"I know what you're doing. You're changing the subject. You keep talking like you knew me before, you know something, don't you," accused Mikey as Mamoru sweat-dropped.
"No, I'm not changing the subject. I'm just curious," he replied, as Minako walked over.
"Whatcha two talking about," she asked.
"I was just asking about Michelangelo's adventures as a turtle yokai," Mamoru quickly stated as Mikey pouted.
"Oohh! I'm curious too," she turned to Mikey, "Story time?"
Mikey rolled his eyes, "Ugh, fine, just stop looking at me like that," he sighed, "So, it all started with this bad guy, who's now good, Baron Draxum-"
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WITH CHIBI-USA:
Chibi-Usa stood next to the crystallized barrier around her mother, future Usagi. Chibi had tears in her eyes, "Sailor Moon," she muttered.
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'I don't know, Luna-P. Is that noisy gilt really my mommy? That's the invincible Sailor Moon? If so, where's the invincible Sun Knight? And how come that girl is such a crybaby who messes up all the time? Hm…she's just like me. I wonder if my uncle was like this as well…' she thought as she looked at Usagi getting yelled at by her mother.
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"Daddy, are they as powerful as they're told to be," Chibi asked as she held up a picture of an older version of Sailor Moon and Sun Knight.
"Hm, indeed. The Legendary Guardian, Sailor Moon, is invincible. So is the Legendary Guardian, Sun Knight. Nothing can define him, and nothing can defeat her," stated Endymion.
"How come?"
"Well, Sun Knight is an emblem of hope and courage. While Sailor Moon has a strong heart, and confidence, both have true friends by their sides. And these things give them unbeatable power; emphasis on the fact it gives Sailor Moon unbeatable power, she can do wonders."
'I may be her daughter,' Chibi thought, 'but I am powerless. I envy them. I don't have courage like my uncle, nor confidence like mommy, and I don't have any friends...' she started crying.
Endymion bent down, "Small Lady, you know when she was younger, the Queen was quite the crybaby too."
"Really?"
"Mhm. You're more like her than you realize. She named you, 'Small Lady,' because it was her wish that someday you might become a fine, young lady, fit to take her place."
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'That didn't make sense. I'm not like mommy. And I can't grow up, so I'll never be a proper omegan lady, not like her. Mommy's so beautiful and perfect. I could never be like her. And daddy loves her more than anything else in the world…'
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Crystal shattered, "There it is. The Legendary Silver Crystal," she held it.
She gasped as she heard her mother call for her, "Small Lady? Small Lady, are you here," the Queen stopped moving when she saw where the crystal was held, it was broken, she gasped, "The Legendary Silver Crystal is gone! Small Lady," she ran out, she wanted to protect her daughter. But, she didn't know that her daughter was the one who took the crystal.
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'It's all my fault. If I hadn't taken the Legendary Silver Crystal, none of this would have ever happened…'
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'Once I ran away from the mean kids who bullied me and ended in a hallway in the back of the palace. Uncle Mitsuki informed me that's where no one was supposed to go. I disobeyed, I found the forbidden door.'
Sailor Pluto kneeled before Chibi-Usa, "Small Lady. I am honored to finally meet you."
Chibi gasped, "You know who I am?"
"Only members of the Silver Millennium family are allowed to come here. And you bear a strong resemblance to other members of the royal family."
"Um, who are you? How do you know that?"
"You may call me Sailor Pluto, Guardian of the Underworld. I am the Keeper of the Door of Space and Time."
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The two walked hand in hand, "So," started Setsuna, "they said you don't look anything like the Queen, did they? Well, they're wrong, you're the spitting image, your hair may be similar to your uncle, your eyes of their father, but you, you still look like Neo-Queen Serenity. No doubt."
"Huh," mumbled Chibi. 'No one other than daddy had ever said anything like that to me before,' she thought.
"Listen, Small Lady," said Setsuna, "if you ever feel sad, just cast this spell…'Abracadabra'!"
"Abracadabra," repeated Chibi.
"It will raise your spirits and make you feel better," she raised her rod and spun it around, "Abracadabra…POOF," she said as rose petals floated around the two.
"Wow….say, Pluto, is that a magical staff?"
"You mean my Garnet Rod? Yes, it is quite magical indeed."
"Uncle Mitsuki has a staff, his was called the Royal Sun Staff. Uncle says my mommy has something like that," she pointed to her rod, "it's called the Moon Rod! He said she used it to control the Legendary Silver Crystal, and make miracles happen!"
"As her daughter, one day that rod will be your responsibility."
Chibi gasped, she looked down sadly, "Yeah. Maybe. Hey, Pluto, can I come and see you again?"
"Of course. I will be right here waiting for you. Always."
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Once she looked back on her past, of her shattering the barrier around the crystal, she felt guilty. She decided to visit Sailor Pluto to cheer herself up. But, instead she saw Pluto talking with her father about her. She became upset and ran off, leaving her key behind. That was a bad decision for she ran into the evil wise man from Nemesis.
"Anatahadaredesu ka?!"
"Your fears betray you, anata no kokoro no yami ga miemasu, ojōchan. You should not have come to this forsaken place unless you had decided to give up, to walk away from everything you know and everyone you care about.
You thought you were wandering aimlessly, but you were searching for me, without realizing it. Someone who wants you, someone who needs you. Come, come with me," he said as Chibi, in a trance, placed her hand in his.
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