Gomen, gomen, gomen, *GOMEN*. I am SO sorry it took so long 
to get Part Two out. I have slow literature skills, I'm sure I 
mentioned it before. ARIGATO to the people who were kind enough to e-
mail me. You're letters helped greatly. Thanks to those people, I'm 
sure you know who you are, I now have answers to some questions from 
the previous note thing. Oh yeah, I made a mistake, the last series is 
called Sailormoon Starlights not whatever I wrote before. I also swear 
to you that I might fix this entire thing up later when I'm totally 
finished with the blasted thing. Okay, this part is where things get 
out of wack. If you don't get anything, e-mail me and I'll explain it 
to you. If I made any mistakes or whatever. Forgive me, I finished this 
in a rush on May 23,1998 at roughly 12:15AM. Allow some mistakes. If I 
botched up big time... then harry me. Legally Sailormoon and most of 
the character don't belong to me... yada yada, you heard it before. Any 
comments, suggestions, and flames (ect) e-mail me at 
Ironic_balance@hotmail.com, a footnote. When I get flames and I'm 
pissed that day, I react violently. I apologize for it beforehand right 
now. I'll probably send an apology note afterwards, but I'm just 
letting you know right now. Don't take it personally. If I'm truly mad 
at you, I'll really say so. Um... I'm going to start using cuss words 
in here, so for those of you who has to look at the warning things, 
this is still Pg I think or probably 13, even with the mild curse 
words, no true violence yet. I still don't have much on Street fighter, 
so I'm making a wild stab. SF fans do not kill me. You have a problem, 
feel free to enlightened with proper facts to back them up. Hn, this 
didn't get up on the site on May 23 because my modem refused to work. 
Gomen... Part Three will take a while, as you may have guessed, just as a 
preview it's mainly to smooth stuff out. Oh, I'm going to add some 
notes at the bottom. If you think I should add the notes immediately 
where they go, so when you read them, it makes more sense, please e-
mail me. If you think it's just fine e-mail me. If I get anything from 
this, I sorta follow whatever one. Bad thing about adding where it goes 
is it ruins the flow and mood of that section. Thanks for looking at my 
story, yet again, although it took so long to get out. Oh, um. I've 
noticed that the italic thing doesn't work on plain text, so if it 
starts going I that's them thinking, I apologize for any confusion. 
Anyway, I think that's it. 'cuse me, I'm gonna crash...~Cassi


