In the Dark Kingdom, Jadeite was before Queen Beryl once again, giving her an update of his next mission.
"Jadeite. How are we getting along with the collection of human energy for our great ruler?" she asked.
"Everything is going just as planned, Queen Beryl," said Jadeite. "But if you can give me a bit more time, success for the Dark Kingdom is assured."
"I see. And are you positive your plan will work this time?" asked Queen Beryl raising a brow.
"Yes. We have had some inference in the past," said Jadeite. "But this time, I will be working with Flau, and I feel confident that the result will not disappoint you."
Queen Beryl paused, thinking it over, but then she decided. "Very well, Jadeite. But keep in mind that this solely rests on your shoulders, so move forward and do not fail me this time."
"Yes, my queen," acknowledged Jadeite as he gave Queen Beryl a bow before disappearing to try and accomplish his next mission.
It was the middle of the night in the town of Juuban. Most of its residents were fast asleep except for a couple who were wide awake. Usagi was on the floor, hugging a pillow as she listened to the radio on top of her desk.
"'All my old diaries are full of thoughts of you... and now I fill them with memories of the past. I want to see you again, even if it's just one more time. So I can tell you how I feel deep inside my heart.' That last letter came from the pen name "Haruna the Dreamer" who lives in Juuban."
The moment Usagi heard the name Haruna, she nearly fell over in surprise.
"Haruna?! No way! That's the same name as the teacher!" she said. Then she shook her head. "Nah, it can't be her. It just couldn't be. Teachers like her never have boyfriends. Not to mention that she's way too old to be writing that kind of stuff."
"This program and currently accepting love letter submissions from all listeners," continued the announcer. "If we pick your letter, you'll receive a lovely flower brooch that is said to bring you luck in love. And with that, that's all for tonight's Midnight Zero brought to you by FM Ten to help you find your love. Be sure to tune in tomorrow. I'm J. Daito, and until then, goodnight."
"Oh wow..." sighed Usagi as she got up and sat on her bed. "I wish that I could win one of those flower brooches."
As the radio transmission ended, Luna and Harusuke entered the room.
"Hey, Usagi. What are you doing up?" asked Luna.
"Yeah. Don't you know that you should be asleep by now?" asked Harusuke while rubbing his eyes.
Usagi didn't pay attention to either of them, deep in her thoughts, thinking about how to win one of the flower brooches she heard about on the radio. "Now that I think about it... I don't think I've written a love letter before," she muttered, putting a finger to her chin.
"Usagi."
"Not to mention I should figure out who I should write it to..."
"Usagi."
"Maybe I write one to Motoki..."
"USAGI!
Usagi jumped after Luna, and Harusuke had finally got her attention. "What?! What is it, you two?!" she yelped.
"We've been trying to get your attention for a while now, sis," said Harusuke. "You should be in bed instead of staying up like this."
"Harusuke's right," said Luna. "If you don't get to sleep, you're going to end up waking up late for school again. You don't have the time for these shows, especially since you're a guardian chosen for a special mission. So when are you going to get it?"
Usagi puffed her cheeks, letting out a huff. "All right, all right already. I get it," she said as she climbed into bed, slipping under the covers. "Time for bed."
Luna sighed. "Honestly... I do not understand that girl."
"Well, she is a normal teenager Luna," said Harusuke. "So, I suppose we should let her do as she likes," Then he let out a small yawn as he left Usagi's room. "Anyway, I'm going to get some sleep. Night Luna."
"Good night Harusuke," said Luna as she jumped onto the bed with Usagi and then went to sleep.
It was morning in the Tsukino house. Kenji was reading the latest newspaper while Ikuko made breakfast. The headline on the paper said: A NEW MODERN DISEASE?! MYSTERIOUS SLEEPING SICKNESS OUTBREAK.
"How odd," said Kenji as he read over the article. "A sleeping sickness where you don't ever wake up. I wouldn't mind catching that so I can get some sleep for a change."
"Don't say that," scolded Ikuko, who had set Kenji's breakfast on the table. "Need I remind you that we're counting on you to work hard and feed the rest of this family."
"Uh... I was only kidding, honey," Kenji quickly relented. "If I were asleep, then I wouldn't be able to eat all of your delicious meals."
Ikuko's scolding face quickly changed into a smile. "Oh, Kenji. You're such a kidder," she said as she fed him a piece of toast which Kenji accepted.
Then suddenly, Usagi's voice caused the two to jump in surprise.
"Oh no! I'm 'gonna be late again!"
"Oh? I didn't know Usagi was still home," Kenji spoke with the toast in his mouth.
Ikuko then clasped a hand over her mouth. "Oh no... I forgot to wake up Usagi," she gasped.
Suddenly before Ikuko and Kenji had a chance to react, Usagi had dashed down the stairs, came into the kitchen to grab a piece of toast, and then dashed towards the front door."
"Good morning! Goodbye!" Usagi quickly spoke as she dashed out the front door running as fast as her legs could carry her, leaving her parents wholly dumbfounded.
