At Elysion, Helios remained captive inside his cage in a deep sleep while Queen Nehelenia kept vigil. At this point, she had once again tried probing him for information about the Golden Crystal but had once again turned up nothing and was growing very impatient as a result.
"Damn you, Helios!" she cursed. "I have your physical body, yet you still continue to defy me by hiding in the beautiful dreams of humans! It's infuriating!"
The evil queen clenched her fists in anger as she turned away in a huff.
"I cannot afford to waste any more time!" she decided. "I've been waiting for hundreds of years for my chance to not only take my vengeance against the White Moon but to also take their precious planet! And I will not squander it!"
"ZIRCONIA!" she boomed loudly.
The mirror which she used to communicate then appeared with Zirconia appearing from the other side.
"Yes, my queen?" the old hag spoke nervously, sensing her master's displeasure.
"I take it that neither you nor any of your followers have found that foolish horse yet?" asked Queen Nehelenia coldly. "And you haven't obtained the silver crystal or eliminated those of the White Kingdom?"
"W-Well, uh, that is to say…" Zirconia stammered, trying to come up with an excuse.
Queen Nehelenia then took a breath, relaxing. "No matter. I should have expected as much," she said. "After all, despite being such a fool, Helios is as slippery as a snake despite being a horse. And with the power of the Silver Crystal, those loathsome guardians have become more trouble than they're worth. However, I refuse to let this foolish farce continue. It's time I take matters into my own hands."
Zirconia was shocked at the implications of her statement.
"M-My queen! Does that mean…?"
"That's right, Zirconia," said Quen Nehelenia. "Prepare our troops for battle, for the time has come for us to go to war and rightfully take what's ours!"
Zirconia bowed. "As you wish, my queen," she said.
The old hag disappeared from the mirror. As Queen Nehelenia returned her attention to Helios, she then smirked maliciously.
"If I can't find Helios or lure him to me, then I have to force him out of hiding," she snarled. "And once he does, I'll take great pleasure in eliminating him and those from the White Kingdom along with him, and once I possess both the Golden and Silver Crystals, I'll transform this entire world into darkness, and then I'll be the one true queen of the Moon!"
In Downtown Juuban, Harusuke was starting back home after doing from shopping after his daily exercise routine at the gym. He bought himself two bags of steamed red bean buns and some tea bags and was munching on a bun happily.
"Man, there's nothing like a post-workout bun to lift your spirits," Harusuke hummed to himself. "Although…"
Then, he glanced around the streets as he walked along. There seemed to be more debris than ever, and the air was very humid.
"If the whole town didn't look so dirty, it would have been a nice day out," Harusuke sighed. "Not to mention, it's still humid."
Then, as he rounded a corner, Harusuke saw a pair of familiar faces ahead of him, which turned out to be Rei and Makoto.
"Heya, girls!" he called out. "Fancy meeting you two here!"
Rei and Makoto looked back and waved as they waited for Harusuke to catch up to them.
"Hey, Harusuke," greeted Rei. "You out and about for your daily workout?"
"I'm surprised you can with all this heat and humidity," said Makoto. "Even an exercise nut like me would have chosen to stay inside and take it easy."
"Well, technically, I was," said Harusuke. "Thankfully, the gym's got some good old AC, so I was able to work out without any problems."
Rei then took notice of the bags of pork buns. "That's quite a lot of buns you got," she observed. "You never pegged me for a big eater. Let me guess, those for your sister?"
"You'd be correct," smiled Harusuke. "I figured that since I was out and about, I'd buy a bag for Usagi and Chibiusa. Knowing those girls, they'd probably get through an entire bag, so I bought one for myself and the other for them. You girls can take one if you'd like."
"Don't mind if we do," said Rei as she reached inside the bag and took one.
"Speaking of Usagi, how's she doing?" asked Makoto, as she also grabbed a bun. "Has she been holding up OK?"
