Tsukino Residence,
Usagi Tsukino's room
Usagi sat sadly on her bed with her knees drawn up her chest and arms wrapped around them. Her tear-stained face was looking outside her window at the Saturday morning sun.
"Oh, Mamo-chan, where can you be?" Usagi sighed to herself, "It seems as though I've lost you since you don't answer any of my letters! Now I've lost my brother Shingo. I wish you were here with me so you could comfort me and help me find him."
The pain once again proved too much for Usagi, and she broke down crying again. She held a shaking hand to her mouth so as not to wake up Chibi-Chibi, who was laying peacefully asleep next to her on the bed. The little mysterious girl smile in her sleep, gurgled a few time, then was quiet. The events of yesterday replayed itself in her mind. She was helping a new friend, Tanya Cambridge, figure out what was happening to her father. Then, when they investigated by spying on Tanya's father, they found out the truth. The demon came out of her disguise and tried to destroy them. That was when Usagi found out that her new friend from Libya was actually a Sailor Senshi, Sailor Sirius, and they both destroyed her. The rest of the Senshi welcomed her into the group when they had another meeting, and revealed their secret identities to her and Marco.
It was later that day Usagi's mother called and informed her that Shingo was missing, and that there was no trace of him anywhere. From since last night, the house has been flooded with police and investigators. Since then, there've been no leads on the whereabouts of the boy, and the Senshi were stumped as well.
Usagi continued crying, thinking how horrible she had been to Shingo, when Luna suddenly walked in the room, her black fur sleek and concern mirrored in her eyes. From ever since the guardian had know the girl, she had never seen Usagi this bad, and it worried her. Yes, it was very sad what happend to the young boy, but nothing was going to be done with her crying and moping. "Usagi-chan, I know this is a very hard time for you, but you must pull yourself together. You can't stay in your room moping around all day! The girls might need you, or have something on Shingo...."
Usagi turned to look at the black Guardian cat. "Luna, please! I don't want to think about Senshi business or anything right now! I just want to be left alone." She lay back softly on her bed, so as not to disturb Chibi-Chibi, and stared up at the ceiling. "This is all my fault! Shingo would be here if I didn't fight with him so much..." Unable to continue, she began choking back sobs.
Luna jumped on the bed to join her, "That's not true, and you know it! I have been trying to tell you this since last night. This misfortune has something to do with otherworldly forces, maybe even Galaxia herself. But as usual, you just won't listen!" Usagi ignored her and continued to stare up at the ceiling. Luna let out an exhausted breath and gave up. After just a few moments of silence, there was a soft knocking at the door, and a dark head with jet black hair in two long braids down to her waist peeked in.
"Hi there, Usagi-chan! Up for some company?" said Tanya. Usagi waved her in, and Tanya shyly up to her bed and said a quiet hello to Luna. The cat purred gently when Tanya softly stroked her shining black fur. When she was done, Tanya turned to Usagi and tried to be cheerful for her friend's sake.
"I hope you are, because I have a message for you," Tanya sat down on the bed next to Usagi. "By the way, your mom let me in. She's still pretty upset. Is your dad still at the police station?"
"Hai," Usagi replied sadly, "and he might not be home for hours," She was quiet for a moment, then gave Tanya a questioning look. "What's this message you have for me?"
"Ami has called an emergency Senshi meeting. She says that she might have found something, and that it is important that she shares it with you and everybody else. She tried calling you on your communicator and phone, but you just won't answer," Tanya said, her eyes showing her worry over the petite Senshi leader.
"Gomen, I turned the communicator off and told my mom that I was not taking calls earlier this morning. I must have forgotten to turn it back on. My mind's in a total daze today!" Usagi said sheepishly. She tried to smile, but failed. She put a hand behind her head and sweatdropped.
Tanya smiled sympathetically and laid a comforting hand on Usagi's shoulder. "It's all right Usagi-chan. Just get dressed and come on. Ami sounded really serious when she told me to get you. Rei-chan's there too, and you know what you're going to get if you're late!