Soon enough, Usagi had made it to the school just in time before the gates were closed. She ran into the building, and after climbing up some stairs and running through the halls, she managed to make it into the classroom before Ms. Haruna.
"Phew! I made it just in time!" she gasped.
"Hey Usagi, you made it," said Haruske. "I'm impressed. You managed to make it before Ms. Haruna showed up."
"I... know..." said Usagi trying to catch her breath. "I... got lucky..."
"Honestly," said Haruske as he handed Usagi a bottle of water. "Here. Drink this and take a seat. You could use a breather after all that running. Ms. Haruna will be here any minute."
"Thanks Harusuke..." said Usagi. "You're... a good brother."
She then greedily gulped down the water and sat in her seat. After she had caught her breath, Usagi waited for Ms. Haruna along with her classmates. About half an hour had passed, but Ms. Haruna hadn't arrived yet.
"That's strange," said Harusuke. "Ms. Haruna should have shown up by now."
"Hey, Naru. Do you know where Ms. Haruna is?" asked Usagi.
"I don't know," said Naru. "Maybe she's running late."
"That's highly unusual for Ms. Haruna," said Umino as he adjusted his glasses. "She's never usually this late."
Just then, the door opened, and Ms. Haruna finally walked in, but she looked exhausted. So much so that she even had small bags under her eyes. She staggered towards her desk, dropping a couple of her books as she did. Then her foot hit the side of the desk, causing her to stumble. She almost fell over but managed to catch herself by grabbing the desk. She straightened up, looking at the Class, appearing to recollect herself, but her expression then changed to a lazy one as she let out a groan, causing some of the students to fall out of their desks in surprise. Even Harusuke and Usagi were a little baffled by this.
Ms. Haruna grabbed the attendance book and opened it looking it over, trying to keep her eyes open. "OK, I guess I better take attendance," she said sleepily. "Anyone not present, raise your hand now."
Her eyes grew heavy, causing her to drop the attendance book causing Usagi to notice something on Haruna's left chest. There pinned on her shirt was a strange purple flower.
"On second thought... let's make this a free period," said Ms. Haruna sounding more sleepy than before her looking to be on the brink of closing. "Feel free to study whatever you want... I feel - so sleepy..."
As she tried to stay awake, the flower she was wearing began to glow as it drained the energy out of Ms. Haruna. Finally, unable to keep her eyes open any longer and hardly having any strength left, Ms. Haruna let out a yawn, and using her arms as a pillow, she put her head down and fell sound asleep snoring. Naturally, everyone in the classroom couldn't believe their eyes or were confused.
"What in the world," murmured Harusuke.
"This is so weird," said Umino. He turned to Usagi and Harusuke. "Do either of you guys know what's happened with Ms. Haruna?"
"You're asking us? How should we know?" shrugged Usagi. She then smiled. "But one thing's for sure; I lucked out today!"
Meanwhile, Luna was walking on the sidewalk in the middle of town. She was feeling very irritated with Usagi as of late.
"Honestly! I don't know what's wrong with that girl," she said to herself. "It's gotten to a point where I don't know how much longer I can take this! Seriously! I keep telling her time and time again, but Usagi doesn't listen to me at all! Why can't she be more like Harusuke? He at least listens to me! I bet her teacher's scolding her right now for being late. It would certainly serve her right."
Just then, a service door opened next to her, and Luna found herself looking up at Motoki. Luna immediately let out a yowl of shock before regaining her composure and meowing, trying to act like an average cat.
"I hope he didn't hear me talking just now!" she prayed to herself.
"Oh. So we meet again, kitty," smiled Motoki as he bent down on his knee and petted Luna on her head. "But I guess you're not with Usagi or Harusuke today, huh? I guess those two must still be at school right now. In the meantime, how about I get you some milk? Wait right there, OK?"
And then Motoki went inside the Game Center to see if there was any milk for Luna. Luna's eyes sparkled with admiration for Motoki's understanding and kindness.
"I guess he doesn't suspect. I had better be more careful," Luna said to herself. "Although I wish that Usagi could learn to be this kind and understanding like Motoki is once and a while."
Just then, as Luna waited for Motoki to return, an ambulance with sirens blaring came shooting by her causing her to watch as it drove by.
"I wonder what's going on?" she wondered to herself as the ambulance disappeared around the corner.
Sure enough, the ambulance had arrived at the school, the paramedics taking away Ms. Haruna on a stretcher who still hadn't woken up. Usagi, Harusuke, and their classmates watched as she was carried outside the school and into the ambulance.
"Oh, man. I sure hope Ms. Haruna is OK," said Usagi. "I wonder if it's exhaustion. If it is, the life of a teacher must be hard."
"Who can say Usagi," said Harusuke. "The paramedics couldn't even wake her up no matter how hard they tried."
"You know that reminds me," said Naru. "I heard someone talk about some strange illness that's been going around causing people to fall asleep and not wake up again."