Harusuke then frowned. "Well, to be honest, she's been getting under the weather lately," he said. "She's developed a cough a couple of days ago."
"Now that you mention it, the humidity has affected the air quality," said Rei. "Even the healthiest person could get sick."
"Yeah, and I bought some tea to help soothe her throat," said Harusuke. "But… I can't help but worry."
"Yeah, especially since she's been visiting Mamoru a lot," said Makoto. "Ever since that day we saw him and found out about his curse, I've been getting worried, too." She paused briefly. "You… you don't think that curse he has is contagious, do you?"
"Mako! Don't even say that!" chided Rei. "Harusuke's worried enough as it is! Are you trying to stress him out?!"
"To be honest, I've been thinking that, too, Rei, so don't worry," said Harusuke. "Usagi has been seeing him a lot, and she's been caring for him a lot, enough for her to start coming home late. As much as I don't want to think about it, we have to consider that possibility. But then again, it could be just the air quality. Until then, I'm hoping these will help cheer her up and make her feel better. After all, as her brother, I have to make sure she's being taken care of, too."
"Yeah, I guess you're right," she said. "Let's just hope that she gets better soon. I heard from Artemis he wants us to check out the Dead Moon Circus again earlier today, and without Usagi, we'll be a guardian down."
"Oh, come on, Rei. We'll be OK," reassured Makoto. "After all, we've gotten a lot stronger, and we got Harusuke, aka Solaris, backing us up. Whatever the Dark Moon's got planned, we'll be ready."
Harusuke didn't respond, feeling tentative as he started munching on another bun.
In the Dead Moon Circus Tent, all of the Lemures stood in attendance in the center of the ring, including the Amazoness Quartet. After a while, Zirconia appeared on top of the trunk of the jade elephant statue in a puff of green smoke.
"All right! Listen up! All of you!" Zirconia spoke in a commanding voice. "I bring news from Queen Nehelenia!"
"Oh, wow, the big boss herself, eh?" said JunJun. "Wonder what's up?"
"You think that she's mad at us for not finding Pegasus and the Silver Crystal?" PallaPalla asked worriedly. "If she is, you think she's going to punish us? PallaPalla doesn't want to be punished!"
"Hey, don't go assuming before Granny Zirconia's said what it was," said VesVes. "It could be something else, like a promotion or something."
"Somehow, I doubt it's something like that, given how we've been screwing up lately," said CereCere.
"Silence!" snarled Zirconia, having heard their comments. "If you just be quiet and listen, I'll tell you!"
This made the entire tent go silent. Zirconia then cleared her throat as she explained.
"Now, as you're well aware, our goal has been to find Pegasus within a human's beautiful dream and obtain the Silver Crystal. But as of this moment, Queen Nehelenia has had enough of waiting. So now, the time has come for us to give our last performance. Our grand finale, so to speak!"
Multiple gasps and murmurs filled the place as Zirconia continued.
"That's right. Now is the time to attack and take this planet as our own! With the power of the nightmares we've accumulated from all the humans, we shall turn this world into a planet of darkness! We'll use this darkness as a cover to search every single human we find for Pegasus while luring him and those from the White Kingdom to us! Once they come, we'll crush them with our full might, and the Dead Moon will reign supreme with our beloved Queen Nehelenia as its ruler!"
All of the Lemures, including the Amazonesses, began to cheer while Queen Nehelenia cackled in triumph. As they did, a storm of nightmare lemures swarmed around them, each one chittering and cackling maliciously, filling the entire tent with evil power.
While this was going on, the only one who stayed silent while standing off to the side was Tenebris, who then quietly left to prepare himself for battle.
Later, Harusuke, Rei, Ami, Makoto, and Minako were all dressed casually and had just left the Hikawa Shrine. They were on their way to the Dead Moon Circus just as planned. But as they walked along, a dark and unsettling feeling crept into Rei's spine, causing her to stop, which didn't go unnoticed by the others.
