Since Act 11 is quite long, I've split it up into two parts. The manga does NOT do this; this is my own decision, made for convenience. Any notes that I make based on the text will be in this colour; these notes are just for clarification and speculation. Enjoy!
Bunny is dreaming of Prince Endymion. She thinks, "I miss you. I need to see you. I'll forget your face...your voice...Who's there...holding my hand...Could it be...Darien...?" She wakes up, with Luna prodding her. "Bunny," Luna says, "Wake up. You're going to be late." Bunny says, "Darn! Just Luna." Obviously, she was hoping her dream was real, and Darien would come back to her. She thinks, "Just when it was getting good." She places her hand on Darien's stopwatch, next to her pillow. She thinks, "Darien's broken pocket watch...It stopped again, after we got back from the moon...Is he still alive?" Meanwhile, Luna is sulking. She gets angry, saying "W-what do you mean, 'Darn'? It's okay. Don't mind me...Only trying to help." Bunny realizes that Luna is upset, and wraps her in a hug and apologizes, saying that she loves Luna. Luna gives Bunny the Silver Crystal on the chain. Bunny thinks, "The Silver Imperium Crystal...On the moon, the queen said it follows my heart...But how do I use its power?" Bunny goes downstairs, with Luna in her arms. She says a cheery good-bye to her parents. Bunny's parents say they are happy that Bunny is back to normal. Bunny's mom says it's because of Luna. On the street, Luna says she's going to the Command Room at the arcade to investigate the stone sword. Bunny waves to her, and a man in a checkered shirt bumps into her. Bunny drops the watch, and turns to see who bumped her. However, the man is already walking away,
and Bunny can't see his face. Bunny thinks, "That stance...He looks like...Darien...But...that's impossible. He wouldn't be here...Geez, I'm see things 'cause of that dream this morning..." She picks up the watch, and notices that it's working again. She heads off to school. Later, Andrew (Andy) and a friend are outside the Arcade Centre. They notice a man with dark hair, sunglasses, and a suit outside the Arcade. He turns. It's Darien's evil form. Darien asks Andy if he works there. Andy says yes, and asks Darien if Darien is the "new part-timer" that Andy's father hired. Andy points to a Help Wanted sign. Darien takes off his sunglasses, and Andy asks him if he is Bunny's friend. Andy then asks his friend Endo to "go on ahead." Endo is wearing glasses. Evil Darien shoots out a beam of light from his eyes at Endo. Then he shoots out another beam of light at Andy. He is controlling his mind. Darien says, "From now on...I'm your best friend...Endo."
Later, a pretty girl pops in the arcade. She says, "Andy? You in there? You forget your book in class." "Reika," Andy greets her. He is sitting beside evil Darien. Reika says that Darien is new here, and asks Darien his name. Andy says, "What do you mean? This is my best friend, Endo." Reika is puzzled, saying "Right...Endo..." Apparently, she knows the other Endo, who looks nothing like Darien. [Note: I think "Reika" is the equivalent of "Rita" in the English dub, Andrew's girlfriend in the anime. (The one who carried a Rainbow Crystal, and went to study in Africa). Here, there is no inclination of a relationship between the two, aside from school friendship]. Reika accidentally drops one of her books. It's a book on gemstones, and falls open near Darien. He bends down to take a look. Andy says, "What's up, Endo? You interested in stones, too? Reika's really into them." Reika starts giving Darien a whole speech on stones. She says, "Do you like Jade? There are two tupes of Jade: Jadeite (hard) and Nephrite (soft). There are many colors of Jadeite. It's called true jade. Nephrite is a dark green stone. This pink Spodumene is called Kunzite. Isn't it a beautiful pale stone? This blue-violet Tanzanite is also called Blue Zoisite. (It was first introduced by Tiffany's!)" While she is talking, there are pictures of the stones she's talking about. Then Reika breaks off, saying she's babbling. Darien says it's OK. "It just so happens..." he says, "I have the exact same four stones..." After school, Bunny is happy, saying that she can see Amy's home today. Lita warns Bunny that the meeting is serious. They meet up with Mina, who's holding the stone sword (in broad daylight). Bunny greets her, saying "V-babe! Sorry we're late!" Mina has sweatdrops on her. She whispers, "Bunny, please don't call me 'V-babe'. It's embarrassing..." Bunny grinning, replies, "But