It was another day in the Juuban. Usagi, who was running late for school as usual, was running to make it on time as fast as she could.

"Oh, man! I'm gonna be late again!" she cried. "But if I keep running like this, then I'll be too tired to study!"

Then she stopped to try to catch her breath right by a drugstore, putting her hands on her knees. She then happened to notice a poster on the window. It was of a young brunette girl with her hair in a ponytail, looking like she was part of a gymnastics team, holding a bottle in her hand. Usagi inspected the poster a little closer.

"Feeling exhausted? Try this energy booster recommended by Mikan," she read. "Well, if Mikan thinks I should try it, then maybe I will."

Just then, Naru, who was also running late, ran up. Upon seeing Usagi, as she ran by, she purposely held up her bag and made it smack Usagi on the back of her head.

"Ow! What was that for Naru?!" cried Usag, rubbing her head.

"Get moving, slowpoke!" called Naru. "There's no time to be daydreaming!"

Usagi was still irritated at Naru for hitting her, but she knew that she was right and followed close behind her, running as fast as her legs could carry her.


Eventually, Usagi and Naru made it to school on time, just before the bell rang. Usagi, however, was still rubbing her head in pain.

"Ow... that really hurt..." she grumbled.

"You should be grateful that's all you suffered," said Harusuke. "The last thing you need is for Ms. Haruna to make you stand in the hall."

"That's right," smiled Naru. "So, feel free to thank me for saving your sorry butt from being late."

Then Umino came up to three, looking very excited. He also had a rolled-up poster in his hands.

"Hey, you guys! Check this out!" he said. "I finally got the poster of Mikan Shiratori!"

He then unfurled the poster, revealing it to be the same poster that Usagi saw earlier this morning.

"Wait a minute, Umino. You didn't steal that from the drugstore, did you?" asked Usagi.

"Of course not!" said Umino. "I ordered this little gem over an internet store. I also have a whole bunch more if you're interested in getting one. I can sell it to you for cheap."

"We're... gonna have to pass," said Naru.

"By the way, who's this Mikan Shiratori person?" asked Harusuke. "Is she some kind of idol?"

"That's right!" said Umino as he whipped out his computer and began typing. "And not only that, but did you know that she used to attend Juuban Middle School just like us, and she's seventeen years old? She's also appeared in eight commercials, and each month, she makes over two million yen!"

"Whoa! You're kidding!" exclaimed Harusuke. "Two million yen?!"

"That's a ton of money!" said Usagi. "I wonder how many pieces of shortcake I could buy with that?"

Then, two female classmates named Yumiko and Kuri, who happened to overhear the conversation, chimed in.

"You know if I'm not mistaken," said Yumiko. "I believe that Mikan was discovered right here in town."

"She sure is lucky," said Kuri. "I wish I could have been discovered as well."

"I agree," said Naru. "If I had some luck, I'd want to be discovered too."

"I know! I just can't believe that those talent scouts haven't noticed us yet!" complained Yumiko. "They either must be blind or ignoring us."

"To be perfectly honest," said Umino, straightening his glasses. "It seems that they probably ignored you because they can see right through you very well."

Yumiko, Kuri, and Naru glared at Umino while Harusuke couldn't help but snicker.

"I hate to say it, but Umino got you girls pegged on that one," he chuckled.

"Besides," continued Umino. "I believe that someone else will come to become the next big star from our school and follow in Mikan's footsteps."

"And who would that be?" wondered Harusuke.

Umino chuckled and paused impressively. Then he pointed to the very person. "Usagi!"

Naru and the girls just stared at Umino dubiously while Harusuke raised a brow curiously. Usagi, however, felt surprised that Umino had picked her, but then she stood up, radiating with confidence.

"That's right! I'm gonna be the next star!" she proclaimed.

Umino applauded, showing his support. "Huzzah!


Meanwhile, in the middle of town, Mikan Shiratori was making a public appearance, signing autographs for all the girls and boys around her. As more fans gathered around, Jadeite stood amongst them in disguise, watching this.