"I heard about that," said Melvin. "It was even in the papers just this morning."
"No way, you're kidding," said Harusuke.
"So you get to spend your entire life asleep?" asked Usagi before turning her head out the window. "Man... I'm jealous..."
Harusuke, Umino, and Naru looked at Usagi, deeply shocked. "You can't be serious! Why would you be jealous?!" the three exclaimed.
"Because you get to spend your whole life dreaming," said Usagi smiling. "Just imagine how much would that be."
"Usagi... you can't be serious..." deadpanned Harusuke.
"Of course I am," said Usagi. "Why wouldn't I be?"
Harusuke, Naru, and Umino could only sigh as the ambulance drove away from the school en route to the hospital.
In the radio station in another part of town, a man came into the manager's office carrying a box filled with dozens of letters slamming it in front of him.
"Sir! Look at all of these letters! They're all addressed to this "Midnight Zero" station!" he said.
The manager sighed as he inspected the letters. "Not this again. How in the world could there be such a response to a program that doesn't exist?"
"What do you think we should do with them?" asked the man.
"Just throw them away," said the manager. "I don't need for them."
"Whatever you say, boss," shrugged the man.
He was about to take the box to throw the letters away when a young woman walked in. She was wearing a black skirt, a green jacket with an aquamarine bow, short brunette hair, and wore a flower pin, the same one that Ms. Haruna was wearing before.
"I can take care of those letters for you if you want," she said.
The manager then grinned at the young woman. "You will? Thanks so much," he said. "What a team player."
"It's no problem," said the woman as she took the letters. "Just doing you a favor."
After school, Harusuke, Usagi, and Naru were walking home together through town. As they walked, Naru and Usagi were discussing Midnight Zero, sharing a common interest in it.
"Wow, Naru, I didn't know you listen to Midnight Zero too," said Usagi.
"Who hasn't?" smiled Naru. "I even sent them a bunch of love letters too."
"Seriously?! Who do you write them, too?" asked Usagi. "I mean do you have a crush or a boyfriend?"
"Not really. I make up future boyfriends," said Naru. "It's just for fun anyway, so it doesn't matter."
"Oh yeah... what a good idea," said Usagi. "Why didn't I think of that? I can make up a future boyfriend with whoever I want. Wow..."
As Usagi and Naru continued to chat about making up future boyfriends, Harusuke could only shake his head.
"Seriously. Sometimes I don't understand what girls think," he thought to himself. "I know they're girls, but still..."
Then, due to Usagi not paying attention to where she was going, she bumped into somebody, causing her to fall flat on her butt on the ground. She instinctively got back up on her feet and began repeatedly bowing.
"I'm so sorry. I guess I wasn't paying attention! Please forgive me!" she hastily apologized.
However, in her haste of apologizing, she didn't realize that she was bowing in front of a telephone pole until she looked up. Not only that, but she heard someone laughing at her, which turned out to be the casually dressed man with black hair and the very person she bumped.
"How very polite of you to apologize to a telephone pole," he snickered. "I know that walking and talking at the same time is hard for you bun-head, but you really should pay attention to where you're going."
"What did you just say?!" Usagi growled in annoyance, her right eye twitching slightly in anger.
The casually dressed boy then walked past, chuckling as he walked away.
"Well, that was pretty rude," said Harusuke. "And here you were trying to be polite, Usagi."
Usagi glared daggers at the boy's back as he walked away.
Naru, however, seemed to be smitten with the boy. "Hey, Usagi. Harusuke. Do you two know who that boy is?" she asked, blushing. "Cause he is downright gorgeous!"
"Wrong! There's nothing gorgeous about him!" snapped Usagi as she began flailing her arms in anger. "That stupid mock turtlenecked jerk! One of these days, he's so 'gonna pay!"
"And off she goes, ladies and gents," Harusuke sighed. "Seriously. Why can't she let it go?"
After they arrived at home, Usagi got herself ready to write a love letter so she could get it on Midnight Zero.
"All right! Here we go!" the ordango said as she slapped a writing pad on the table and pumped herself up by slapping her cheeks and doing some stretches. "I gotta concentrate! 'Gonna write this love letter!"
Luna, who was on Usagi's bed, was caught off guard. "You know Usagi, writing a love letter is pretty pointless unless you give it to the person directly and if you have some in mind to give the love letter to," she said.
"Do not talk to me right now!" snapped Usagi. "You're gonna break my concentration!"
Usagi then focused, trying to think of what to write. She thought, and she thought, and she thought, but she couldn't come up with any ideas. Eventually, she plopped her head on the table, unable to come up with anything.
"It's no use," she moaned. "I can't think of of a single sentence or anything to say... It's no wonder I failed in creative writing."
"I... don't think that's the problem," deadpanned Luna.
Then an idea flew into Usagi's head. "I got it! I'll go and see J. Daito from Midnight Zero! Maybe he can give me some advice about how to write a good love letter!"
"What?!" exclaimed Luna. "Just a minute, Usagi! It's getting close to evening, and there's no way your parents are going to let you go out so late!"
