Prologue
A
group of young scientists was walking through the forests of Hokkaido island,
talking excitedly.
A
blonde guy turned to a Japanese-looking girl walking beside him: "That's
great! We will finally see that ancient temple!"
But
the girl frowned. "I don't know," she replied. "I feel that something is
weird about it..."
"Oh,
come on! You're always suspicious of everything." The guy nudged his friend
and walked up to a tall woman ahead, probably the leader of the group.
"We are almost there, right?"
The
woman nodded.
Finally,
they came out onto a glade, all grown with grass and flowers.
"Wow!.."
gushed everyone.
"And
that's the temple we were searching for?" said the brown-haired guy in
disgust. "It's just some rocks!"
In
front of them were inlaid in the ground some stones in a strange figurine...
"Hey,
it's in the shape of two five-pointed stars placed on each other!" cried
a black-haired guy. "One is upside-down; looks like a ten-pointed star
all together."
"Strange..."
murmured the girl who was talking with the blonde guy before.
Each
scientist wandered to the each of upside-down star's point, examining the
stones.
"These
stones are at least ten thousand years old!" said the youngest black-haired
boy, amazed.
The
leader of the group got down to look at a bas-relief in the center of the
star. She brushed away the dirt and exclaimed: "There's a bas-relief of
a crescent moon here!"
The
girl and the blonde guy jerked their heads up: "Crescent moon?!.."
Suddenly,
a whirlwind started, getting wilder and wilder... The scientists' chests
began glowing brightly, and thin sparkling beams of light ran down from
them and crossed with each other... following the lines of the stones,
forming a five-pointed star... All running towards the elder woman, standing
in the center... And everything was engulfed in the brightest flash of
white light they have ever seen...
Chapter 1
May 1st, 6:29 p.m.
"What
the — Sailor Moon, watch out!!" cried Super Sailor Venus, jumping back.
"Aauugghhhh!!!"
Eternal Sailor Moon covered her eyes with her hands and collapsed down
onto the ground, just in time, because a water column flew right above
her head and hit a tree. It immediately covered with a thick ice coat and
shattered to pieces.
"This
liquid has the same ability to cool objects as mine weaponry has!" said
Super Sailor Mercury.
A
tall figure, dressed in a blue silvery druid robe, hiding all the person's
features except for the eyes, was standing before the Sailors, holding
a blue crystal ball in his right hand, a long wooden staff in another.
Super
Sailor Jupiter was kneeled before the body of an young man. "He's not breathing!
Mercury!" she called helplessly.
This
moment something departed off the body and slowly soared up to the blue
sky, something transparent and shimmering...
"What
the heck's that?!!?" shrieked Sailor Moon.
"It's
the soul!" shouted Super Sailor Mars. "Sailor Moon!! Hold it!!! It'll fly
away!!"
"Wha
— " started Sailor Moon.
"Use
your Silver Crystal! We're losing him!" Mercury pumped at the man's chest.
The
robed figure's blue crystal started pulsing, ready to let loose another
blast...
"Another
Crystal???" Venus exclaimed. "Sailor Moon!! Attack him! He'll kill us!!!"
Sailor
Moon frantically started calling out her attack phrase: "Silver Moon Crystal
Po — "
Suddenly,
her tiara disappeared, her suit flashed, and she toppled down wide-eyed,
wearing her plain school uniform.
"Idiot!!"
Mars yelled. "Why did you need to detransform?!?"
"I
don't know!!!" Usagi whined, gathering herself up.
Mars
kicked Usagi's butt: "Get into those bushes before someone sees you!!"
...A
freezing wave was heading up for her, when a silver beam hit the figure's
hand, which made the Crystal stop pulsing, flash, then appear on the staff.
The
column unmaterialized just inches before Mars's nose.
The
druid and the Sailors whirled around to see... yet another unknown figure
— a girl with silver hair parted into two long ponytails, complete with
hair buns, dressed in a Sailor suit... But not like anybody's suit: her
Sailor's collar, skirt, gloves, and boots were dark metallic color, while
the bows and the stripes at her boots', gloves', and skirt's edges were
silver. Plus there was a mask of half-transparent metallic color. And the
girl was holding the exact same copy of the old and famous Sailor Moon's
Crescent Stick in her right hand, only it was silver, not yellow... along
with Silver Crystal on it.
"Ugh,"
was all the Sailors could say.
The
Silver Sailor slapped her forehead. "Dumb and dumber!" she said, addressing
the Sailors. "The soul!! It'll fly away!!!"
They
just kept staring at her.
She
groaned and aimed her Crescent Stick at the robed figure, and a silver
beam shot out of the Crystal. The guy in blue dodged it and darted after
the soul that had disappeared behind a line of trees.
The
Sailors were still staring at the silver newcomer.
"And
that's the legendary Sailor Warriors?!" she said in disgust under her breath,
as she jumped high above over them and raced after the robed guy.
