Ami awoke to the sound of her communicator going off. She reached over to the side of the bed where she had set it the night prior and flipped it open to answer the call.
"Hmzwha?" The bluenette answered groggily.
"Ami? Ami are you there?" Minako asked over the communicator.
"Yeah, yeah, I'm here." Ami said, rubbing her eyes.
"Hmmm… What is it?" Makoto asked, waking up next to Ami.
"Wait a second… Are you in bed with Mako?!" Minako asked, surprised, causing both girls to turn bright red, "Ami, you sly dog."
"Wait, no! I mean, I am, but it's not… ANYWAY WHY ARE YOU CALLING?" Ami asked, clearly flustered.
"Oh, right, right, well I can't get a hold of any of the Outers so we're all gonna head over to their place to see what's up. Think you lovebirds can get yourselves out of bed and meet us at their front gate in an hour?"
"Uh, yeah, we'll be there soon." Ami said, still blushing profusely.
"Awesome. Venus out." The blonde-haired girl said before Ami closed her communicator and laid her head back down on the pillow.
"We're gonna be hearing about this for a while, aren't we?" Ami asked.
"Oh, definitely."
…
Before long, the five had gathered by the front gate of the house which the Outers shared. Usagi couldn't help but be amazed by just how big and nice it was, despite having seen it many times in the past. As they approached the front door, Usagi couldn't help but feel a pit form in her stomach. It was already suspicious that the Outer Guardians hadn't made an effort to contact them after the scene in the city yesterday had been widely reported on, but now they weren't answering their communicators?
"They're probably just busy, that's all." Usagi tried to convince herself as she went to ring the doorbell, "Yeah… yeah, I'm sure everything's-"
"Usagi look out!" She heard Rei cry from behind her before ripping her away from the door.
A mere split second afterward, the front of the house exploded, flinging the five guardians back onto the front lawn.
"What… What was that?" Mina asked between coughing fits, no doubt caused by all the smoke.
From that smoke, the girls saw four figures walking towards them. They were unable to make out any features at first, but as the figures moved closer they could see more and more.
The first detail which the Guardians could see was that the figures were wearing uniforms nearly identical to those worn by the Four Kings of Heaven. Enemies the Sailor Guardians had defeated years prior.
Above them, they saw Reign suddenly appear in a flash of dark energy, their cloak billowing in the newly created wind, "Why hello there, Sailor Guardians. Sorry I'm a bit late to the party, but I believe you're all already acquainted?" They said, gesturing towards the figures. As they did so the last of the smoke cleared, and the girls could finally make out their faces, horrified by what they were seeing.
It was their friends.
Haruka.
Michiru.
Setsuna.
Hotaru.
"Allow me to introduce… my FOUR QUEENS OF HEAVEN!"
"What have you done to them?!" Usagi asked angrily, pulling out her compact.
"How about you come up here and find out?" Reign taunted.
"Don't do it Usagi, they're baiting-" Mina advised her friend, to no avail.
"Moon Spectrum Power! MAKE UP!" Usagi shouted, transforming and launching herself at Reign and tackling them through the air.
"Dammit, alright everyone, transform!"
"Mercury Crystal Power!"
"Mars Crystal Power!
"Jupiter Crystal Power!"
"Venus Crystal Power!"
"MAKE UP!"
The Inners ran towards their friends, hoping to be able to reason with them, but the Queens of Heaven split off and each focused on one of the Inners. Haruka began to attack Jupiter at close range, Michiru launched her water attacks towards Mercury, Setsuna swatted at Mars with her rod and Hotaru launched energy attacks towards Venus.
"Haruka, stop, don't do this!" Jupiter pleaded while dodging the older girl's attacks.
"Heh, that's just like you." Haruka said, "The little weakling is afraid to fight back! World Shaking!" She cried out, launching her attack at Jupiter which sent her flying across the battlefield.
"Jupiter!" Mercury cried, taking her attention away from Michiru, leaving her open to being struck by a beam from Michiru's mirror, "Gah!"
"That was always your problem, wasn't it? So scatterbrained. Never able to focus on what needed to be done!" Michiru said, conjuring a ball of water and energy in her hands, "Deep Submerge!"
Mercury was struck by several tons of water, which knocked her back onto the lawn.
"Setsuna, please, this isn't you!" Mars shouted as she attempted to dodge the Guardian of Time's attacks.
"Oh please, don't act like you know the first thing about me." Setsuna replied bitterly, "Dead Scream." She said, launching her attack towards Mars, knocking her into a tree in the front yard.
"Hotaru, please! Don't make me hurt you!" Venus cried, standing off against the younger girl.
"Hurt me?" Hotaru said before slamming down the butt of her Silence Glaive with a smirk, "That's cute. Silence Wall!" She shouted, sending a large wall of energy hurtling toward Venus and knocking her all the way back to the gate on the outskirts of the premises.
"Venus!" Mars cried, while still struggling against Setsuna.
Sailor Moon finally managed to force Reign to the ground, as the two tumbled into the ruins of what used to be the Outers' home.
"You…" Usagi said, standing up and beginning to make her way toward her cloaked adversary, who was still kneeled down onto the ground.
"I don't know what sick spell you have my friends under, but you'd better let them go right now before I-" Was all the Guardian could manage to say before she saw a gray and crimson figure dash towards her out of the corner of her eye and blast her into one of the still standing walls of the house.
"Oh, that's right." Reign said, standing up and dusting themselves off, "There was one more I forgot to introduce. Sailor Moon, meet… SAILOR CHAOS!"
They wore an outfit similar to the first iteration of Usagi's own. However rather than white, the majority of the outfit was an ashy gray, with dark crimson on the skirt and boots. The outfit, however, was the least of Usagi's concerns. A wave of horror washed over her as she looked up at the face of her new assailant.
"Naru?!"
Dun Dun DUUUUUUUN.
At long last, we have returned to our regularly scheduled programming, with a chapter full of twists and turns.
Again, I'm still not the best when it comes to writing combat, but hopefully it was alright.
But what's going on? Why have the Outers aligned themselves with the new enemy? And how is Naru a Sailor Guardian?!
Well, to find out all that and more, I suppose you'll just have to come back for Chapter 8: Naru: Sailor Chaos.
But until then, let me know what you all think! Reviews are very much appreciated!