"You're right," said Usagi. "Which is why I'm going to bring Harusuke along! Come on, Luna! Let's go!"
"Usagi! Wait a minute!"
Before Luna could try to object any further, Usagi was already out the door heading for Harusuke's room.
"I still can't believe we're doing this," Harusuke sighed as he, Usagi, and Luna walked to the radio station. "So let me get this straight, we're going to some radio building all because you want to get some advice on how to write a love letter?"
"Yup!" said Usagi grinning. "Since J Daito read love letters all the time, I figured that he would know what to do when writing one. Which is why we're going to the FM No. 10 radio station."
"Whatever you say, Usagi," said Harusuke. "I still think that this idea of yours is pretty crazy."
Soon enough, they arrived at the radio station, but they found a guard standing by the gate.
"Can I help you, kids, with something?" he asked.
"Yup. We're here to see J Daito from Midnight Zero," said Usagi.
The guard was puzzled. "J Daito? Midnight Zero? I've never heard of those things," he said.
Now Usagi was puzzled. "What? But this is the FM No. 10 radio station, isn't it? "
"Yes," said the guard.
"Then surely you must have heard of Midnight Zero because this is the station that it was on," said Usagi.
"I'm sorry, but I've never heard of it," said the guard. "We don't do a program called Midnight Zero, and we never have."
"Are you sure?" asked Usagi.
"Yes, I'm sure. Now why don't you kids go home?" said the guard. "Move it along now."
Having no choice, Usagi, Harusuke, and Luna turned around and headed back home.
"Now that was weird," said Usagi. "I was sure that this was station Midnight Zero was on."
"You sure that you didn't make a mistake or something Usagi?" asked Luna. "Maybe you heard it on another station."
"I doubt that," said Usagi. "I know I had the right station, and I can prove it. If you stay up with me tonight, I can show you. and Harusuke can even stay up with me."
"Now Usagi," said Harusuke. "You know we both have school tomorrow. We can't just be staying up all night just to listen to some show. We'll end up oversleeping."
"Oh, come on, Harusuke pleeease?" begged Usagi, giving him a begging look.
Harusuke then sighed. "Oh, all right. But only for tonight."
As they walked back home, Harusuke couldn't help but look back towards the building, feeling suspicious about it.
"I wonder what's going on here?" he thought as he, along with Usagi and Luna, walked home. "Something doesn't feel right."
Later that night, Usagi, Harusuke, and Luna stayed up in Usagi's room, waiting for midnight. Finally, after waiting a few minutes, the clock struck midnight causing the three to turn their heads toward the radio on Usagi's table. Sure enough, J Daito's voice came floating through the radio.
"Good evening... it's time for Midnight Zero..."
"Well, what do you know," said Harusuke. "I guess it was on the right station."
"See? I told you so," said Usagi. "That doofus guard probably flat-out lied to us!"
"It's still kinda strange, though," said Luna as she unfurled a newspaper on Usagi's bed and took a quick skim through it. Then she noticed something. "Harusuke. Usagi. Take a look at this."
"What is it Luna?" asked Harusuke.
"According to the schedule in the paper," said Luna. "FM Ten is supposed to be airing a different program right now."
"Let me see," said Harusuke as he took the paper and read it for himself. He read over the schedule, and he saw that Luna was right. "Hey. You're right, Luna. For some reason, this program is supposed on right now, not Midnight Zero."
"Well, it must have been some mistake," said Usagi. "I mean, we're hearing it right now, aren't we?"
"Our first love letter this evening is from Naru who lives in Juuban," said J Daito.
The three then snapped her heads in attention towards the radio upon hearing that.
"No way! Naru?!" cried Usagi.
"I guess she got her letter read after all," said Harusuke.
Everything was the same as usual in Class the next day at school, but Harusuke was still thinking about last night.
"I'm still feeling a little worried about the other night," he thought to himself. "I wonder why that guard claimed to know nothing about Midnight Zero? Not to mention that it didn't say anything about it in the schedule. Somethings going here, but I don't know what."
Just then, he heard the door open, and Naru walked in. She walked to her desk, and as soon as she sat down, she found herself surrounded by Usagi and a couple of other girls.
"Hey, Naru! I heard you got your letter read on Midnight Zero!" said a girl excitedly. "Is it true?"
"Of course, it's true!" said Usagi. "I heard it last night on the radio!"
"That's so cool!" said another girl. "Did you get the flower brooch yet?"
"Take a look!" Naru grinned as she pulled out a small packed box from her bag. "I just got it this morning!"
"Hurry up and open it, Naru!" said Usagi. "We wanna see it!"
"OK!" said Naru as she tore open the box and took out the brooch.
The girls oohed and awed as the brooch shone in the light. When Usagi and Harusuke saw it, and their eyes widened in surprise.
"Hey! That's the same brooch that Ms. Haruna was wearing before!" said Usagi.
"Seriously?!" asked Naru and the girls.