"Hmm. Perhaps I can use all of this energy," Jadeite thought to himself.

He then turned on his heel and walked away.


After school at the Tsukino house, Naru and Usagi were in Usagi's room discussing what Umino had just said about idols. Naru then came up with an idea.

"Hey! Why don't we become a duo of idols?!" she said.

"What?! You mean as in singing together?!" squeaked Usagi.

"Yes! We'll care straight into the entertainment world!" proclaimed Naru, pointing to the ceiling.

Usagi then shot up and went to her closer. After rummaging through it for a couple of minutes, Usagi grabbed a tennis racket and held it like she was preparing to go to war.

"All right! I'm ready!" she said with determination. "Let's do this!"

Naru stared at Usagi for a moment, and then she shook her head. "No! That's not what I meant!" she said. "I mean that we should both promote ourselves with a song, and once we do that, we'll become even bigger stars than Mikan will ever be!"

"Stars?!" asked Usagi excitedly. "Are you serious?!"

"Yes! That's right!" said Naru, grinning. "We'll become an overnight sensation just like Cinderella!

"In that case, let's go for it!" cheered Usagi. "Let's get started right now!"

Luna, who was lying down on Usagi's bed, only shook her head exasperated. "This won't end well," she thought. "This isn't exactly the time to be thinking about those things."

Usagi and Naru then turned on the radio in Usagi's room, playing the song Moonlight Densetsu as they began to sing. However, their singing was off-key, and their dancing was unsynchronized.

Gomen-ne, It's hard for me to say

Although it's easy to say it in my dreams

My thought circuit is about to break down

You know right now I want you with me!

Just then, Shingo and Harusuke came into the room.

"Hey! Enough with all that screeching!" yelled Shingo.

"Yeah! Some of us are trying to get some homework done!" barked Harusuke.

"Hey! What do you mean screeching!?" snapped Usagi.

"That's a rude thing to say! Especially to the stars of tomorrow!" said Naru.

"Um... yeah. Whatever," said Shingo, feeling put off.

"Just please try and keep it down, you two," sighed Harusuke. "For our sake as well as our neighbors."

Then Shingo and Harusuke left. Naru then turned to Usagi.

"Let's try it again," encouraged Naru. "One more time! Second verse!"

"Yeah!" nodded Usagi.

The two then tried singing again, adding a few dance moves here and there. However, things didn't get better.

First, Usagi had inadvertently stuck her arm in front of Naru, almost hitting her as she danced. Next, Naru accidentally swung her arms around, knocking Usagi on the back of her head. However, the two kept going with their awkward singing and dance routine. Then Usagi stepped on Naru's foot, making her cry out in pain. That was the final straw.

"OUCH! Darn it, Usagi! You're always so clumsy!" she cried, holding her foot in pain.

Usagi stopped. "I'm clumsy!? You're the one to talk!" she snapped. "You're just as bad as I am!"

"At least I don't go and blame others!" Naru shot back.

"Forget that! That's you!" Usagi argued.

The two gazed grimly at each other.

"Fine then!" huffed Naru. "If that's the way it's going to be, then I'll just have to go and become an idol on my own!"

"Fine with me!" Usagi huffed back. "Starting today, you can consider us rivals!"

Usagi and Naru glared at each other, the sparks flying out of their eyes from the intensity. Luna could only sigh as she shrugged.


A little later, after Naru had gone home, the Tsukinos were all sitting in the living room watching TV together. Usagi was still thinking about her recent argument with Naru and figuring out her next move.

"Now that I've said all that to Naru, I wonder what should I do now?" she thought to herself.

On the TV, a man was showing off a monkey doing tricks.

"Act sorry," said the man.

The monkey did so by bowing his head apologetically, causing the crowd to laugh.

"What a smart little monkey!" giggled Ikuko.

"I'll say," said Kenji, chuckling. He then turned to Luna. "Hey, Luna, I bet you could do tricks like that if you were trained."

