. I still can't feel sorry for myself after being used by Galaxia. We had no recollection of showing up in the Galactica Palace at all until recently. Because of this, I…" She was about to shed some tears until Kaori placed her hand on her shoulder with a bright smile.
"Don't let it bother you, Ami-san. What's done is done. The most important thing is that we must turn our worst mistakes into our best strength. There's an old saying, 'Live your life the way you love it'."
Ami could feel her heart filled with strong relief and by understanding her kind words, tears of joy appeared in her deep blue eyes and threw her arms around Kaori's neck. "Kaori! Thank you."
Kaori smiled back and stroked her short dark blue hair. "Anytime."
Suddenly, they felt a strong gust of wind blowing her long dark aqua blue hair.
"What's going on?"
"I don't know but why is the wind so fast all of a sudden?"
Before they could figure out why, a large dark shadow with dark red eyes was hovering over Kaori's back and as it makes its way towards her feet, it grabbed her from her right heel. As Kaori felt it, it pulled her straight down before Ami could grab hold of her.
"AMI-SAN!"
"KAORI!"
The strange black hole that snagged Kaori has left Ami all alone and sank down to her knees. "Oh, no! She's gone!" Before she starts crying, she lifted her head up and realized that more of Yuka's friends could be next. "But, that means…I must warn the others!" She ran back to her apartment and notify the rest of the Sailor Guardians.
Inside Jun's fabled restaurant and on the main floor, Makoto, in her dark green sporting gear, kept throwing left and right punches on the water-filled punching bag for several minutes. After that, some sweat was formed on her forehead and Jun gave her a towel.
"Thanks." By wiping the sweat from her forehead, she drank her water bottle.
Jun replied. "You're not half-bad. If you keep this up, you might become my new tag partner one day."
"That's mighty generous of you but, I'm focused of opening up my own flower and cake shop." Then, she moves over to the weights and chose two 20lbs dumbbells. She starts flexing her arms up and down. "Still, what's really important to me and everybody is finding Usagi-chan and her daughter."
Although disappointed of her offer being turned down, Jun asked. "I see. Are you going to live the rest of your life without Ittou? It won't be much fun without your future husband."
"EH?!" Makoto's face turned pure red and steam came from out of her ears, while dropping the dumbbells in shock. "H-Hey, Jun! That's not funny!"
"Oh, relax. It's just a joke. What else is going to happen?"
That's when the main lights from both the upper floor and the gymnasium went black as some of the diners began to panic.
Diner#1: "Hey, who turned out the lights?"
Diner#2: "Why is there a blackout?"
Diner#3: "Someone call the manager!"
While Makoto goes upstairs and tries to calm everyone down, Jun felt someone placing her headlock on her neck and preventing her to speak. It was Xenomic; followed by Aurem grabbing her legs and finally Arlissa by punching her in the belly hard as the former Olympic wrestler fell unconscious. The trio all smiled evilly and drags her deep into a black hole.
A few minutes later, the lights came back on and the diners felt very relieved to see power has been restored.
Makoto goes back downstairs into the gymnasium and to check on Jun. But by the time she returned, there was no trace of her. She started to worry. "Jun! Wh-Where did you go?"
The next victim was Manami after her long recovery from the hospital. She was just about to reopen her carnival until a woman in green clothing snatched her by grabbing from her feet and dragged her down into the black portal before she screamed and subsided altogether.
Near the Hikawa Shrine, Chiho and Rei both sensed the evil presence from Zeidan's group and as they await the enemy's next move, a mysterious shadow appeared from inside the large cheery blossom tree and grabs Chiho from behind by covering her mouth and grabbing her lower waist.
Rei gasped in shock and as she tries to reach out to her friend, she vanished from the portal that came from inside the tree and left behind her kunai and darts on the ground. "Chiho, no!"
Over in the downtown area of Osaka and inside a restaurant entitled, 'Custo', there stood a tall woman with long blue hair and black eyes wearing a white dress shirt with black bowtie, tight-fit ripped blue jeans and white leather gloves with low-heel shoes. She seemed to be rather calm, but with a serious expression on her face as she felt a strange presence within her workplace.
By putting up her fighting stance, she kept looking left and right but there was no sight of the enemy. When she turned around, however, a large hand decorated in black armour grabs her by the face and pulls her inside a black portal. Just like with the other victims, she too had vanished and the restaurant was left empty since it was near closing time.
From across the streets and outside of a Chinese restaurant entitled 'Tatakarasyuka', there stood a tall young girl with dark brown blunt bangs, braid odango short hair with braided hair loopies, garnet eyes, wearing black and white Chinese Dress with yellow belt, black leg warmers, black wristbands and black court shoes. A green flame emanated from her fist and sensed a dark presence within her proximity. To her surprise, she quickly turned her head and saw a large black shadow looking to capture its prey.