"Rei? What is it?" wondered Minako.
"Guys, something's wrong," Rei spoke with unease. "I'm sensing a powerful dark power, and it's close by."
The others looked at one another and knew that Rei's senses were always on point.
"I'd ask if you have any idea of where it's coming from, but I get the feeling we all know already," said Makoto. "And we don't even have Rei's powers as a priestess."
"The Dead Moon Circus," said Harusuke grimly.
"In that case, let's go check it out!" said Ami.
The guardians then hurried as fast as they could until they could see the circus tent. But as they grew closer, they could all feel the evil energy emanating from it. They could also hear sounds of impish giggling.
"Well, this certainly spells trouble," said Harusuke. "Sounds like the enemy's having a party in there."
"Let's get closer," urged Minako.
The teens carefully made their way towards the entrance. As they did, they heard the Amazoness Quartet talking inside.
"What do you want me to do with these humans?" asked VesVes.
"If they haven't been checked, but them on the pile in the right," said CereCere.
"Do we seriously have to check through all of these?" huffed JunJun in annoyance.
"Unfortunately, we do," sighed CereCere. "And just look at all these blank dream mirrors we've searched already."
"PallaPalla thinks that eating all of these is going to give the Lemures upset tummies," said PallaPalla. "I wonder if we'll be able to get rid of them all?"
The Guardians, hearing this, then peered inside, only to see a shocking sight meet their eyes.
In the middle of the circus ring, VesVes was dragging a few unconscious bodies of humans along the floor while JunJun watched her do so. CereCere sat on top of a large pile of dream mirrors while PallaPalla inspected them. Not only that, but several lemures were watching them, all looking hungry as they eyed the mirrors.
"Oh, no! Those people are in trouble!" exclaimed Ami in a horrified whisper.
"All of their dreams are going to end up as an all-you-can-eat buffet!" cried Minako.
"Then, what are we standing around for?!" said Makoto. "We gotta stop them before that happens!"
"All right, girls! Let's do this!" said Harusuke as he exposed his bracelet.
Everyone responded as they took out their transformation wands and sprang into action.
"SOLAR QWASER POWER SUIT UP!"
"MERCURY CRYSTAL POWER, MAKE UP!"
"MARS CRYSTAL POWER, MAKE UP!"
"JUPITER CRYSTAL POWER, MAKE UP!"
"VENUS CRYSTAL POWER, MAKE UP!"
Transformation Sequence: Solaris (Post Super S)
Harusuke's crystal begins to shine, each of the ten points glowing in different colors of the rainbow until the center explodes in golden light. Harusuke, enveloped in silver light, holds his hands to his chest. His crystal lets out a burst of light as he throws his hands out, the symbol of the Sun appearing on his chest. Multiple streams of rainbow-colored light shine forth from it and spread throughout his body, enveloping him. Then, chrome golden and silver armor forms on his body, starting from his chest, arms, and legs. The symbol of the Sun appears in the middle of his forehead, and as it shines, light envelops his head, forming his helmet. His transformation completed, his eyes snap open, brightly flashing silver once and while spinning once, strikes his signature pose as the symbol of the Sun, now having ten different colored points, shines behind him in a starry blue background.
Transformation Sequence: Ami
The planet Mercury appears along with its symbol as Ami puts her hand up, fingernails sparkling in bright blue. Next, her body becomes silhouetted in shining blue as ribbons of sparkling water erupt from her hand. While spinning around, the water swirled around her body, forming her Sailor Uniform and her symbols. Finally, a water ripple overshadows her, and she emerges wearing her uniform like before, but with some changes. Her collar only bore one white stripe, her choker now had a yellow star with a blue gemstone in the center, her shoulder pads became like Super Sailor Moon and Chibi Moon's, and the back waist bow was enlarged and lengthened.