Then, an idea came into Usagi's mind, causing her to jump out of her seat.

"Dad, you're a genius!" she cried.

"A genius about what?" wondered Harusuke.

"Don't you worry, Bro," said Usagi as she picked up Luna. "Just don't be surprised when you see celebrity reporters here soon!"

With that, she dashed out of the room with Luna, leaving Kenji, Ikuko, Shingo, and Harusuke puzzled.

"What was that all about?" asked Kenji. "You think that she's running a fever or something?"

"She seems OK to me," said Ikuko.

"She's just acting as weird as she always is," said Shingo.

Harusuke could only look towards the doorway where Usagi had left with Luna.

"I would go and see what she's up to," he thought to himself. "But then again, it's probably nothing. She's probably trying to cook up some kind of way of being a superstar using Luna. I swear... sometimes I do not get that girl."


In Usagi's room, she was training Luna to use the same tricks as the man she had seen on TV.

"Act sorry!" she commanded.

Luna did so, bowing her head and looking as apologetic as she could.

"This is so humiliating," she said. "Why do we have to do this again, Usagi?"

"It's a means to get us into stardom!" snapped Usagi. "Now quit complaining and do it again! Act sorry!"

Luna could only do as Usagi said as the training continued all night.


Meanwhile, Umino was heading for Naru's place after receiving a strange phone call from Naru telling him to come over to her place at once. Umino wasn't sure what was going on, but there was no way he would pass up a call from Naru. So, he went. As soon as Umino arrived at Naru's front door, he rang the doorbell.

"Hello! Naru? It's Gurio Umino!" he called, trying to be polite, thinking that Naru's parents were home. "Your daughter invited me to come over. May I come in?"

Then Naru opened the door poking out her head, not trying to be seen.

"Just come in here quick!" whispered Naru.

Then, before Umino had a chance to react, Naru grabbed him by the arm and yanked him inside. The next thing Umino knew, he was dragged all the way to Naru's room, had his clothes ripped off, being replaced by a girl's outfit comprised of a salmon pink dress, and Naru was putting makeup all over his face. When she finished, she stepped back and took a look at him.

"Well... I guess that's all I can do," said Naru, admiring her handiwork. "You actually look great in pink, Umino."

"Um... I don't understand," said Umino, who felt uncomfortable. "Why are you making me dress up like this? You know I have homework."

"Now, now. Instead of doing homework, you should be doing something much more important, like socializing," said Naru.

"Socializing?" puzzled Umino. "Why is that?"

"Because Usagi said that you'd be ten times more attractive if you showed some interest in learning how to socialize," explained Naru.

Naru was obviously lying, but Umino believed her.

"Seriously?! Usagi said that about me?!" he squealed. "In that case, I'll do it! I'll do anything as long as Usagi likes me for it!"

He then started to pretend that he was a girl.

"Thank you so much, Naru!" he said, putting on his best teenage girl impression. "I feel like my whole life has changed thanks to you!"

Naru smiled awkwardly, feeling a little awkward. "Oh, is... that so...?"

"Oh well," she thought. "A beauty and the beast combo just might get the scout's attention. If I can do that, then I'm willing to put up with anything as long as I can get scouted."


In another part of Juuban, Mikan Shiratori was staying at a hotel and taking a shower after a day of signing autographs. She hummed herself a little tune as the water washed over her body, helping her relax. However, what she didn't know was that someone or something was sneaking up on her in the shower.

Then suddenly, the curtains were whipped aside, and Mikan shrieked in terror.

In front of her face was another one of Jadeite's monsters named Derella. Her entire body seemed to be made of turquoise, and she had the face of a goblin and wore a purple dress. Before Mikan could even try to escape, Derella sprayed a strange turquoise glass substance from her mouth, getting it all over Mikan. The glass substance was sticky and soon began to harden. Mikan even tried calling for help, but her mouth was then shut.

Then, having captured her target, Derella touched Mikan's hand with her finger and then transformed herself into an exact duplicate of Mikan. She smirked with triumph as she got to go into the phase of the plan.