"Then that means that Ms. Haruna must have been "Haruna in love" from the day before," said the first girl. "Who would have thought?"
"Go on and put it on," said the second girl. "Let's see how good it looks on you."
Naru then pinned the brooch on her shirt. "Wow... it looks so cute on me," she said.
Then suddenly, Naru felt her eyes start to get heavy, as she started to get very tired.
"Huh... that's weird..." she said, trying to keep her eyes open. "I'm... starting to feel very sleepy..."
"Naru? What is it?" asked Usagi. "What's the matter?"
Then Naru closed her eyes and fell asleep sitting on her chair. Usagi and the others tried to wake her up, but Naru stayed asleep.
Harusuke having to have seen everything, immediately remembered Ms. Haruna from the other day in Class and the strange illness he heard about and then Midnight Zero. He then started putting two and two together.
"Wait a minute..." he thought. "Midnight Zero gives those brooches to those who get their letter read on the radio and then after that... as soon as they put them on, they fall asleep... no... it couldn't be!"
Then as Usagi continued to try and wake up Naru, she happened to get too close to Naru's brooch. Sure enough, she felt her eyelids grow heavy, and then she too fell asleep flopping on the floor.
"Oh no! Usagi too?!" cried a female student. "Somebody call this nurse!"
Harusuke rushed to his sister's side, trying to wake her up by shaking her. "Usagi! Wake up! Usagi!"
But it was no use. Usagi wouldn't wake up.
"There's no doubt about it," Harusuke thought. "It's gotta be the enemy! They're using those brooches to drain people's energy! I gotta go tell Luna about this!" He then turned to the girls. "Help me get these two to the nurse's office! You guys carry Naru while I carry Usagi!"
"OK," said the girls as they both lifted Naru, each one slinging an arm over their shoulders.
Harusuke gently lifted Usagi the bridal way in his arms, and then he, along with the two girls, rushed to the nurse.
Usagi was now dreaming. She was soaring across the starry-filled sky with a full moon shining brightly. As she flew around, her eyes fell upon someone who made her heart skip a beat. There, in front of her, standing on a cloud, was Tuxedo Mask. Wanting to talk to him about something, Usagi floated over to him.
"Tuxedo Mask... are you... by any chance... my future boyfriend?" she asked timidly.
"Oh my gosh! I can't believe I said it," she said to herself giddily.
Tuxedo Mask smiled. "With pleasure Usagi my darling..." he said.
Usagi then shrieked with joy, unable to contain it. "Oh yay! I'm so happy!" she whooped. Then a thought struck her. "By the way, Tuxedo Mask, since your my future boyfriend and stuff, do you mind if I see your face?"
"Of course, my darling," said Tuxedo Mask. "I'll show you anything you want."
He reached for his glasses, and he seemed to take them off in slow motion. Usagi blushed and waited in anticipation, and just as when she was about to see his face...
"USAGIIII!"
Luna yelled right in Usagi's ear, causing her to wake up with a start. She was so startled that she practically leaped out of bed five feet in the air before crashing down on the bed. Harusuke, who was by her bedside, immediately gave his sister a big hug.
"Usagi! You're OK!" he said with relief. "Thank goodness!"
"Wha? What happened?" asked Usagi. "What's going on?" Then she saw Naru. "Oh no! And why is Naru here?! Is she OK?"
"She's fine," said Harusuke. "But just like Ms. Haruna, she's fast asleep and won't wake up."
"Harusuke figured it out a while ago," said Luna. "It seems that our enemy has taken over the radio station."
"They're using Midnight Zero as a means to drain people's energy using those flower brooches," explained Harusuke. "That's probably the cause for that sleeping sickness we've heard about."
"Which is why I think it's time for us to investigate this," said Luna. "We must go over to that radio station and shut down our enemy's plans."
Usagi nodded. "Yeah. I agree."
Meanwhile, at the radio station, and sure enough, J Daito or Jadeite was collecting the energy he had recently drained from Naru and Usagi in the form of a ball of light. The young woman that helped with the letters from before was there with him.
"We've gathered a considerable amount of energy," she said. "Your experiment appears to be a success, Master Jadeite."
"I know Flau," said Jadeite chuckling darkly. "Who would have guessed that the hearts of girls in love had so much bountiful energy? And we just put them to sleep with a spell placed on the flower brooches, and then while they sleep, we drain their dreams of love. Your tool that you created is the real success here."
"You flatter me, Jadeite," said Flau.
"Now then... I believe it's about time we get ready for Midnight Zero," said Jadeite. "Or should I say our next victim?"
It was now late at night as Usagi, Harusuke, and Luna arrived at the radio station. However, the same security guard was standing by the entrance keeping an eye out. Upon seeing him, the three hid behind the corner so that he wouldn't see him.
"What'll we do now, guys?" asked Usagi. "If we just walk in, he'll just stop us again."
"You're right about that," said Harusuke. "We need a way to slip past him without noticing."