The symbol of Mercury briefly flashed in the middle of Ami's forehead before her tiara materialized. Her transformation finished; she smiled while jumping back and assuming her final pose, her sign and a harp symbol appearing in the background against a blue background filled with bubbles.
Transformation Sequence: Rei
The planet Mars appears along with its symbol as Rei puts her hand up, fingernails sparkling in bright red. Next, her body becomes silhouetted in blazing crimson as a long tongue of fire erupts from her hand. While spinning around, the fire whirls and wraps itself around her body, encasing her in it, and then explodes, revealing her body now surrounded by several rings of fire around her head, arms, legs, and midsection. They all burst while forming her Sailor Uniform, looking the same but with some changes. Her collar only bore one white stripe, her choker now had a yellow star with a red gemstone in the center, her shoulder pads became like Super Sailor Moon and Chibi Moon's, and the back waist bow was enlarged and lengthened.
The symbol of Mars briefly flashed in the middle of Rei's forehead before her tiara materialized. Her transformation finished; she smiled while jumping back and assuming her final pose, her sign and an arrow symbol appearing in the background against a red background filled with flames.
Transformation Sequence: Makoto
The planet Jupiter and its symbol appear as Makoto puts her hand up, fingernails sparkling in bright green. Next, her body becomes silhouetted in emerald green as a bolt of lightning strikes her, shrouding her before forming several rings like an atom. The atom of lightning explodes, revealing herself in her sailor uniform, looking the same but with some changes. Her collar only bore one white stripe, her choker now had a yellow star with a green gemstone in the center, her shoulder pads became like Super Sailor Moon and Chibi Moon's, and the back waist bow was enlarged and lengthened.
The symbol of Jupiter briefly flashed in the middle of Makoto's forehead before her tiara materialized. Her transformation finished; she jumped back and assumed her final pose, her sign and a wreath of leaves appearing in the background against a green background filled with leaves.
Transformation Sequence: Minako
The planet Venus and its symbol appear as Minako puts her hand up, fingernails sparkling in bright orange. Next, her body becomes silhouetted in shining marigold orange as she skates around while a ribbon of light with stars erupts from her fingers on her right hand, trailing behind her. Minakos then stops as the ribbon swirls around her body while standing in place, holding up her hand. As she stops, a yellow circle appears below her, which explodes into several yellow stars, revealing Minako in her Sailor Uniform like before, but with some changes. Her collar only bore one white stripe, her choker now had a yellow star with an orange gemstone in the center, her shoulder pads became like Super Sailor Moon and Chibi Moon's, and the back waist bow was enlarged and lengthened.
The symbol of Venus briefly flashed in the middle of Minako's forehead before her tiara materialized. Her transformation finished; she smiled while jumping back and assuming her final pose, her sign and a harp symbol appearing in the background against an orange background filled with stars.
Solaris and the Guardians, now fully transformed, came bursting into the tent, catching the attention of the Amazoness Quartet and the other lemures.
"People are filled with bright, shining hope!" Solaris proclaimed. "How dare you treat their beautiful dreams like nothing!"
"And using them as food for yourselves is just as unforgivable!" said Sailor Jupiter.
"Sorry isn't going to get you out of this one!" said Sailor Mars. "For you've all gone too far!"
"We are Guardians!" said Sailor Venus.
"...who fight for love and justice!" said Sailor Mercury.
"And in the name of the Moon, we'll punish you!" the six guardians finished.
"Well, Well, Well," snarked CereCere. "Looks like our esteemed guests have finally arrived."
"Good grief, they always show up at the wrong time," huffed JunJun. "And for that matter, they always do that same old spiel about punishing us. Why do we even have to be punished?"
"You can't be serious!" Sailor Venus snapped, appalled.
"Guess they ain't going to learn their lesson until we give them some serious punishment!" said Sailor Jupiter while cracking their knuckles.