The very next day, Derella, disguised as Mikan, along with Jadeite, stood on a stage in town in front of a crowd of students who gathered before them.

"Hey! Is that Mikan Shiratori?" asked a girl.

"I think it is," said another girl. "But what's she doing here?"

"Hey you!" said Jadeite. "And you! And you, too! Do you want to be a star?! Have you ever dreamed of becoming one? Then be like Mikan Shiratori! Transform your life just like Cinderella from the fairy tale and apply for the Cinderella Caravan today!"

Then, from the top of the stage, a big satellite-like dish pointed right at the crowd, emitting a strange frequency that began to hypnotize all the people present as Mikan spoke.

"Hello everyone!" said Mikan. "I'm Mikan Shiratori, and I'm looking for people who have dreams of becoming big stars! If you're interested, go sign up and take part in the Cinderella Caravan!"

The hypnotized people all began mumbling in response.

"I wanna be like her... I wanna be like her... I wanna be like her..."

"I can't hear you, everyone!" encouraged Mikan. "What do you want to become?!"

"A star!" cheered the crowd.

Just then, a policeman arrived at the scene. When he saw the crowd of students, he was surprised.

"Hey, what's going on here?!" he asked. "Why aren't all you kids in school?"

He wasn't the only one who arrived on the scene surprised. A young stout man with glasses also came. He was Mikan's agent.

"Mikan, what's going on here?!" he demanded. "Why did you cancel your performances all of a sudden? You can't just do that, you know!"

Mikan ignored them and kept on encouraging the crowd as the ray coming from the satellite dish began to hypnotize the policeman and Mikan's agent, too.

"Starting today, you're all gonna be stars!" said Mikan.

The two men looked at each other and smiled. "Stars!" they cheered. "We're going to be stars!"

Then, they both began to perform tricks. The policeman did a headstand while Mikan's agent pulled a leg up into the air. Jadeite watched them with a sinister grin, pleased that his plan was working.


Back at school, not long after, the word of the Cinderella Caravan had reached even as far as the Juuban Middle School. Usagi, Harusuke, and Naru were just walking down the hall when Yumika and Kuri ran up to them.

"Hey, you guys! Big news!" cried Yumiko.

"Have you guys heard about the Cinderella Caravan?" asked Kuri.

"No. What's that?" asked Usagi.

Naru couldn't help but chuckle. "What a shame. You sure are behind the times, Usagi," she laughed.

"Shut up! I was busy with some other stuff, thank you," grumped Usagi.

"Anyway, mind telling us what that is?" asked Harusuke.

"Sure," replied Yumiko. "It's a talent search hoping to find the next Mikan Shiratori."

"Not only that, but Mikan has given her full support on the thing, so you know it's the real deal!" said Kuri.

Usagi and Naru's eyes went wide with excitement while Harusuke rolled his.

"Yes! This is my chance!" said Usagi. "I'm so gonna win this thing!"

"What are you even talking about?!" said Naru. "I'm the one who's gonna win this contest!" Then she saw Umino, who happened to be walking by. "Right Umino?"

Umino giggled, using his feminine accent. "You got that right, girlfriend!"

Usagi, Harusuke, and the other girls almost fell over in surprise. Naru then whispered to Umino.

"Don't do it now!" she hissed. "You're going to give away the act!"

"Pwactice makes Poifect!" said Umino as he walked away.

Usagi, Kuri, Yumiko, and Harusuke all watched as Umino left, still feeling baffled by his strange behavior.


It was now after school, and Usagi and Luna were walking through town, heading for the Cinderella Caravan with Harusuke for support.

"Today's the day!" Usagi said aloud. "Today, we have a chance to show off all the progress we made!"

"I still think this whole thing is weird," said Harusuke. "Ever since Umino mentioned this idol business, you and Naru have been acting weird and even are getting at each other's throats."

"You wouldn't understand, Bro," said Usagi. "Because you're not idol material."

"Excuse me for not being idol material," muttered Harusuke.