Venus,
Mercury, Jupiter, and Mars all exchanged looks.
"Who's
that???????" was all they could say.
Usagi
crawled out of the bushes: "Why does she look like me???"
"We
have to follow her!" said Mercury, and she and the Sailors rushed after
the Sailor in the silver suit.
May 1st, 10:54 p.m.
Usagi
"Great.
We ran over half of Tokyo, that's for sure, lost the soul, lost that robed
guy, and lost that Sailor."
"I
feel like I've had four inches high platforms on for a whole day on!.."
I slumped down on Rei's bed.
Minako,
Rei, Ami, and Makoto were sitting on the floor around the low table at
which we usually study.
"But
who's that guy??" Minako said.
"Why
did I untransform???" I cried.
"You
must have meant, why have you detransformed?" Ami corrected.
"Whatever...
Why??!"
"Because
you're a dope, that's why!" Rei shrugged.
Before
I could say another word, Rei's phone rang.
Rei's
face lit up as she grabbed it: "It's Motoki!!"
"Motoki?"
Minako asked warily.
Rei
waved her hand 'shut up' and put the cordless phone up to her ear, brightly
greeting whoever was there: "Hello?"
"Uh,
Rei? Is this Rei?? Oh, yes! Sweetie, please call Usagi to the phone! I
have very important news for her!!.." babbled someone's voice.
Rei
made a face and stretched out the phone to me, holding its antenna with
her two fingers, her head turned away in the opposite direction. "It's
for you," she said grimly.
"Who??
Motoki???" I grasped the phone happily. "Hello!.. Motoki? Oh, no... Hi,
mom... What's up?.. Huh!? What?! Who?? Where from???? Why?! Oh. Yeah. Yeah.
Okay. Bye." I numbly pressed the button to switch off the phone and replaced
it on the nightstand.
The
girls were jumping out of their skins with curiosity: "What what what what?????????"
"Mom
told me to come home right now."
"Yeah?
And that's it?" Rei asked.
"I
have got a cousin," I replied blankly.
"Who?!
Ah, you mean, Chibi-Usa returned?" Makoto guessed.
"No.
I mean Ochi-something Usagi Tsukino," I said. "My cousin."
"Your
COUSIN?" the girls exclaimed in unison.
"Chibi-Usa
changed her name?" Minako added.
"Nope.
Anyway, that's just some cousin on Dad's side... I've seen enough of them
already. They breed like bunnies these days..." I lazily plopped down on
a pillow. "Let's go someplace, like for some movies... or a concert...
Huh, guys?"
Ami
jerked up her head worriedly. "Do you not think that it is not a proper
time, especially before the examinations, to walk about in the dark night,
Usagi-chan? Besides, your mother has had asked you to return to your residence
to meet your newest cousin, has she not?"
I
yawned.
Everyone
was close to it, too.
"Okay!"
Suddenly, Rei jumped up. "I've got three tickets for a way romantic movie
tonight!!"
"Yeah?
Oh, great! Do you think we can get the others?? Then we all could go!"
Minako clasped her hands together cheerfully.
"I'm
calling Mamo-chan!!!" I dove for the phone and dialed his number in one
breath.
"New
record!" Rei announced.
I
stuck out my tongue and turned my back on the girls.
In
23 dial signals, my boyfriend picked up.
Before
he could even say, 'Hello' I excitedly yelped into the mouthpiece: "Hi!!!
Mamo-chan!!
Would you like to go with me to the movies?? Of course, if you're not busy,
or not doing anything important — "
Mamo-chan's
stuffed voice interrupted me: "Actually, I am going through a very important
process — sleeping."
"Sleeping!?
At just eleven?! Mamo-chan!.." I wailed.
"Yes!
At eleven!" His voice became irritated. "And for your information, I woke
up today at 5 a.m., because I had lost a whole year of college, therefore
I have to study very hard so that I can pass the entering examinations
this summer."
"Mamo-chan,
why when you're angry, you're always talking to me like Ami?" I asked on
the verge of tears. "Besides, what exams?.."
"See?!
You do not even want to know about MY life, adult's life!" Mamo-chan snapped.
Tears
streamed out of my eyes, while he carried on.
"All
you care about are movies, parties, comics! You do not wish to think about
your future career, life, children, about your destination! You are still
just a CHILD!"
"YOU
treat me like a child!" I yelled into the phone.
In
reply, I heard a click ? he hang up.
I
slowly turned around to face my friends...
They
as one jerked away from Rei, while she shoved her second phone piece under
the table.
She
didn't know what to say, so after an awkward silence tried to smile. "Uh..."
she stammered uncomfortably. "Very bad situation, isn't it?"
I
wiped off my tears and narrowed my eyes. "So you eavesdropped!!.."
"Well
— "
I
pounced on Rei...
The
scuffle.