"That sounds like fun!" PallaPalla said with an innocent smile. "In fact, PallaPalla thinks that we should make things a bit more fun!" She summoned her Amazon Stone and held it up high in her hand. "Now, TAMA-YURA!"
The orb then exploded with light, blinding all of the guardians. The light soon dimmed, and when the guardians could see again, they found that they were no longer in the circus tent.
Instead, they found themselves standing in the middle of a jungle. The air was hot and humid, the surrounding trees seemed endless, and there were even the sounds of exotic birds calling.
"Oh, no! Not this again!" cried Sailor Venus. "This is just like what happened to us last time!"
"It looks like they got us cornered!" Sailor Mercury spoke grimly.
"Everyone! Get ready!" Solaris yelled out as he drew his sword. "We'll take out every single Lemures here while protecting the civilians! Don't let a single one get to those dream mirrors!"
"Right!" the other guardians said.
VesVes cracked her whip. "All right, Lemures!" she commanded. "Go get 'em!"
"And whoever takes down a guardian will get a special reward afterward!" PallaPalla called out cheerfully.
The Lemures then all charged at the guardians at once, but the guardians didn't back down as they bravely launched themselves forward, determined to save the innocents.
Sailor Jupiter's Leaves of Oak manifested on top of her forehead as she rapidly spun on her heel.
"JUPITER OAK EVOLUTION!"
While she spun, she unleashed an array of leaf-shaped blasts at a group of Lemures, obliterating them in multiple explosions of green. As smoke billowed, more of the creatures leaped out and dove straight for her, but Sailor Jupiter saw them coming. Her Leaves of Oak then crackled and sparked, generating electricity as she clapped her hands together.
"JUPITER SPARKLING WIDE PRESSURE!"
At her shout, she generated a disc made of white lighting and hurled it at her enemies, resulting in a mighty explosion and eliminating them all at once.
Sailor Mars jumped, and she avoided the lemures that were attacking her until she landed perched on a branch of a tall tree. While holding out her hands, she summoned forth her Mars Arrow and conjured up a bow made of flames. As her enemies lunged toward her, she took aim with her arrow…
"MARS FLAME SNIPER!"
The arrow streaked sharply through the air, zipping past the lemures while catching them on fire, making them howl in agony. When the fire guardian's arrow struck the ground, a brilliant explosion of flame ripped apart the ground, incinerating everything in its vicinity.
Sailor Mars was about to summon another arrow, but then she sensed danger coming toward her from behind. She jumped off her branch just in time for a few lemures to land where she stood. Not wanting to let them get the upper hand, she dispersed her bow and put her hands together with her index fingers pointed up.
"MARS FIRE SOUL!"
At her call, she unleashed a powerful blast of fire from her fingertips, shooting forward and engulfing her enemies in flames, reducing them to ashes in seconds.
Sailor Venus was fending off multiple lemures that came at her, parrying and avoiding what fists they swung. But as she did, some started throwing daggers or other projectiles at her. Seeing the incoming attacks, Sailor Venus elegantly backflipped a few times before landing on her feet. As she did, her Whip of Love appeared around her waist. While kissing the palm of her hand, making a heart appear, the whip shone brightly as it danced around her.
"VENUS LOVE AND BEAUTY SHOCK!"
The Guardian of Love threw the heart, with the whip chasing after it. As it did, it split into multiple directions, striking and taking down numerous enemies. However, more of them swarmed around her, attempting to dogpile her.
But Sailor Venus bravely stood her ground as she pointed a finger at them.
"VENUS CRESCENT BEAM SHOWER!"
She fired a beam from her finger, and as it shot past the lemures, it suddenly split into multiple beams, each one piercing through an enemy and taking them out in seconds.
Sailor Mercury had some lemures charging at her, too. But she kept herself calm as she crossed her arms while a bubble formed between her hands.
"MERCURY BUBBLE SPRAY FREEZING!"