Then he noticed Luna, who was slowly walking behind them, looking sad.

"What's the matter, Luna?" asked Harusuke. "You look down."

Luna then stopped and buried her face in her paws. "I'm sorry, but I can't do this, she said.

Usagi was surprised. "What?! Why not?!" she exclaimed. "You can't just go and back out now!"

"Look... I went along with this in the first was because I figured it would be a nice change of pace for you," said Luna. "However, that's not what you want. You're heavily obsessed with trying to become a star."

"That's not true at all," said Usagi, trying to be convincing.

"Yes, it is," said Luna.

"No, it's not!" said Usagi defiantly.

"Then prove it! Stop trying to get into that Cinderella contest then," said Luna sternly.

"Come on, you two, take it easy," said Harusuke, trying to ease the situation, but Luna interrupted.

"No Harusuke. Usagi needs to know that now is not the time to be playing around!" Luna lectured. "She doesn't understand just how important both of your missions are, so she needs to stop this nonsense! Now, if you don't mind, I'd like to go home!"

Usagi clenched her hands as her eyes welled up in tears.

"Oh no... Now she's done it," said Harusuke worriedly.

Then Usagi burst out crying. "Luna! You're so mean! You just don't understand anything about me or about the innocent dreams of young girls!" she cried as she took off running.

"Usagi! Wait!" cried Harusuke. "Come back!"

Usagi didn't listen. She just kept on running. Eventually, she saw the last person she expected to run into. The casually dressed boy with black hair. As soon as she saw him, she immediately stopped crying and quickly hid herself behind an alley, fearing that he would tease her again.

"It's that stupid jerk again!" she thought. "Of all the times for him to show up, it had to be now! Hopefully he didn't see me."

Then Harusuke came up, finding her first.

"Usagi! There you are," said Harusuke. "Don't run off like that!"

"Shh! Be quiet!" snapped Usagi. "Can't you see I'm hiding here?!"

"Hiding? From who?" wondered Harusuke.

He found that out soon enough. Right then, the casually dressed boy came from around the corner and saw the two.

"Well, what do you know. It's you two again," the boy said. "What brings you two around here?"

"Oh, we just happened to be passing by," said Harusuke.

"Are you two going to that Cinderella Caravan contest?" asked the boy.

Usagi huffed in response, turning away. "And what if we are?" she huffed.

"Well, it's really not any of my business," continued the boy. "But if you two are, all I can do is wish the two of you luck and try not to go for a comedy routine. It's been done over so many times; it gets old."

"N-no, of course not!" snapped Usagi with a stammer. "Like we'd do something like that! Just stop bothering us! And get a new outfit! Come on, Bro!"

Usagi then stomped away, grabbing Harusuke by the arm, leaving the boy with an amused look on his face.


At the Cinderella Caravan stage, various contestants performed various feats in the hopes of being chosen by Mikan, still under the spell of Jadeite. Kuri and Yumiko performed a comedy routine.

"I needed some bread, and the grocer said that it was "under there." "said Yumiko.

"Oh yeah? Then what happened?" asked Kuri.

"A moment later, they gave me these," said Yumiko as she held up a pair of strawberry underwear.

"And why is that?" asked Kuri.

"When they said, "under there," I said "under where"?! " finished Yumiko.

"You're moving onto the next round, girls!" said Mikan. "Wonderful performance!"

She then took a hammer, which was also a stamp, and tapped their hands, making a mark appear on them. Yumiko and Kuri were delighted.

Next, it was Umino and Naru's turn. They had just finished a duet of a song together. When they finished, Mikan then stamped their hands as well.

"Congratulations!" she said. "You're both moving on as well!"

"All right! We did it!" cheered Naru.

"We really do have talent, girlfriend!" smiled Umino.

Then Mikan turned towards the crowd. "Those of you who got stamped and are moving on will be performing live at the Shan-Shan plaza next Sunday!" she said. "And that's when you all will become stars!"

The crowd cheered in response while Mikan smirked with triumph.