"Oh all right, I'll be there," Usagi sighed sadly as she got up. At that moment, Chibi-Chibi awoke, and after blinking and rubbing her eyes with two small chubby fists, she smiled and gave Usagi a look of mischief.
"Chibi-Chibi!" the little red-haird girl yelled, then giggled as she pointed to her stomach.
At the suprised look on Tanya's face, Usagi rolled her eyes upward, "That is...after I give this human vacuum some food!" the blonde said, picking up Chibi-Chibi in her arms and heading towards the door as Tanya followed behind, laughing softly.
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Mizuno Residence:
Instead of the Hikawa Shrine the Senshi usually meet in, Ami insisted that they meet at her house, since Rei's grandfather was entertaining some guests from out of town. The old man was hoping that maybe they were from another country who had heard about his famous temple, and was willing to spread the word.
As soon as Usagi and Tanya walked in the living room, Minako, Makoto, and Ami rushed forward and gave Usagi hugs and condolences, doing what they can to cheer her up. Rei stood back with her arms folded across her chest, an annoyed looked plainly written across her face. "Now that all the pleasantries are done and over with, can we PLEASE get on with the meeting? You two ARE late you know," she said, narrowing her eyes.
"Oh, come on, Rei-chan!" said Minako defensively, "Don't you think that Usagi-chan has been through enough without you bantering her as usual?" Makoto, standing next to her, nodded in agreement.
At those words, Rei's eyes softened, and she looked at Usagi apologietically. Tears began to gather in the Senshi leader's blue eyes. For a few moments, the Shinto priestess in training said nothing, then she lowered her head and sighed, "You're right. I...I'm sorry Usagi. I know this isn't easy for you," Rei walked over and hugged her blonde pig-tailed friend softly.
"Arrigatou....Rei-chan," Usagi whispered as she hugged back. Even though the two always fought, deep inside, they knew they were really close friends, and would be able to count on each other for anything.
"Okay, now that we're all here, we can begin," said Ami, taking out her mini-computer with the Mercury sign on it. She began typing quickly. "I did some extensive research on the area where Shingo has disappeared last night, and I have gathered some crucial information."
"Really, like what?" Tanya asked, fascinated by Ami's computer as she leaned in closer to the blue-haired genius.
"Well, first of all," Ami began, "the computer has picked up a disturbance in the delicate space-time fabric, which means that someone came into the park through another dimension, by a hole or something, and left pieces of the fabric of space scattered all over the ground. There're undetectable to the police."
"You mean to say that someone came from another dimension, and just snatched Shingo away like that? asked Makoto, already getting angry, "Who would do such a terrible thing?"
"That's my next point," said Ami worriedly, "My calculations would indicate that Sailor Galaxia is behind this kidnapping." She looked at Usagi sadly.
All of the girls gasped in anger and surprise, but Usagi was strangely quiet. She turned white in the face, and looked like she was going to faint. This is wrong. There was no way that they could figure out who she was, and who her family was, but it was true. Her brother was in danger, because of her. Usagi's shaking body began to away slightly. Minako turned to help her stay up, but Usagi brushed her off as she straightened up and set her face in anger and determination.
"That makes no sense whatsoever!" Usagi yelled out, frustrated, "I'm the Moon Princess! Galaxia's beef should be with me, not with a little boy who's done nothing to her! I say we find out where this hole is, find Galaxia, and show her NO ONE messes with my family!" Usagi stood up, and was about to rush out the door.
All of the girls gaped at Usagi with an open mouth. Rei mostly was impressed out of everyone, and secretly smiled at the show of bravery and determination. They have never seen Usagi, as a leader of the senshi, act so fierce and determined for so long. *Way to go Usagi!* Rei thought, *You're finally showing a little backbone...* But the rest of her thoughts where cut off by Ami's ever logical thinking.
"No, wait!" cried Ami, going after her and stopping her. "The dimension hole is long gone. I have a plan that might get us into Galaxia's realm. I don't think you might like it, but right now, it's the only way,"
"What is it?" asked Usagi softly, defeat in her eyes as she allowed Ami to lead her back into the living room. She sat back down on the couch next to Minako. After all the years they have known each other, Usagi have grown to trust Ami's thinking and respect her intelligence, as well as the other girls.