"Don't worry about that," smiled Luna with a wink. "Leave that to me."
She then took a great leap back-flipping, an arc of light trailing behind her as she flipped. The light then swirled around, and then something appeared falling to the ground. It had the appearance of a pink pen with a gold ring around its middle, and on top was another gold ring with tiny red jewels and a large gem, giving it the appearance of a crown.
"Whoa! What is that?!" asked Usagi in amazement. "It looks like a cute little pen."
"Just a little something to help you," said Luna. "A new item of power, if you will."
"What does it do?" asked Harusuke.
"It allows Usagi to change her appearance into people from all sorts of jobs," explained Luna.
"I get it," realized Harusuke. "Usagi can use that to disguise herself as one of the people who work at the station."
"Awesome!" said Usagi excitedly. "So, what do I have to do?"
"You just have to say Moon Power and then say what you want to look like," said Luna.
"Wait... what about me?" asked Harusuke. "Shouldn't I get some kind of disguise too?"
"Well... I thought that Usagi could disguise herself as an announcer, and you could go in as her student. Or something like that," said Luna. "I honestly didn't think that far ahead."
Harusuke sweatdropped. "Why do I feel like I got the short end of the stick?"
"All right then!" said Usagi. "I get the feeling I'm gonna like this pen. Here goes nothing."
She then held it above her head. "MOON POWER! Turn me into a gorgeous news announcer!"
In a bright flash of light, Usagi transformed. When the light dimmed down, Harusuke's eyes went wide. Usagi had turned into a young woman with short hair that went to her neck, a dark red pencil skirt with a dark pink blazer, white heel pumps, and a pair of black sunglasses that hung from her blazer.
"Oh wow! I did it!" cheered Usagi. "It worked!"
"Whoa... you look great, Usagi," said Harusuke. "I don't even recognize you."
Luna, however, looked a little worried. "Usagi, I'm happy for you, but don't you think adding the gorgeous bit is too much? I mean, are you going to be able to walk in those pumps?"
"Don't worry, I'll be fine," said Usagi putting on her sunglasses. "Now come on, you two. Let's go."
She then walked towards the gate, walking flirtatiously. Luna and Harusuke were a little impressed.
"You know, she just might be able to pull this off," said Luna.
"I know," said Harusuke. "She's getting into it."
At that moment, when Usagi took a step, she felt her pump slip from underneath her. She tried to stay standing, but she couldn't and ended up falling flat on her back.
Harusuke and Luna sighed. "Spoke too soon," they spoke flatly.
Inside the radio station, the three made their way around, trying to find where the enemy could be hiding. Then suddenly, they happened to look in one of the broadcast rooms. Inside was Flau and in the control room and Jadeite in the other room starting the broadcast. Usagi couldn't help but ogle at the sight of Jadeite.
"That's him!" she squealed. "That's J Daito! He looks so cute!"
"Usagi would you stop ogling at the guy?" said Harusuke. "That's the enemy who's running this whole Midnight Zero!
"Aww. Are you sure?" whined Usagi, pouting.
"Yes! Harusuke's right!" said Luna. "Look!"
Then they saw the other people in the room. All of them were fast asleep or knocked out cold.
"This confirms it!" said Luna urgently. "That guy's taken over the show! We gotta stop him!"
"All right!" said Usagi, now sounding determined. "Let's go!"
She opened the door, and she, along with Harusuke in tow and burst right into the room. Flau, who was still wearing her human disguise, was surprised to see the two.
"What the... what the heck are you doing?! We're on the air!" she said.
"Shut it, lady!" snapped Usagi as she marched right past her, entered the room Jadeite was in, and sat in front of Jadeite with the microphone in front of her. "We interrupt this program to bring you some breaking news," she said. "The flower brooches that are extremely dangerous! If you receive one, make sure that you don't touch it!"
"That's a lie!" exclaimed Jadeite. "Be quiet! Now!"
But Usagi continued. "Think about it, people! Love letters are meaningless unless you give them directly to the person you love and write to, so stop dreaming!"
"Hey! That's what I just told her!" said Luna indignantly.
"Just let it go, Luna," said Harusuke. "At least she takes your advice to heart when she needs to."
Then Flau burst through the window as she shed her human disguise. She grew a few more feet, her skin turned purple, her hair lengthened while standing upward, and her attire changed into a teal green toga.
"You won't get away with this!" she shrieked as she unleashed a blast of dark energy from her mouth, which made a giant explosion that rocked the room. Usagi managed to get out of the room with Harusuke and Luna, but the monster was hot on their trail, unleashing another blast right behind them. The three managed to dodge, but the force of the explosion was so powerful that it sent them flying.
"Hurry up, you two!" yelled Luna as they flew. "Sailor Moon and Solaris would be pretty good right about now!"
Usagi and Harusuke nodded and then transformed.
"MOON PRISM POWER MAKE UP!"
"SOLAR GUARDIAN POWER FLARE UP!"