Luckily, she managed to roll out of harm's way and ran as fast as she can without looking back to see the enemy pursuing her. By taking another turn from around the corner, she resumed her run until she was short of breath.
Upon glancing at her surroundings, she only sees numerous vehicles parked on the side of the road with headlights, trees, trash bins and stop signs. But as she looked up, she gasped in awestruck to see a beautiful Empire Victorian House. Believing that her pursuer might catch up to her, she ran to the main gate and pressed the button a few times that was underneath the speaker and an intercom next to it. It wasn't long until she heard someone's voice answering her call.
"HEY! Who is this?! Do you know what time it is?" It was Haruka's voice and was none too pleased of a stranger activating the buzzer during the late evening.
The young girl responded in a panic with tears in her eyes. "Never mind that! Please help me! I'm being chased by someone!"
By understanding the young girl's emotional voice and her life in potential danger, Haruka replied. "Alright, alright. I'll open the gate for you. Give me a moment."
That quickly, Haruka opened the front gate and as she ran past it, it was immediately closed shut. Then, she ran up to the front of the house and knocked on the doors repeatedly.
As the doors were opened slightly, she is greeted by Haruka and as the famous world-class race car driver peered into her eyes, she noticed some small tears trickling down on her cheeks. Rather than asking for an introduction, she strongly advised to the young Chinese waitress. "Quickly, inside!"
Immediately inside the Empire Victorian House with the front doors and gates now completely locked, along with the lights turned off. Haruka escorts the young girl to her bedroom, where Michiru was resting after being alerted from the front gate buzzer moments ago.
She rubbed her eyes. "Haruka-san, do you realize how late it is?" The long turquoise haired world class violinist asked her wife about the unexpected guest. "Huh? Who is that?"
"I'm Yumiko Watanuki and I was being followed by someone. Please let me stay here with you." Tears filled up her eyes again and pleaded. "I can't stand being left alone and hunted down!"
Knowing that her life would be in danger and understanding her concern, Michiru softly smiled. "Of course. You can sleep here with us in the middle." She moved aside and letting her to have enough room on the bed.
Yumiko cried happily. "Oh, thank you so much!" She right away removes her black and white Chinese waitress outfit, leaving only her bra and panties on before climbing into their bed and sleeping next to Michiru.
Haruka sighed and slept next close to the young girl. "Be thankful that you came at the right time." But much to her dismay, Yumiko already fell fast asleep with a warm smile on her cute face.
Michiru gently stroked Yumiko's hair. "She's so adorable, when she's sleeping." She turns to Haruka about her residing inside their mansion with a serious expression. "Any idea as to why she's being targeted?"
"It might have to do with Zeidan." Haruka stares at Yumiko sleeping peacefully and smiled. "She's just like Hotaru. Nonetheless, she'll have some explaining to do."
The next morning at the Tsukino residence, Yuka slowly stood herself up and stretched her arms above her head. By rubbing her brown eyes and making a big yawn, she removed her pyjamas and put on her trademark dark blue jacket, jeans, wristbands, white tank-top shirt and dark blue shoes with white socks. After tying her red ribbon onto her hair and making it into a ponytail, she smiled brightly by looking at herself in the mirror. Suddenly, she heard a loud scream coming from the guest room.
Yuka instantly recognized who it was. "Daisuke!" She ran out of the bedroom and as she went inside the guest room, she saw Daisuke crying on the bed with his face buried in his hands. But that wasn't her only concern and noticed something peculiar. "Daisuke, what happened to Satomi?"
"She's...She's gone!" Right after that, he kept on crying loudly and it alerted Ikuko, Kenji and Shingo Tsukino from their respective bedrooms and come running in.
"There, there, Daisuke. Calm down."
"Tell us what happened."
"Yeah, where's your sister?"
During their conversation, Yuka heard the telephone ring coming from the living room and went downstairs to pick it up. By picking the receiver, she answered. "Hello?"
(Telephone Discussion Starts)
Reimi: "Yuka, this is Reimi."
Yuka: "I'm surprised that you're calling me this early in the morning. What's up?"
Reimi: "Have you heard anything from Jun, Chiho and Manami lately?"
Yuka: "No, I haven't. Didn't Kaori show up to your mansion?"
Reimi: "She didn't and I assume that it's the same happened at the Tsukino residence, where Satomi was resting with her brother, last night."
Yuka (gasped): "Wh-What are you saying?"
Reimi: "I've just received a phone call yesterday from my former childhood rival, Kotoe Kashima and she has told me that one of her bodyguards went missing."
Yuka: "Do you think that it has to do with Zeidan? If that's true, then perhaps, Tamao-chan could be with them."