"Well," she said, standing in front of them, "I propose that we go into the park, act vulnerable, and allow ourselves to be captured by Galaxia's Anima-mates. That way, we'll have access to the dimension she's in, and find Shing and bring him back home," The blue haired girl squinted her eyes slightly, ready for the shouts and anger.
"What?" cried out Makoto, "There's NO way I'm letting those creepy Anima-mates even touch me! I'll fight them to the end!" For emphasis, the tall girl made a fist with her right hand, and flexed the muscle in her arm.
"Wait, Mako-chan! Maybe she's right," said Rei, finally getting in the conversation. "I mean, there is no other way we can travel between dimensions, is there?"
"No, not that I know of," said Ami, turning to Rei, "That's why it's so important for you to understand. We must risk the dangers if we are ever to see Shingo again," She looked at each girl with pleading eyes.
The Senshi looked at each other for a moment, and each knew that at this precise moment, their thoughts were the same: Bring Shingo home safe and sound. They all smiled knowingly, and nodded their head in agreement. "Good, I've already sent the Outer Senshi into the park to begin investigating anything unusual that wasn't picked up before. I told them what happend, and they agreed to lend us any help they can. They should be still there waiting for us. Let's go!" Ami tucked away her computer, prepared to move out.
"Hold on a minute!" said Tanya suddenly, standing up with the others, "Should I come too?" She looked at the genius girl nervously, wondering if they will let her be a part of the mission.
"Of course!" nodded Ami, "You are officially one of the Sailor Senshi now, and even with the Outers, we're going to need all the help we can get," She gave Tanya a concerned look. "This battle is going to be very hard. Are you sure you're up to it?"
For a moment, the smaller dark-skinned girl looked uncertain, but then she smiled and nodded, "You bet I am!" Tanya rushed over and gave Ami a quick hug. "Now let's go get ready to rumble!" All the girls looked at each other in curiosity at Tanya's statement, as she had shouted it in English.
"OH! I mean...er...we can do this!" Tanya blushed, chuckling with embarrassment with a hand behind her head. The group smiled at the girl's enthusiasm, and nodded to each other in agreement.
They left Ami's house and headed for the park that Shingo usually crosses to reach school. After a few minutes of walking, the girls met up with the Outer Senshi, minus Pluto, as they were talking to each other about what happened to Shingo and walking in the pleasant early-Summer air. When the younger girls approached them, they murmured their hellos, and welcomed Tanya as a new member of the Sailor Senshi.
"I hope that you've come up with a great plan, Ami-chan, for even Michiru is stuck on what to do next!" said Haruka, placing a hand on her shoulder. Michiru and Hotaru (now thirteen again) nodded in agreement.
"As a matter of fact, I do have a plan. It's now just a matter of you going along with it," replied the smart girl, looking at all the Outer Senshi in their eyes. Ami proceeded to explain the plan to them, leaving nothing out. After some protests, mostly from Haruka, Ami was finally able to get them to agree to go along with it with the help of the Inner Senshi. As usal, Usagi used her tears to move Haruka, and like a well written script, it worked.
"But how do we keep our secret identities safe from them?" asked Michiru suddenly. She and the other girls knew that keep their private identities safe was one of the most important things. It not only kept them safe, but their families too. At least, it was supposed to...
"I think that Sailor Galaxia has always known who we were because of our energy signals, and the fact she has eyes everywhere. She just waited for the right target and time to get at us," said Haruka, looking at Usagi with sympathy.
"If so, then Sailor Galaxia will prove to be a most formidable foe." said Hotaru thoughtfully, rubbing her chin between her thumb and forefinger in thought.
Tanya was about to say something, when suddenly, there was a strong gust of wind, followed by a high pitch laughter in the trees above them. Very quickly, Sailor Iron Mouse jumped out of the trees and landed right in front of them, "Ha! That's exactly right, and there's nothing you can do about it! Say good-bye to your Star Seeds, Sailor Saps! CHEW!!!"