Yield Unto Thyself: Part Two

         The nerve of that, that, that Earth prince! Usagi fumed as she 
walked toward school, stalking in jerky abrupt way.  She halted 
abruptly puzzled, why in hell did I just call him an Earth prince? I 
mean he is an Earth prince but I never thought of him that way before.  
She shivered involuntarily, what the heck's wrong with me? I can't 
believe how I lost my temper back there, maybe I should apologize... 
Yeah, right. And let them walk all over you. I might as will just send an 
invitation to-  A bell rang in the distance.  " Oh noo!" Usagi wailed," 
I'm going to be late again. I can't believe how long it takes to just 
walk over there!"  Cool it, you still have five minutes... Yeah, like 
I'll cross half a mile in five minutes! It's possible, I have to make 
it!  Usagi bolted.  A few minutes later she slumped into her desk just 
as the bell rang. That was close, Usagi thought, but why can't first 
period start >later<!  Then a scream nearly made her jump five feet 
into the air. " Usagi!" It was Ms. Haruna," you're here on time!"  
Usagi slumped, oh bother. What's so scary about that to make her do 
that to me?! At least I won't have detention again today...  
         " Usagi!" a nasal voice shrieked, sending her back up into the 
air," you're on time!"
         Usagi slowly turned, sending a withering glare at Gurio.  " 
Gurio," she said conversely.
         " Yes, Usagi?" Gurio hesitantly asked as she stared at him 
waiting for him to say something.
         " DON'T YOU *EVER* DO THAT TO ME AGAIN!!!" Usagi screamed at 
him. 
         The imagined force of her words sent Gurio head over heels 
into the wall while disrupting desks, and the other students while 
making Ms. Haruna smash into the wall. 
         " Usagi," Ms. Haruna said, recovering.
         " Yes, Ms. Haruna," Usagi answered nervously in a normal tone 
of voice.
         " You now have detention for disrupting the class today, do I 
make myself clear?" Ms. Haruna said, firmly with a dangerous look in 
her eyes.
         " Aww, but Ms. Haruna..." Usagi whined in her usual fashion. 
         " Geez, Usagi. Why can't you just accept it? It's really 
annoying when you do that, you know. You sound like a kindergarten 
kid," a high-pitched drawl from her right said.
         Huh? Naru? Usagi turned in her seat and stared at her friend.  
Naru was seated at her desk, dressed like she usually was.  In school 
uniform and a ribbon in her hair. However her eyes were half-slitted, 
an irritated look in them.  She looked more mature, smug, and cold, not 
at all her usual cheery, carefree, generous self.  She had a silvery 
chain around her neck with a gold crescent moon pendent strung upon it.  
" Naru?" Usagi said disbelievingly.  
         " Yeah, Usagi?" Naru said, annoyed, brushing wisps of hair out 
of her eyes gracefully," what do you want?"
         " What happened to you? What have they done? You actually 
think its true?" Usagi asked unthinkingly.
         Naru glared at her," what are you talkin' about?"  Her eyes 
meaningfully going you-klutz-don't-say-anything-in-front-of these-
people. 
         Usagi flinched and swerved to face the board, where Ms. Haruna 
had started to start the lesson.  She felt really mixed up, her mind in 
a state of chaos. She needed some time to recover from the sight of 
Naru being like this. 
         " Usagi," Naru voice carried over to her," I want to talk with 
you at lunch today."
          Imperious to a fault. I never did that! How come Naru would 
turn out this different when we had been so much alike... " Okay, 
Naru," Usagi answered quietly, so the teacher and most of the students 
wouldn't hear. Those who did Usagi fervently hoped they thought it was 
just some sort of thing Naru had to discuss with her.  She listened to 
what Ms. Haruna had to say," Alright class, the geometrics of this 
polynomial square is..." Usagi slumped, college was no easier than high 
school where Ms. Haruna had been teaching her pre-algebra as a high 
school teacher before she decided to become a college teacher teaching 
geometry.     

         A turquoise haired lady wearing a loose light blue shift 
turned to a dark green haired woman who was wearing a deep lavender 
business dress with a small black bow at the collar of her white 
blouse.  The large elegant room they were in was dimly lit from outside 
and an air of dead seriousness hung about.  The turquoise haired woman 
narrowed her large, almond-shaped aqua eyes at the other woman's dark 
red ones.  " Setsuna, are you sure it's so wise to separate from Usagi? 
If another yoma opponent appears or something goes wrong with the 
balance of this world..." 
         " Yes, I'm certain. We can deflect any disorders with the 
balance of the earth on our own and I doubt that another opponent will 
ever appear after Chaos. Our primary problem is how to revive the 
Princess's memory in Naru's recollections," Setsuna said gazing out a 
window nearby in Michiru and Haruka's house.
         " That, I have no solution to. It is not that I would question 
you, but how are you so positive that Naru is the Princess? It could be 
any brunette, have you checked in the Corridor of Time?" Michiru asked, 
picking up a brush from an exquisite teak wood desk and starting to 
comb her shoulder-length hair.
         " It actually is an educated guess. I am thinking that the 
real Princess would be quite close to Usagi for extra insurance. The 
only person so close and on sister-like bonds was Naru. Lately the flow 
of time has been hard to see clearly, what I could only see is chaotic 
turmoil in the mists." A frown creased Setsuna's forehead.   
         " Ah, I see. How do you interrupt the disturbance in Time?" 
Michiru asked a tinge of worry in her voice.  She put the brush down 
and folded her slender hands in her lap. 
         " It could be of only a few reasons for such a disturbance as 
that. A huge mass of concentrated energy discharge stronger than all of 
our powers combined and multiplied a thousand-fold struck in an area, 
it happens every several thousands of billions of years. The last one 
had destroyed the creatures humans call 'dinosaurs' of this world.  Or 
it could be a powerful entity regaining its memory, an entity that with 
such power that existence will ever hope to see. It is only a theory 
though, rumored in legends at the beginning of time itself, passed down 
through generations. It is extremely unlikely though. Another one could 
be the possible destruction of Time itself, but then Time would 
instantly snap backwards, destroying us all and restarting later after 
a void of no time. Or it could be that a galaxy has been destroyed 
someone in the universe, a further probability, the most likely of all 
would simply be that my powers are being blocked," a slight unsettled 
tone accented the last possibility. 
         Setsuna looked up to she Michiru's wide-eyed shocked gaze at 
her," You know Setsuna, none of these possibilities are good."
         " I know, still we don't really need to observe the future to 
solve the present problem," Setsuna said, swinging to meet Michiru's 
gaze," which is also the true reason for talking with you."     
         " Usagi," Michiru acknowledged.
         " Yes, Usagi. There's going to be a few problems with her, I 
imagine..." Setsuna began.