Reimi: "There's a strong possibility. Somehow, he's attempting to repeat the same method that Galaxia has done to Usagi Tsukino: turning your own friends against you."
Yuka: "What? How cruel! What should I do, Reimi? Can't we wait for Minako and the others to show up?"
Reimi: "There's no time for that. I'll drive you over to the warehouse. The same place, where my late mother nearly took off."
Yuka: "Understood. I'll see you soon."
(Telephone Discussion Ends)
After chatting with Reimi on the phone, she hung up the receiver and contemplated about not only reuniting with her apprentice, but also her captured friends who were abducted the other day. She gazed herself at the ceiling. "Everyone, I'm coming to rescue you."
As she exits out of the Tsukino residence, there stood Reimi sitting in the driver seat of her Ferrari. With a nod of her head, she sat in the passenger side and they drove straight to the Airport at alarming speeds with their hair blowing.
During their driveway, Reimi informs Yuka about one of the Kotoe's remaining bodyguards.
"I almost forgot to tell you that Yumiko is safe and sound with Haruka and others."
"She has? That's good to hear." She paused and realized something. "Wait a second. If she's safe with them, this could only mean..."
Reimi interjected. "Yes, Terumi Kannazuki was abducted by Zeidan's henchmen and when that happened, Yumiko sensed that she was going to be next. So, she approached to the Outer Sailor Guardians' house and was brought inside."
"What about Mamoru? Didn't you bring him along with us?" Yuka offered.
"That won't be necessary. My father is looking after him and someone else for that matter" she told her.
Yuka raised her eyebrow in question. "Huh?"
Right after their chit-chat, they've arrived at the warehouse. Apparently, it was the same location where Miranda Jahana stole an airplane and nearly escaped until Yuka, Reimi and all of her comrades combined their powers and destroyed it with Reimi's mother inside; causing it to explode and resulting in her demise. Unlike the cold-hearted blonde woman, Chiho was onboard and on the verge from Miranda's gunshot before she escaped from the explosion.
By exiting from the Ferrari, Yuka and Reimi await for the arrival of their arch-enemy, Zeidan and his newest recruits.
Yet, in Reimi's mind, she believes that they're not alone at all. "There's no point in hiding. Come on out and reveal yourself!"
Sure enough, the individual came from out of its hiding spot and unveiled itself to them. She has short black hair and eyes, wearing dark green kimono with yellow stripes, dark blue and red sash wrapped around her waist, white bandaged gloves with red trim, white skirt and black and red heels. "You knew I was there? Not bad."
Yuka instantly recognized her. "K-Kyoko Kirishima!"
"It's been a long time, Yuka. I sensed that Chiho has vanished and I also noticed that Tamao isn't with you." She narrowed her eyes at them. "What has happened to them?"
"We'll get our answers soon enough."
Once they ended their conversation, they headed north of the warehouse. But as they approach moved on further, they've spotted a white Ferrari F512M in the distance and believing that they're not the only ones arriving here. Filled with curiosity, they all glanced at each other's faces and nodded.
When they walked in closer, they felt shocked to see Haruka, Michiru, Setsuna and Hotaru.
Reimi glared her eyes at them. "I take it that you came here, before we did."
"That's right. But, someone convinced us to team up with you" told Haruka with her arms crossed.
"Oh? Who might that be?" thought Yuka with her eyebrow raised.
"It was me" says a new voice.
Just then, Michiru, Setsuna and Hotaru escort the young girl from out of the white vehicle and revealed herself to everyone.
As she did, she smiled brightly with tears of joy in her garnet eyes to see a very familiar face. "Yuka!"
"Yumiko!" She ran towards her and threw her arms around her neck as they embraced. "Am I glad to see you, old friend. You almost had me and even Kotoe worried."
Setsuna retorted. "We've got other things to worry about. As it pains for me to say this, but we should really work together and find your friends including our own."
Michiru countered. "Do we have to? They're no different than us and the Sailor Starlights."
Hotaru glanced at Yumiko's worried expression and realizes that co-existing with the V.G. warriors is the only way to find Usagi and Chibiusa. "I'll have to agree with Setsuna. They really need our help to ward off this new evil. If we don't, we will lose our dearest friends and even the galaxy itself."
"H-Hotaru..." says Haruka, while feeling almost speechless.
After releasing the hug, Yuka asked Yumiko as to why she tagged along with the Outer Sailor Guardians.
"How did you manage to convince them joining up with us?"
"Well, after I slept over at their place, we had a long discussion about it."
(Begin Flashback)
Yumiko: "Listen, just because myself, Yuka and the others are no better than all of you, it doesn't mean that we can't help you find Usagi, her daughter and Tamao. The more warriors we have, the better chance of finding them."