The group looked up in surprise at the new voice, and they gasped at the sight of the demour Anima-mate with large ears looking at them with evil mischief in her eyes. She smirked, and was about to blast forth her powers when there was a black flash, followed by a hiss and high pitched screech. Luna was suddenly on Iron Mouse's head, trying to scratch her face. "Senshi, transform! Quickly!!!" yelled Luna, desperately hanging on as she scratched with one paw.
Usagi gasped as she looked at the black cat. Wasn't she supposed to be at the Command Center? "Luna? How did you.....?"
"Never mind! Do it now!!" screamed Luna.
Sailor Iron Mouse howled fiercely, and suddenly back-handed the black-furred cat of her head and against a tree with a hard slap, knocking her unconscious. "Stupid cat!!" Iron Mouse muttered snidely.
"No! Luna!" Usagi cried. She turned to the Mouse Senshi, and narrowed her eyes angirly. "You're going to pay for that, Cheese Breath!" Usagi looked around to see if anyone was nearby, and when she saw no one, she turned to her friends. "Minna, henshin yo!" She drew her hand across the beautiful brooch on her shirt. "Moon Eternal...Make-Up!!!" shouted the Senshi leader.
Each girl was then surrounded by a blinding light in their colors. The clothes that they were wearing slowly melted off, replaced by a body suit, gloves, boots or shoes, and pleated skirts around their waist. Power surge through their bodies and soul, making them feel brave and ready to fight for all that is good in the world. When the transformation sequence finished, the Inner and Outer Senshi then stood in front of Sailor Iron Mouse in their fighting stance.
"Impressive" commented Sailor Iron Mouse with a mocking smirk. "NOOOT!" She took out a giant whip and cracked it several times. Each time it cracked, it broke off the handle and wrapped around the bodies of each of the Senshi, trapping them and making it impossible to use their hands. She did it so quick, none of the girls had time to attack her.
"Do you like my new toy?" Sailor Iron Mouse asked smugly. She laughed in triumph with a high-pitched, annoying voice, "Now that this little...game...is over with, I believe there is someone who wants to meet you!" She let out another of her hideous laughs, drawing hateful stares from the tied-up Senshi. She flicked a hand, and a gust of heavy wind suddenly picked up. A black vortex appeared in a dark burst, lightning flashing around it and sucking up all the leaves and dirt. The Senshi tried to hold ground, but the suction was too hard. Soon, they were all sucked in the black void, screaming in terror and in fear of what they might meet on the other side.
To Be continued
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One by one, each of the Senshi fell through the black hole that Sailor Iron Mouse had made. After falling for what seemed like forever, they finally landed on top of or near each other on a cold, hard black floor with painful grunts. A moment later, the Senshi tried to get up and dust themselves off, but found that their arms were still tied, and that it was difficult to even stand. They struggled for a few minutes, then gave up as the ropes just seemed to get tighter and tighter. Looking around them, the group then noticed the dense, thick fog and dreary atmosphere of the place they were in.
"SHIMATTA!! Where the hell are we?" yelled Sailor Uranus, looking wildly around her. She looked for Neptune and Saturn, and sighed in relief when she saw that they were alright.
"Don't you get it?" replied Sailor Mercury, "We're in the domain of Sailor Galaxia! It has to be..." Looking around more thoroughly, the Senshi of Water and Knowledge saw that the room actually had no walls. it was instead divided by see through flat planes. It was large, black with stars shining everywhere, and had a large black throne with gold trimmings that stood not to far in front of them. Mist flowed from an unknown source and fogged up everywhere they looked. Mercury could only deduced that they were in the throne room of Sailor Galaxia.
"That's very observant of you, girl. Did you figure that out all by yourself?" said a tauting voice, followed by that familiar, high-pitched laugh. Sailor Iron Mouse slowly materialized besides the throne, looking at them with a smug expression.