The next day, Usagi and Harusuke were going to class as usual. When they entered the classroom, they were in for quite a shock. The desks were all pushed to the other side of the room, and everyone was rehearsing for the big night. Yumiko and Kuri were practicing their comedy routine.

"What happens when you pluck the feathers off a bald eagle?" asked Yumiko.

"Nothing! It's already bald!" finished Kuri.

"What in the blazes...?" murmured Harusuke.

Usagi went over to Naru. "Good morning, Naru. Whatcha doing?" she asked.

Naru didn't answer. She was busy writing her name on blank slates, practicing for when she had to sign autographs.

"All right then, everyone!" called Umino holding a bag. "Did you all get your streamers?" Then he caught sight of Usagi and Harusuke. He went over to them and gave them a roll of streamers from his bag. "There you go, you two."

Usagi and Harusuke looked at their streamers and then at each other in confusion, still wondering what was going on. Then Naru suddenly stood up from her desk, surprising them.

"All right, everyone!" she said. "We're going to have an autograph session starting now!"

"But guys...! Wait a minute!" said Usagi. "Should we be in class right now?"

"Yeah. Aren't you afraid that you're all gonna get in trouble with Ms. Haruna?" asked Harusuke.

"Hey, cut us some slack!" snapped Yumiko. "We're working our butts off on our acts here!"

"Yeah! Stars like us don't need stupid classes!" agreed Kuri.

"Hey! Throw the streamers!" said Umino. Everyone did just that, but one of the rolls of streamers hit Umino square in the face. "Ouch! Be careful!" he chided. "You shouldn't injure a star's face; otherwise, he won't be a star anymore!"

Usagi and Harusuke could only look at each other, still confused by everything that was going on. One thing was sure, things had taken a turn for the bizarre.


Later that morning, the students gathered around a makeshift stage. Umino and Naru were practicing their duet while Usagi, Harusuke, and Luna watched from a distance on the bench.

"Don't you two find this all a bit strange?" asked Luna.

"Yup," replied Usagi.

"Strange is a bit of an understatement," said Harusuke. "It's more like everyone in school's got a case of Mikan fever."

"And it's not just here," said Luna. "It's been like this all over town, too! People are suddenly neglecting their daily responsibilities because they think they're stars."

"Do you think a monster's behind all this?" wondered Harusuke.

"I'm not sure," said Luna. "But one thing's for sure: they all went to that Cinderella contest the other day."

"Then, if that's true, then we could have ended up like them!" said Usagi. "Then again... you could have blocked my path to stardom."

"You're still on about that?" deadpanned Harusuke. "Seriously. It's better than being like those guys right now."

"That's right. You should be thanking me for saving you," said Luna snootily.

Then, they heard Umino and Naru call out to the other students.

"Make sure you all come to Shan-Shan Plaza to see our big concert!" called Naru.

"We still have tickets left over, so make sure you get them while you can!" added Umino.

"Hold on! What do you mean by that?!" called out Yumiko.

"Yeah! The show in Shan-Shan Plaza is supposed to be our big show!" protested Kuri.

Then, the entire crowd of students began to argue with each other, the arguing escalating.

"Wow... they actually believe they're stars," said Usagi.

"I guess so," said Harusuke.


Soon enough, Sunday came around, and Naru, Umino, Yumiko, Kuri, and the other contestants were all gathered around backstage, ready to perform. Then Mikan appeared and addressed everybody.

"Listen up, everyone!" she said. "Soon, all of your shows are about to begin! Can't you hear the audience cheering for you?!"

At first, no one could hear anything, but then, when the curtains began to go up, a disco ball hanging from above began emitting a strange frequency, making everyone in there except for Mikan hear and see an audience in front of them.

"Here we go! Let's do our best, Yuminko!" said Kuri.

"You bet Kuri!" Yumiko smiled.

"It's almost show time..." said Naru nervously.

"I know! It's so exciting!" said Umino.