it fits you so well!" They go to Raye's temple, where she is meditating. Bunny calls Raye, and Raye replies she'll be right there. Raye looks at the setting sun. She muses, "Shadows in the fire of the sun...It's a bad omen...just like my reading." Mina asks what Raye was fire-reading about. Raye says she was trying to find out what will happen next, by didn't get a good result. Mina wonders if that means that the odds are against the Sailor Team in the next battle. Raye says she doesn't know. The girls arrive at Amy's apartment building. It is huge, and looks very expensive to live in. Lita says (with a sweatdrop on her forehead) "It's not an apartment; it's a penthouse." Bunny replies, "That's what rich people live in. Gee, you know your stuff, Lita." The girls walk into the entrance. Bunny comments it's all marble, and tells Mina, "Don't drop the sword, V-babe!" Unfortunately, clumsy Mina trips. She's holding the sword point down, and it scratches the marble. Bunny freaks, and says, "V-babe scratched the marble! Not my fault!" Mina panics as Amy comes in, sobbing "A-Ameee...". She's crying. Meanwhile, Lita is in the background, saying "You shouldn't be so clumsy, V-babe." Amy, not mad at all, says "It's okay. It's okay." She's obviously more concerned with calming Mina down. Amy says, "Marble is soft, so it scratches easily." (There's a little note from Naoko, saying "The marble in Naoko's entrance is all scratched up, too. Sniff"). The girls go up to Amy's apartment. Amy says she is going to tell them about the stone sword. She takes out a diamond ring, saying "This is a diamond. It's the hardest substance in the world. Mina, try tapping this with the sword." Mina does so, carefully, saying "Should be the stone that breaks, right?" Part of ring breaks off. Mina panics again, saying "AAACKK!! Your...your diamond...AMIEE!" Amy again is unfazed, brushing the broken ring off, and says "It's okay. Mama has loads of them". [Note : Amy's mother is a doctor; hence Amy's family is rich. (But
really, LOADS of diamond rings??)] Amy notes that even diamonds crumble against the sword. She says, "Luna and I examined this sword and a piece of the shrine that we brought back from the moon. Both are made from an unknown material. Or rather, they were formed into this hard substance. What's more, it's quite poisonous." Lita says, "After Bunny...that is, the princess...committed suicide in our former lives, the last thing I remember is being wrapped in light...A sword made of hardened poisonous stone...? The Moon Castle standing in Mare Serenitatis...Our once beautiful crystal palace...
our kingdom...The Moon didn't used to be suc a dark, lonely place...It glowed with white light...Did the Enemy change it into a planet of death...?" Raye and Amy notice that Bunny has fallen asleep. Amy laughs, saying that Bunny does that when things get serious. Lita says "What with Tuxedo Mask, and meeting her mother from her previous life, on the moon, a lot going on, she's just stressed out." Lita carries Bunny
into a bedroom. Mina picks up the stone sword, and says, "We didn't get around to asking the Queen the most important question...how do we seal away the Enemy? So this is the sword that protects the princess...Even if we find the enemy base, and face the Evil One, how would we use this heavy
cursed blade...? How will we defeat the Enemy and seal It away?" Bunny wakes up in the bedroom, crying. She thinks, "I remember...When Tuxedo Mask...When Darien saved me...I woke up in his bed just like this...And just like now...I watched the sunset from his room. I feel like playing a video game...The Sailor V game...to blow off some steam..." Bunny sneaks by Mina and the others and arrives at the Arcade. "It's strange," she says, "I just had to come here...Why is my hear beating so fast...? Because I saw that guy this morning?
There's someone playing the Sailor V game..." Bunny remembers the man in the checkered shirt (evil Darien) from the morning. She sees two shadows around the Sailor V game. She goes inside. It's possessed Andy and evil Darien. "What...?!" thinks Bunny, "Darien...Shields...?!" Darien greets her, saying "So you're...Bunny? You wear the same buns...as Sailor Moon. It must be a popular hairstyle." He places a hand on one of Bunny's buns (she's blushing). Meanwhile, Bunny is thinking, "Darien...?!" Andy says, "Bunny, this is my best friend Endo. He's started workign here part time." Bunny can't believe that his name it Endo. Darien says, "I go to the same KO University as Andy. I'm a freshman."