"What have you done with my brother, you witch!" yelled out Eternal Sailor Moon, struggling against the ropes. Seeing Sailor Iron Mouse looking at her that way only made her think the worst has happened to Shingo, and she didn't like it, not one bit. Even though she often felt like she hated her brother, Moon knew that not even the boy deserved anything like that, and she vowed silently to herself that if...WHEN...she saved Shingo, she would be much nicer to him.
"HMMPH! Don't worry about him. Your puny human brother will be fine, just as long as you all cooperate and give up your Star Seeds...to ME!!" An evil glint flashed in the Mouse Senshi's eyes.
"Not in this lifetime!" sneered back Sailor Moon, "We will never surrender to the likes of you! I swear, when we get out of this, I will make you sorry you took advantage of a young boy! YURUSENAI!" Moon glared at the evil Senshi in defiance, and her look was mirrored by each of the other Senshi with her.
A strange silence suddenly filled the area then, and the Anima-mate couldn't help but look at all the group in admiration for a moment. Never in her life had Iron Mouse seen such determination, such spirit. She had served Galaxia for a long time, and every other planet she went to, the Guardian Senshi protecting it fell under the might of the Golden Queen easily. But somehow, these Senshi from the Milky Way Galaxy were so much more....determined.
But just as quickly as it came, the moment vanished and Iron Mouse narrowed her large eyes, "Fine then," She shrugged non-chalantly, "If I can't convince you to do the right thing and give up, maybe someone else can. Meet your conqueror and new mistress, Her Highness, Sailor Galaxia!!" The Mouse Woman guestured beside her.
Out of the thick fog over the throne, Sailor Galaxia materialized with a bright and blinding flash. Tall and regal in all her golden splendor, her red eyes glowed with indignation at the Sailor Senshi as she sat on the throne, her long legs crossed. The girls all gasped with shock and surprise. They had never had the luxury of looking upon Sailor Galaxia up close and personal like this, until now. She had such an air of evilness, such arrogance, that they all knew that all the enemies that they have faced were nothing compared to her, and it scared them slightly.
"Well, if it isn't the all mighty Sailor Senshi, or should I say, Sailor Failures?" the Golden Senshi said with a deep throaty voice. She snorted, then let out a loud, booming laugh. "You are all so pathetic! What do you have to say for yourselves now?" she cocked a golden eyebrow, and waited for them to speak.
An idea suddenly came to Sirius as she struggled uselessly with her ropes. She gulped loudly, hoping what she thought of would work, and concentrated on bringing forth her scpeter. She willed it to come to her without the usual bright flash, and to the dimunitive Star Senshi's delight, it did so a few seconds later. As Galaxia continued to wait, Sailor Sirius set to work. It was then Sailor Venus turned and looked out the corner of her eyes, and saw Sailor Sirius trying to cut through the ropes with the sharp tip on top of her black scepter with a sawing motion. When she looked up, she saw Sailor Venus looking at her curiously. Sirius nodded, and mouthed the words "Keep her busy!" When the Senshi of Love nodded back, she continued to saw.
Sailor Venus nodded with understanding to herself, smiling slightly. She turned back to glare at Galaxia with renewed hope. "What's the matter Galaxia? So now you're going around harassing little kids? That doesn't sound like a mistress or a conqueror of anything to me! It looks to me like you're nothing but a big, UGLY bully!"
A hushed silence fell over the black surroundings. The other Senshi, oblivious to what went on between Venus and Sirius, turned to look at the blonde soldier of Love as if she was crazy. Sailor Iron Mouse brought a hand to her mouth and snickered loudly. But when Sailor Galaxia glared at her, she cleared her throat and straightened up quickly.
Galaxia turned back to the Senshi and glared hatefully at Venus. "An ugly bully, hmmm?" She raised an eyebrow irritably, "We'll see how spunky and brave you are once I have your Star Seed, and you become my servant!" She nodded to Sailor Iron Mouse, and the smaller evil Senshi bent her elbows towards her to show her golden bracelets, and prepared to fire the blow to bring out the Star Seed from the cowering Sailor Venus.