Then, all of the participants, including Naru and the others, began performing their routines all at once. In the audience seats in the front row, Mikan smiled evilly, chuckling.

"I think it's about time I take your energy now," she said to herself.

She twisted the tiny microphone on her chest and then began to drain the participants' energy.


While this was happening, the energy was being sent to the Jadeite gathering in the form of a large glowing white ball.

Jadeite smiled as the large ball glowed in his hand.

"Very soon, I'll have a fresh batch of energy for our great ruler," he said to himself as he cackled with triumph.


Outside of the Shan-Shan plaza, Usagi, Harusuke, and Luna had just arrived at the Shan-Shan themselves. It was very quiet. Not a single person could be found.

"OK. This is so weird," said Usagi. "There's no one around."

"Yeah. You'd think that there would be a lot of people here," said Harusuke.

"Come on. Let's go inside and see what's going on," said Luna.

And so, the three walked inside the plaza and went to the main stage. When the group got close to the main stage, the three peeped inside the theater, and their eyes widened in shock.

Naru, Umino, and the others were performing on the stage, but there wasn't a single person in the audience. That was until one person stood up. From behind, she looked like Mikan, but then the being turned its head around, revealing the true face of the being. It was Derella.

"So... you two seen everything, eh?" she snarled.

"Holy crap...!" cried Harusuke.

Usagi screamed in horror. "Mikan is a monster!" she cried.

The two then dashed away and didn't stop running until they reached the restrooms in the building. Harusuke stopped by the boys while Usagi dashed into the girls' room.

"Usagi! Come out of there!" said Luna. "We need Solaris and Sailor Moon!"

"Do I have to?" whined Usagi. "That monster was so scary!"

"I know Usagi! I was scared a little, too!" said Harusuke. "But we need to transform! We have to save Naru and the others!"

"Oh, all right," said Usagi.

She reluctantly emerged from the restrooms, still scared, but that fear was quickly replaced with determination as she and Harusuke transformed.

"MOON PRISM POWER MAKE UP!"

"SOLAR GUARDIAN POWER FLARE ON!"


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 blue collar with white stripes. Next, Usagi crosses her arms as more pink ribbons cover them, turning into long white gloves. Then, the pink ribbons wrap around Usagi's legs and turn into 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, a gold tiara with a red gem, a pair of dangling crescent moon earrings, and 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.

Transformation sequence: Harusuke.

Harusuke's bracelet begins to glow as Harusuke holds it in 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 above him, shining its light upon him. Then, while Harusuke bathed in its light, a silver jumpsuit with gold lines on his hips formed 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 his wrists. Then, a yellow symbol of the sun materializes in front of him, crashing into his chest and making a golden 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 as the symbol of the sun appears behind him.


Back on the stage, due to the energy draining, all the performers were now unconscious due to having their energy sucked entirely out of them. Derella smirked, having completed her mission. Then suddenly, the curtains closed, the disco ball from above stopped spinning, and the room went black.

"What's happened?! What's going on?!" wondered Derella, feeling a little panicked.

Then, two voices came from behind the curtains.

"You evil friend!" said a female voice. "How dare you place fake glass slippers on the hearts of young girls who dream of becoming Cinderella!"

"And giving men false hope on the chance that they would someday become Prince Charming!" said a male voice. "That alone is unforgivable!"

"Who's there?!" demanded Derella.

Then, a bright light shone on the center of the stage, revealing the two heroes.

"I'm the Pretty Guardian who fights for love and justice!"

"And I'm the knight with the brilliance of the sun and the courage of a warrior who also fights for love and justice!"

"I'm Sailor Moon! And in the name of the moon, I'll punish you!"

"And I'm Solaris! And in the name of the sun, with my blinding rays, I'll scorch you!"

Derella leaped from the seats and revealed her monster form in front of Solaris and Sailor Moon.

"Just as we thought," said Sailor Moon. "She really was a monster all along!"

"Then let's take it out!" said Solaris.

Derella fired the same web-like glass substance from her mouth at them, but Sailor Moon and Solaris dove into the seats, hiding themselves. Derella floated from above, trying to find them.