Haruka: "I hate to break this to you but, finding Usagi is far more important than Yuka's apprentice."
Yumiko: "Hey! Don't say that! In case you weren't fully aware, Yuka is now living with the Tsukino's."
Michiru: "What did you say?"
Yumiko: "I was told by my long-time friend, Terumi over the phone. Both Reimi and her restaurant manager helped organized Yuka's paperwork to live with Usagi's family. The reason why is because she doesn't had the necessary funds to live an apartment and has been living all by herself, ever since she lost her parents as a baby."
Setsuna: "No way!"
Hotaru: "How awful."
Yumiko (nods her head): "We've got to try and help each other! What good will it do for you, if only Usagi and her daughter were found and not Tamao? It will greatly upset Yuka!"
Haruka (sighed): "You're right. We should all stick together."
Yumiko (smiled): "That's right!"
Michiru (answers the telephone and it was Ami): "Hello. Slow down, Ami. You're talking too fast. Start from the very beginning and slowly. (her eyes flashed in shock). "What did you say? I understand. I will let them know immediately." (hangs up the phone and turns to Yumiko). "That was Ami and Yuka's friends have been abducted and Terumi is one of them."
Yumiko (shocked): "O-Oh, no!"
(End Flashback)
Yuka felt perplexed of Yumiko's conversation with the four Outer Sailor Guardians. "Yumiko, I'm surprised. Don't give up hope. We'll find her and the rest of our friends as soon as possible."
The Chinese waitress wiped her tears. "You really think so? Even though we treat each other like sisters, we're not related by blood. Still, I'll fight alongside with you, Yuka and that goes for everybody."
Hotaru smiled, followed by Michiru, Haruka, and Setsuna and so does Kyoko and Reimi.
In the midst of their pep talk, the clear blue sky with pure white clouds had instantly turned dark and a flash of lightning filled the air, along with roaring thunder. This had caught the four Outer Sailor Guardians and four V.G. warriors altogether.
"Huh? I didn't know that we're having a storm" says Yumiko.
"This is no ordinary storm. It sounds like big time trouble. We'd better get ready for action." Haruka pulls out her transformation stick and so does Michiru, Setsuna and Hotaru as they prepare themselves for the oncoming enemy.
"Prepare yourselves, Yuka, Kyoko and Yumiko. We're about to engage in a brawl" informed Reimi to the trio.
They glanced at each other in the eyes and nodded their heads in agreement as they positioned themselves in their fighting stances.
A few minutes later, eight mysterious dark orbs appeared from above the sky and as Yuka, her three V.G. allies and the Outer Sailor Guardians all looked up, it was a mixture of confusion and concern.
Suddenly, it slammed down hard onto the canvas and it let out a strong wind towards the entire V.G. and Outer Sailor Guardians group as they shielded their eyes and withstood their ground.
But the moment it dissipated, Yuka, Kyoko, Yumiko and Reimi all gasped in sheer horror with their eyes widened in pure disbelief.
Standing from across them were Kaori, Jun, Chiho, Satomi, Manami, Terumi and two mysterious individuals dressed in black cloaks. However, their eyes were completely blank and their whole bodies were enshrouded in a dark purple and red aura.
"Oh, my god! Kaori! Jun! Satomi! Manami!" cried Yuka.
"Chiho!" says a shocked Kyoko.
"Terumi!" said Yumiko with tears in her eyes. "What has happened to you?"
From underneath the black hood, one of them spoke with an evil grin on its face. "Save your pity for the weak, fool."
Yuka's brown eyes were frozen in fear and her forehead had already start sweating bullets. "No, it...it can't be! Y-You're..."
As the mysterious stranger removed the black cloak, Yuka and the V.G. warriors felt very shocked to see a very familiar face. "T-Tamao-chan!"
Haruka also gasped. "That's Yuka's missing apprentice?"
"Judging from Yuka's reaction, it sure looks that way" replied Michiru.
"But, who's the other one?" thought Setsuna.
That's when the second person standing next to Tamao also grinned evilly and responded. "Wouldn't you like to know?"
Not only did it deeply shock Setsuna, but the same goes for Hotaru, Haruka and Michiru as the second person also removed its black cloak and already wearing in its pink Sailor Guardian form. Much to their dismay, she had the same blankness in her eyes and dark purple and red aura like the other seven women.
"N-NO! Not you too! Chibi-Moon?!" Setsuna's eyes were filled fear and so did the other three Outer Sailor Guardians.
Yuka couldn't believe that not only did she find her long-lost apprentice, but also her friends and Usagi's daughter under the enemy's dark influence. "This...This is very bad."
To Be Continued...
End of Chapter 8