While throwing them out, she released a flurry of bubbles, which created a thick blanket of fog, obscuring her from sight. Each of the lemures looked around, trying to see where their enemy had gone, but then, they were slowly encased in ice, freezing them where they stood, leaving them unable to move.
The fog then cleared, revealing Sailor Mercury, who now had her Mercury Harp at the ready. She began strumming on its strings as a sphere of water began to generate just above her.
"MERCURY AQUA RHAPSODY!"
With one more final strum, the sphere exploded into a mighty stream, funneling towards the frozen lemures and washing them away into nothingness.
Solaris, using his sword, cut down one Lemures after the other while rushing toward the Amazoness Quartet, intending to save the people whose Dream Mirrors were exposed. However, just as he was about to reach them, a familiar foe stepped in front, barring his way. It was Tenebris.
"You know, I was really hoping that you, of all people, wouldn't show up, Tenebris," said Solaris. "But then again, I should've expected as much."
"Then you should also know that today is where you'll meet your end," said Tenebris. "And I'll personally see to it that I'll put you down for good."
"Go ahead and try!" snarled Solaris as he lunged forward with his sword and swung.
Returning the attack and advance, Tenebris met his sword, as they collided with a loud metallic clang as they locked. They expertly swung their blades while parrying and repelling each other. Then, as Solaris swung his blade at him, Tenebris jumped up high in the air to avoid it and, with his free hand, aimed it at him.
"TENEBRIS NIGHTMARE BOLIDE!"
From his hand, a powerful blast of black erupted, and Solaris quickly put up his sword to block as the blast exploded on contact. Tenebris didn't let up as he continued firing with multiple blasts while Solaris defended with his sword, cutting and parrying them. He then jumped into the air and set his sights on the dark knight.
"So you're using blasts now, huh?!" he quipped. "Then how's about I show you mine?!" He clenched his free hand as it began to radiate in white. "SOLARIS NOVA FLARE!"
While thrusting his hand forward, Solaris released a mighty blast of his own, which was a stream of bright white light. Tenebris quickly brought up his sword and met the attack with a slice, cutting the beam in half as it exploded in his face, creating a black cloud of smoke. Solaris squinted, trying to see if he had landed a hit, but with a wave of his sword, Tenebris revealed himself by clearing the smoke away in seconds.
"Is that all you got, Solaris?" Tenebris taunted. "Because I barely even felt that."
Solaris then tossed his sword into the air. As it did, he punched his fists together and created a sphere of light. "Then how about this then?!" he roared. "SOLARIS METEOR BARRAGE!"
With a mighty punch, he launched the sphere of light at his enemy while Tenebris brought up his sword, preparing to slice it. However, as the sphere shot closer to Tenebris, it suddenly split into several, going from one to many. Before Tenebris could curse, the ensuing barrage shot straight at their target, exploding upon contact. Solaris then landed on the ground just in time to catch his sword in his hand.
But as he did, Tenebris touched down also and wasn't pleased. "That was a good attack," he growled. "But now, you've gotten me rather incensed."
"The feeling's mutual!" Solaris countered as he stanced up again before charging towards his enemy, intending to put him down.
While the fighting went on, the Amazoness Quartet had just finished checking all of the dream mirrors. As the girls expected, even though they had searched all the people they had captured, they didn't find any sign of Pegasus.
"I don't believe this! Even after we lured in all these humans, not a single one of them has Pegasus!" JunJun lamented crossly. "How in the heck is that even possible?!"
"And to make this worse, those guardians are wiping out our entire forces," said VesVes. "Now, what'll we do?"
"Come now, girls. This isn't over yet," said CereCere. "It's about time for the Amazoness Quartet to take things up a notch and switch to plan B. PallaPalla?"
"I'm on it!" PallaPalla winked as she summoned her orb. "TAMA-KAZURA!"
In a brilliant flash of her orb, multiple vines suddenly ripped apart the earth, and before the guardians could react, they were swiftly bound tightly by them, leaving them unable to move. The vines also gripped them so tightly that they forced them to drop their weapons.