"Not today, Goldie!" shouted Sailor Sirius in anger as she suddenly stood up. She quickly shoved off the rope that was around her and fixed Iron Mouse determined look. She raised her scepter and pointed it directly at the Anima-mate. "SIRIUS SCEPTER....ILLUMINATE!!" A massive beam of white light energy poured out of the scepter and into Iron Mouse's eyes, causing her to go blind and unable to use her powers.
Sailor Iron Mouse let out a horrible scream and dropped her whip to cover her pain-filled eyes. When she did so, the ropes around the other Sailor Senshi disappeared. Finally freed from the contstraints, they all stood up and assumed a fighting stance, their spirits renewed and ready to fight. "All right!" yelled out Sailor Jupiter, throwing a fist into the air, "Let's go kick some Anima-mate butt!" The Senshi of Lightning gave a war cry, and started to rush forward.
"Not so fast!" said Sailor Galaxia with a smirk as she raised a hand to stop Jupiter. "Aren't you forgetting someone?" Galaxia stretched out her hand to her left side, and a glass coffin appeared in a bright golden flash. Inside, Tsukino Shingo lay as if dead, his skin pale and barely breathing.
"Shingo!" screamed Eternal Sailor Moon, her blue eyes widening and her heart beating wildly at the horrific sight. In that one second, scenes of her life with her brother flashed in Sailor Moon's mind, and she knew then that when this was over, she would never take advantage of her little brother again. The Moon Senshi sobbed, and nearly sank to her knees, tears pooling in her eyes.
"You want him? You have to fight for him!" sneered Sailor Galaxia. She raised her right hand, and for a moment there was a feeling of distorientation as reality was bent. Suddenly, everyone found themselves right in the middle of an arena of a colliseum. It was large, white, and looked out of place in the dimension that resembled Outer Space.
"How in the world did we get here?" Sailor Mars look around her in wonder. Before that question was answered though, Sailor Galaxia raised a hand and pointed to the group of warriors. "Servants! Attack!" With another flash of bright white light, the Golden Senshi disappeared with the glass coffin and Sailor Iron Mouse, who was still wimpering from the temporary pain and blindness.
Not even a full second later, the Sailor Senshi were surrounded by dozens of hideous snarling demons that seem to appear out of nowhere. They all came in different shapes and forms, slime dripping from their gaping, foul mouths.
One of the demons, seemingly made out of wood, rushed up in front and began shooting poisonous thorns out at the Senshi from outstretched limbs. The thorns whizzed through the air and fell in circles around the girls, barely missing them.
"WHOA! This is NOT GOOD!" shouted Sailor Sirius as a thorn just barely nicked her side.
"Saturn, a little protection please!" said Sailor Neptune as she stepped over one of the poisonous thorn. "Something tells me that he will not miss next time," She fixed the demons around them with a disgusted look.
"Right! But I don't know how long I will last!" nodded Sailor Saturn. With a sigh, she close her eyes and concentrated, and the Silence Glaive appeared in her hand with a soft flash of purple light. Saturn raised it over her head, and the young Senshi of Silence's voilet eyes snapped opened as she yelled "SILENCE....WALL!" Blue electric light power shot out of the pointed end of the weapon, and quickly surrounded the girls as they huddled close together. Each avoided touching the walls, knowing that it would be suicide to do so.
"Oh man! Just how are we supposed to BEAT these freaks?" shouted Sailor Sirius worriedly as the demons pounded on the force field. Each time they hit it, they were electrified harshly, but that didn't stop them from trying to get to the Senshi and destroying them. They continued to scream in frustration and attack the shield with their powers and bodies.
After only about five minutes, Sailor Saturn started to weaken as she grunted with pain, sweat pouring down her young, pale face. Neptune held her up as she nearly fainted. Suddenly, the shield weakened so much, that one of the demons actually put a a three fingered clawed hand through it, and nearly grabbed Sailor Uranus by the shirt. The Sky Senshi jumped back in disgust, wishing she could put her hand through and punch it hard. "Unless someone has a bright idea, we are in BIG trouble!" she growled, feeling helpness for the first time in her life.
To be continued...
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