Transformation Sequence: Usagi
Usagi's body shone with rainbow-colored light as she seemed to spin around. Then from her brooch, it flashed pink and pink ribbons shot out, wrapping her upper torso and midsection and became a white leotard with a red bow in the center and a collar that was blue with white stripes. Next, Usagi crosses her arms, and more pink ribbons wrapped around them, turning into long white gloves. The pink ribbon then wraps around Usagi's legs and turns into a pair of red thigh-high boots. Then a blue skirt appears around Usagi's waist with a red bow in the back. Then a tiny gem starts glowing in the middle of Usagi's forehead, and a gold tiara with a red gem, a pair of dangling crescent moon earrings, a red choker with a moon on it appear along with red circular accents in her hair buns. Usagi then strikes her signature pose as the Moon shines behind her in the background.
Transformation sequence: Harusuke.
Harusuke's bracelet begins to glow as Harusuke holds it into the air. Next, the symbol of the sun starts to shine on Harusuke's head as golden yellow and silver light envelop his body. First, the sun appears right above him, shining its light upon him. Then, while Harusuke bathed in its light, a silver jumpsuit with gold lines on his hips materializes around his body. After that, the light shone on his legs, and long golden metal boots that went up to his knees appeared on his legs with silver hexagon knee pads. Next, the light shone on his arms, and then golden gauntlets appeared on his hands going up to wrists. Then a yellow symbol of the sun materializes in front of him, and it crashes into his chest, making a golden chest piece of armor appear with silver shoulder guards. Finally, a silver helmet covers his head, exposing his hair and making it stand up with a mouth guard covering his mouth and nose. Finally, Harusuke's eyes open, and he strikes his signature pose the symbol of the sun appears behind him.
Flau and Jadeite stepped out from the smoke from the recent blast to find themselves face to face with Sailor Moon and Solaris.
"How dare you trample on the innocent hearts of young girls in love!" said Solaris.
"That is crossing the line even for you two!" added Sailor Moon. "And this isn't a crosswalk!"
Luna and Solaris looked across to Sailor Moon as if she had said her favorite color of fish.
"You could have just left out the crosswalk part, you know," said Luna.
Sailor moon laughed sheepishly before turning back to Jadeite and Flau. "Anyway, I'm the Pretty Guardian who fights for love and justice! I am Sailor Moon!"
"And I'm the knight with the brilliance of the sun and the courage of a warrior who also fights for love and justice, Solaris!" he followed.
"And in the name of the moon..."
"And in the name of the sun by my blinding rays..."
"We'll punish you!"
"We'll scorch you!"
"Well, well. So you're the two brats that keep getting in our way," smirked Jadeite. "It's about time we meet face to face like this."
"And you must be the leader of all those monsters you keep sending," said Sailor Moon.
"That's right," said Jadeite as he introduced himself. "My name is Jadeite."
"Nice to meet you, Jadeite," said Solaris. "Too bad we don't have the luxury of introductions."
"I agree," said Jadeite. "Which is why I'll have Flau here keep you company." He turned to Flau. "Get them!"
"Prepare yourselves, Sailor Moon and Solaris!" yelled Flau. "The two of you are mine!"
She then went on the attack unleashing a volley of energy beams from her mouth at Solaris and Sailor Moon. All the two of them could do was dodge at the beams that rocked the entire studio. Solaris tried to go after Jadeite, but Flau barred his way with another blast causing Solaris to dodge just in time.
"Man! At this rate, we won't last much longer!" he said.
"What should we do?!" asked Sailor Moon.
"Up there!" said Luna pointing to a hole on the ceiling leading to the roof outside. "Go to the roof! Quickly!"
Sailor Moon and Solaris jumped out through the hole, making it to the roof.
"You won't escape me!" cried Flau as she jumped up after them in hot pursuit.
She then blasted them again with her mouth beams, causing the two to keep dodging her attacks.
"This is where you'll both die!" she yelled as she kept on blasting them.
"Man! She sure is persistent!" yelped Sailor Moon as a blast narrow missed her hip.
"No kidding!" said Solaris as he ducked, dodging another. "But we can't keep dodging her like this!"
"Come on, you two! Attack!" Luna yelled. "Sailor Moon! Use your Moon Tiara Action!"
Sailor Moon transformed into a glowing white disk and threw it at Flau.
"MOON TIARA ACTION!"
The disk flew straight at Flau, but Flau moved out of the way dodging the attack.
"Where were you aiming, little girl?" mocked Flau. "You missed me!"
"Oh yeah!? How about this?!" cried Sailor Moon, and she brought back her hand towards her.
Then suddenly, the disc changed direction and came back towards Flau like a boomerang. Before Flau could react, the disc cut her in half, killing and destroying her. Solaris and Luna were amazed while Jadeite growled under his breath, very miffed.
"Whoa... how did you do that, Sailor Moon?!" asked Solaris.
"I don't know," said Sailor Moon shrugging as the disc came back to her, hovering in her hand. "I guess it was just instinct." Then she looked at Jadeite. "Now it's your turn!"