"D-Damn it! I can't get free!" cried Sailor Jupiter as she struggled.
The amazonesses then approached them, laughing while mocking them.
"Well, well, guardians, it looks like it's a lucky day," said CereCere. "For us, that is."
"The humans may not have had Pegasus in their dream mirrors," said JunJun. "But you guys have something else we're looking for."
"W-What are you talking about?!" winced Sailor Mars.
"Don't act like you don't know," said VesVes. "The legendary Silver Crystal."
The Guardians were surprised upon hearing this.
"No way! They're after the Silver Crystal, too?!" Solaris thought in surprise. "Since when?! And why? Is it the exact reason why they're after the Golden Crystal?"
"That's right. We all know that you and the rest of the White Kingdom are in possession of it!" said JunJun. "So if you know what's good for you, you'll tell us where it is! Or else!"
"Even if we didn't know, we'd never tell you!" barked Sailor Jupiter.
"Then I guess we're doing this the hard way," smirked CereCere as she snapped her fingers.
Several nightmare lemures then came swarming around the Guardians and began releasing their negative power, draining them of their energy while shocking them as they cried out in pain.
"I-I'm losing strength!" cried Sailor Venus.
"Don't give in, girls! Hang on!" Solaris yelled out while grimacing. "No matter what, we can't give in!"
Seeing their resistance, VesVes then turned her attention to Tenebris. "Hey, Tenebris. How about go and give our guests some extra motivation to talk?" she suggested. "After all, those dream mirrors are useless to us."
Tenebris then started approaching the pile of dream mirrors, much to the horror of the guardians.
"No, you can't!" cried Sailor Mercury.
"Leave them alone!" shouted Sailor Mars.
"Your fight is with us! Not with them!" snarled Solaris.
"Then you'd better start talking. Otherwise, all those innocent dreams will go bye-bye," teased PallaPalla. "And Tenebris needs something to do."
Teneberis grew near to the dream mirror, and the guardians struggled even more, trying to break free, but they couldn't, the vines holding them tighter while the nightmare lemures continued draining their strength.
But just as Tenebris was about to raise his blade, a gateway suddenly opened, causing him to jump back in surprise while the Amazoness Quartet looked back. Then, from it, four females stepped forth.
"It feels so hot here," one complained, flipping her sea-green hair. "One would think that we've somehow wandered into the Amazon."
"Oh, please," scoffed the second, her brushing away the bangs of her short blond hair. "Hot is being in a hundred twenty-two degree heat in the middle of a race. This fake jungle's a little warm compared to that."
"That's true," agreed the third, her long dark green hair billowing about in the warm tropical breeze. "This jungle and heat may feel real, but it's absolutely fake."
"This jungle shouldn't exist in this world," said the fourth, her dark violet eyes matching her short hair gleaming in an icy glare. "We must destroy it."
Upon hearing them, Solaris and the Inner Guardians all reacted with shock, recognizing their voices.
"N-No way!" Solaris gasped.
"Could they be…?" Sailor Venus also spoke in shock.
Sure enough, all four girls' bodies began to shine in bright light, each with a different color, navy blue, sea green, violet, and maroon. Then, all four of them each shouted out a different transformation phase.
"URANUS CRYSTAL POWER…!"
"NEPTUNE CRYSTAL POWER…!"
"PLUTO CRYSTAL POWER…!"
"SATURN CRYSTAL POWER…!"
"MAKE UP!"
Transformation Sequence: Haruka
The planet Uranus and its symbol appear as Haruka is enveloped in an amber glow and spins around, tracing a circle outline of wind using her heart crystal. She closes her arms around herself as the wind erupts, surrounding her body. Her sailor leotard, gloves, tiara, and boots immediately appear, coloring white, dark blue, and yellow. Her collar only bore one white stripe, her choker now had a yellow star with a navy blue gemstone in the center, her shoulder pads became like Super Sailor Moon and Chibi Moon's, and the back waist bow was enlarged and lengthened.