Bunny thinks, "He's Andy's friend?! A college student? He's not...Darien? But, that voice...that face..." Darien shakes Bunny's hand. "And that warmth," she continues thinking, "It's all the same...it's just like..." Darien says that he heard Bunny's good at the Sailor V game. He says he wants to learn from her. He smiles, and Bunny thinks he has a cold smile. Back at Amy's apartment, Mina's transformation pen starts to beep. She says someone is going through the Sailor V game very quickly. She announces she's going to the Arcade. She notices that Bunny is gone from the bed. When Mina and the others get to the arcade, they see Bunny standing over Darien, who's playing the game. They can't believe it's Darien Shields. "Tuxedo Mask!! What is he doing here? Wasn't he captured by the Dark Kingdom...?!" they think. Luna notices Darien as the man
she and Bunny passed in the morning. Raye says, "His eyes...He's different! I have a bad feeling about htis. We can't let him near Bunny!" The next day, at school, Molly asks Bunny if she'll walk home with her. Bunny says she's got to go someplace. Molly is disappointed. Melvin appears, saying that Bunny has a crush on the part-timer at the arcade. Luna catches Bunny heading to the arcade. "You're coming here too much. He's not Darien Shields." Bunny turns, not facing Luna. "Bunny!" cries Luna. Bunny says she knows he isn't Darien. In the arcade, Darien is playing the Sailor V game. "This game is fascinating," he tells Andy. "No matter how far you go, you keep getting new levels. It's like it's really Sailor V fighting." Andy says "No, it's more like someone somewhere's controlling Sailor V."
Bunny steps inside the arcade. Darien praises Bunny's skills at the game. He says, as Bunny sits down to play, "It's like you're one with Sailor V. Like you know everything about her." Bunny, concentrating on the game, and not really listening, says, "Uh-huh. I do. She's a good partner. The following is in dialogue format Darien wonders why Bunny didn't fall under his spell. Bunny runs off, thinking "What should I do? Those cold eye make my head spin...Like I'm getting sucked in...I'm afraid I'll give in...I'll tell him everything...But he's exactly like Darien. It's 'Buns'. Call me 'Buns'. Not Bunny..." Lita and Amy are at the entrance of the arcade, and watch as Bunny runs off. They see Andy and Darien walk by. They see Reika appear. She's wondering when Andy made friends with such a cute guy. Amy tugs on Lita's sleeve. Lita, blushing, asks Reika about Andy and Darien. Reika says, "I'm in the same club as Andy, but I don't know that Endo. I've never seen him before. Andy did have a best friend named Endo, but he was way different. (He's a geeky guy with coke bottle glasses). Come to
think of it, I haven't seen him around recently. Andy must have just made friends with that Endo. No one at the Universitiy know who he is." Amy and Lita listen carefully. In the Control Room, Artemis tells Mina that they can't let 'him' (Darien) play the Sailor V game anymore. He's trying to find the Control Room. Mina says that if he really is Darien, then they have to be careful. The scene changes to evil Darien thinking, "I'll find a way in. Into their Control Room...heh heh heh." It's night-time now, and Andy and Darien leave the arcade. Lita is still there, waiting for them. "Wait up, you two," she says, "What are you doing to Bunny? What are you up to?" Darien zaps Lita with his eyes, like he did with Andy. Later, the girls rush into the Control Room. Lita's there, waiting. The girls ask, "Lita! What's wrong?! Why'd you call a meeting?!"
Lita, with her eyes blank, says, "Bunny! I've been waiting for you. You have to keep away from him! He's the Enemy! He was after the princess all along!" "He..?" asks Bunny, "You mean Endo? But...how do you know he's the Enemy...?" Lita demands, "He's evil! What are you going to do?! If the Imperium Crystal is stolen..." Bunny smiles, taking the Crystal out from under her collar. "But I keep it with me all the time. It's all right. Why are you making such a fuss...?" An alarm beeps, and Mina warns of intruders in the Control Room. Raye says, "Impossible! We're the only one who can get into the Control Room!" While they are distracted, a possessed Lita makes a wild grab at the Silver Crystal. Mina, however, reacts quickly and gives Lita a humongous kick. Lita falls to the floor, unconscious. A voice says, "She almost got the Crystal for me. Guess I'll have to do it for myself."
DARIEN: I saw her once myself.
BUNNY: Really?!
DARIEN: She was really cool.
BUNNY: Yeah...She's a lot more reliable than me...
DARIEN: More than Sailor Moon?
BUNNY: (thinking) What?!
DARIEN: (placing his hand on Bunny's buns again) That hairstyle...it makes you look like Sailor Moon. I wonder where Sailor V and Sailor Moon are when they're not fighting. Do they have some sort of Control Room?
BUNNY: I should...I should be going...
DARIEN: Bunny. Come again tomorrow. I want to know all of your secrets...
BUNNY: G-goodbye.
End of Dialogue
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