Jadeite smirked. "So you wish to try and fight me now?" he asked. "Go ahead and try your luck."
"Fine then! If that's what you want!" said Sailor Moon as she flung her disc at Jadeite. "MOON TIARA ACTION!"
The disc zipped through the air heading right for Jadeite, but then Jadeite raised his hand, releasing a strange power, and stopped Sailor Moon's tiara right in its tracks, making it fall harmlessly to the ground.
Sailor Moon and Solaris were in shock.
"No way! He was able to stop it!" cried Sailor Moon. "That's not fair!"
"Let me have a go!" shouted Solaris. "SOLAR BINDING!"
The Guardian of the Sun unleashed a stream of light at Jadeite, hoping to trap him, but again by raising his hand, Jadeite stopped it, and by moving his hand, made the Solar Binding go in another direction.
"No way! My Solar Binding didn't work!" gasped Solaris with shock.
"Is that the best you two can do?" mocked Jadeite. "How pathetic."
Sailor Moon puffed her cheeks in annoyance. "Why you...!" she growled as she came running at Jadeite, lifting her leg, hoping to kick him.
Jadeite simply stood there raising his hand again, this time conjuring a barrier making Sailor Moon bounce off of it on contact and sending her flat on her face to the ground.
"Sailor Moon! Are you OK?!" cried Solaris.
"Owie... That hurt!" responded Sailor Moon.
Wanting to take revenge, Solaris went on the attack running straight toward Jadeite, throwing a punch aimed right for his face. But Jadeite tilted his head, dodging with ease. Solaris punched repeatedly, but Jadeite kept dodging until he slipped past his defenses, placing his hand right at Solaris' midsection. Then, he released a mighty force of energy, sending the Guardian flying and smacking the wall where Sailor Moon was lying, letting out a cry in pain as he did and collapsing to the ground.
"Oh no! Solaris!" cried Sailor Moon. "Are you OK?! Say something!"
As she rushed over to her brother, checking to see if he was OK, Jadeite slowly began walking towards Sailor Moon, stalking her like a tiger with his prey. Sailor Moon now started to feel a little scared as Jadeite grew closer and closer, having no idea what to do. Then, just when it seemed that Jadeite was going to finish the job, a rose shot down from above, just barely missing Jadeite's foot, causing him to step back. Taking it as a sign to retreat, Jadeite jumped up and disappeared into a black vortex leaving the scene.
Sailor Moon watched him leave and then looked back at the rose, and she immediately knew who it was that threw it. Sure enough, she looked up on the roof and saw a familiar masked man. It was Tuxedo Mask.
"Tuxedo Mask, it's you!" she cried as her eyes were once again hearts.
Tuxedo Mask smiled as he leaped off the roof. "Farewell Sailor Moon. Until we meet again..." he said as he disappeared into the darkness.
Then Solaris managed to come around, rubbing his head in pain. "Man... that hurt," he said groggily.
"Oh, Solaris, you're awake," Sailor Moon sighed in relief. "Are you OK?"
"Yeah. I'm fine," said Solaris. "But that Jadeite guy was strong. He stopped our attacks like they were nothing."
"I know," said Sailor Moon. "But don't worry. We'll get him next time. If he decides to show his face around here again, we'll be ready for him."
The following day back in Class, everything and everyone was back to normal. All of the victims had finally woken up, including Naru and Ms. Haruna.
As Class was about to start, Usagi busily wrote on a paper notepad deep in her thoughts.
"To my dearest Tuxedo Mask," she said to herself as she wrote. "From the moment I laid my eyes you... I was completely smitten with you! Ooh! That's good!"
Then Harusuke and Naru came up to her desk.
"Hey Usagi watcha doin'?" asked Harusuke.
"N-nothing!" said Usagi trying to hide her notepad, but before she could, Naru snatched it away from her.
"It looks to me that she's writing a love letter," said Naru.
"You got to be kidding," said Harusuke as he looked at his sister. "You do realize that Midnight Zero has been over, right?"
"So? What does that matter?!" said Usagi blushing as she tried to take back the notepad from Naru. "I was gonna' give that letter to someone directly! Now give it back, Naru!"
"No way! You gotta at least let me look it over first!" giggled Naru as she ran away with Usagi chasing right behind her.
Then Ms. Haruna came into the room looking much better and her old self again.
"Hello everybody!" she chirped. "I'm so sorry for making you all worry about me, but I'm A-OK now, so let's get this class started!"
At that moment, Usagi and Naru came running past her.
"Naru, this isn't funny!" cried Usagi. "Give me my love letter back!"
"Wait, a love letter?" wondered Ms. Haruna, her interest piqued. "Wait! Let me read it too, Ms. Tsukino! I adore love letters!"
It had developed into a three-way chase with Ms. Haruna, Naru, and Usagi as they darted around the room.
Harusuke looked on and pinched the bridge of his nose. "Girls... Sometimes I wonder what makes them so crazy about love in the first place," he muttered.