Haruka flips her bangs back as the symbol of Uranus briefly appears before her tiara appears on her forehead, and her lip gloss appears on her lips. With her transformation now completed, she spins around and finishes with her signature pose, her planet with a glowing navy blue symbol of Uranus appearing in the background.
Transformation Sequence: Michiru
The planet Neptune and its symbol appear as Michiru is enveloped in a teal glow and spins around, tracing a circle outline of water below her with her heart crystal. While spreading her arms wide, a geyser of seawater erupts from the circle, submerging her. Her collar only bore one white stripe, her choker now had a yellow star with a sea green gemstone in the center, her shoulder pads became like Super Sailor Moon and Chibi Moon's, and the back waist bow was enlarged and lengthened.
Michiru flips her hair back as the symbol of Neptune briefly appears before her tiara appears on her forehead, and her lip gloss appears on her lips. With her transformation now completed, she spins around and finishes with her signature pose, her planet with a glowing sea green symbol of Neptune appearing in the background.
Transformation Sequence: Setsuna
The planet Pluto and its symbol appear as Setsuna is enveloped in a maroon glow and spins around, tracing a circle outline of white below her with her heart crystal, creating a storm of sand. While closing her arms around herself while twirling, the sand comes down around her. She soon reemerges from the sand in her sailor uniform, holding her Garnet Rod. Her sailor leotard, gloves, tiara, and boots are colored white, black, and maroon. Her collar only bore one white stripe, her choker now had a yellow star with a garnet gemstone in the center, her shoulder pads became like Super Sailor Moon and Chibi Moon's, and the back waist bow was enlarged and lengthened.
The symbol of Pluto briefly appears before her tiara appears on her forehead, and her lip gloss appears on her lips. With her transformation now completed, she spins around and finishes with her signature pose, her planet with a glowing maroon symbol of Pluto appearing in the background.
Transformation Sequence: Hotaru
The planet Saturn and its symbol appear as Hotaru is enveloped in a violet glow while curled up in a fetal position as ribbons envelop her body in a small cocoon while she holds her heart crystal to her chest. Then, in a burst of light, she emerges now in her sailor uniform, holding her Silence Glave in her hand. Her sailor leotard, gloves, tiara, and boots are colored white and purple. Her collar only bore one white stripe, her choker now had a yellow star with a white gemstone in the center, her shoulder pads became like Super Sailor Moon and Chibi Moon's, and the back waist bow was enlarged and lengthened.
The symbol of Saturn briefly appears before her tiara appears on her forehead. With her transformation now completed, she spins around and finishes with her signature pose, her planet with a glowing maroon symbol of Saturn appearing in the background.
Sailor Uranus summoned forth a large ringed sphere of energy while Sailor Pluto raised her Garnet Rod as a maroon orb of energy appeared on the orb.
"URANUS WORLD SHAKING!"
"PLUTO DEAD SCREAM!"
Uranus then slammed the orb to the ground, hurling it while Pluto spun once while holding out her orb and firing hers. Both of the attacks shot straight towards everyone. The Amazon girls and Tenebris teleported out of the way as the attacks destroyed the vines, setting Solaris and the guardians free.
"Protected by Uranus, Planet of the sky! Guardian of the wind and heavens! I am Sailor Uranus!"
"Protected by Neptune, Planet of the sea! Guardian of embrace and the deep blue! I am Sailor Neptune!"
"Protected by Pluto, Planet of space and time! Guardian of revolution! I am Sailor Pluto!"
"Protected by Saturn, Planet of silence! Guardian of ruin and rebirth! I am Sailor Saturn!"
The four guardians stood bravely in between the enemy and their comrades.
"The Outer Guardians have arrived and are ready to fight!"