"Where did you two go?!" she snarled.

Solaris and Sailor Moon crawled under the chairs, trying to stay quiet until they could attack before Derella found one of them. Unfortunately, one of them was found first—that someone was Sailor Moon.

"There you are!" snarled Derella.

"Oh no!" cried Solaris.

He looked in time to see that Derella had fired the glass substance from her mouth right at Sailor Moon. She was now covered from neck to toe in a gooey green glass substance. To make things worse, the glass substance was beginning to harden.

"What is this stuff?!" cried Sailor Moon. "I can't get free!"

"Hang on, Sailor Moon! I'm coming!" cried Solaris as he rushed toward her, trying to save her.

Derella, however, fired the glass substance at him. Solaris jumped, dodging the attack, and then attacked Derella by throwing a punch. The punch connected, sending Derella flying and crashing into the seats.

Solaris then rushed over to Sailor Moon. "Hold on Sailor Moon! I get you out!"

He then tried to get the glass substance off her, but he couldn't

Then Derella recovered from the blow and fired from her mouth again. This time, the attack connected, and now Solaris was covered in the glass substance.

"Damn it! I am caught too!" he cried.

"Now you're both mine!" screeched Derella victoriously.

She then spewed out more of the glass substance at them, the glass encasing them further with only their faces remaining.

"No... I can't... breathe..." groaned Sailor Moon as she was soon covered in the glass substance.

"Sailor... Moon..." gasped Solaris as he was enveloped in glass, too.

Both Sailor Moon and Solaris were now like statues as Derella's glass substance hardened while the monster cackled with victory.

"That's right! It's all over for you both!" she said with glee.

But right then and there, two roses shot out. One hit Sailor Moon on her hand, and the other hit Solaris on his back. The glass on both of their bodies began to crack from the impact and then shattered, setting Sailor Moon and Solaris free.

"No! My glass prison!" cried Derella. "Who did that?!"

She looked up to where the roses came from, as did Sailor Moon and Solaris. Standing on a balcony under the spotlight was none other than Tuxedo Mask.

"Tuxedo Mask! It's you!" exclaimed Solaris.

"You saved our lives!" Sailor Moon said while smiling. "Thank you very much!"

"Sailor Moon! Solaris! You're both the stars of this show now!" Tuxedo Mask said. "Make sure you're both bright stars! Good luck!"

And with a wave of his cape, he disappeared. Derella, who was now furious, tried to chase after him.

"Come back here!" she hissed. "You won't escape from me!"

Then Luna appeared. "Sailor Moon! Solaris! Now's your chance! She's wide open!"

Sailor Moon and Solaris nodded and then unleashed their attacks. Sailor Moon took off her tiara, transforming it into a white disk, and Solaris clapped his hands together, creating a ball of yellow light. Then, the two of them took aim and fired their attacks.

"MOON TIARA ACTION!"

"SUNSHINE METEOR!"

Both attacks slammed right into Derella, making her shatter into a million pieces, along with the microphone containing the energy she was carrying and the disco ball from above. On the stage, Naru and the other victims had finally regained consciousness, not remembering what had happened.


Meanwhile, back in her shower at the hotel, the glass trapping disappeared from her body, too, setting her free. She was confused as to what had happened but was thankful to still be alive.


Usagi, Harusuke, and Luna rested in Usagi's room, all having returned home safely.

Usagi felt very exhausted. "Man... I'm so tired," she sighed.

"Then let that be a lesson to you, Usagi," said Luna. "Nothing good can come when you get too obsessed."

"Yeah. Yeah," said Usagi.

"Don't you give me that!" Luna suddenly snapped. "I want you to think about what you did! Act sorry!"

Feeling startled, Usagi immediately straightened up and then did exactly what the monkey performed on TV, looking as apologetic as she could. Harusuke stared blankly at this sight.

"I would say that this is too much," he thought. "But... I guess Luna does owe a little payback. Oh well."