         Usagi trudged home, sighing.  Ms. Haruna is just so unfair 
sometimes. Dentention in college is so much more difficult then high 
school... Usagi wavered as she recalled the conversation with Naru at 
lunch eariler in the day.

         " Usagi, I think you should know the fact that I'm the real 
item and you're not. The Sailor senshi said so, and I believe what they 
say is correct, don't you?" Naru said in a gentle voice. 
         " Um, well, no. They've been wrong before. Exactly how did 
they just tell you, Naru?" Usagi said to her in a slightly rushed 
voice.
         " They broke it to me one day and showed me why they thought 
it was me. It made perfect sense, with all the evidence in backup. I 
think you're jealous Usagi, don't get me wrong. I don't really think 
being a princess is all that great a deal. But I think it meant a lot 
to you-"Naru said.
         " Yeah? Well you're wrong, and they're wrong too, I just know 
it, they realize it-"Usagi interrupted.
         Naru had a disgusted look on her face and said," Sure, Usagi. 
Well, see you later." She got up and left.

         I really don't know anymore, Usagi thought, sniffling 
slightly. What if they're really saying is true? I don't think I could 
take it... Usagi looked up and saw Ami , Lita and Mina strolling down 
the sidewalk, chattering, giggling and laughing. " Hey, guys!" Usagi 
shouted. They looked up and frowned slightly when they noticed who it 
was. " Could I come with you?"
         " Yeah, Usagi. I guess, we're going to the Arcade," Lita said, 
breaking an uncomfortable silence.
         Usagi smiled slightly," Cool!" She went over and joined them. 
Hesitantly, the talking started again.

         Two days later...
         " Setsuna," Michiru turned to her," you are right. Usagi is 
causing a problem."  She and Setsuna were seated at Michiru's house 
again for their second meeting.  She raised her head," Instead of 
distancing ourselves from her, she is bonding tighter with the other 
senshi. This is not good. Our group extendes to classify information 
only for senshi eyes. Of which she is no longer a part." Michiru 
paused," Well, actually she may qualify, being a a senshi of the moon 
apparently, except that she is not accepted by all the members of the 
Sailor senshi in this solar system and she was not really meant to be 
the senshi of the moon."
         " True enough," Setsuna conceded," I do believe that you are 
correct. Let's take stock here. Jupiter, Venus, Uranus, and Saturn all 
are in favor of her staying with us. We, the senshi of Neptune and 
Pluto are not, for the ultimate safety of the solar system's savior. 
Mercury and Mars are uncertain. We may persuade them to aid us in 
getting Usagi out of the group. How do you think we should go about 
this?" Setsuna said to Michiru. 
         Michiru thought it out caefully," Usagi staying because she 
hasn't been fully rejected by the senshi. To make her feel rejected 
then, will make her leave. Mars and Mercury will probably join our side 
for this reason of getting her away to protect the Princess. However, I 
don't think short of blanking out memories, are we going to get the 
rest of the senshi to do that to her. We probably have to use... 
illusions so that she'll believe that all the senshi are rejecting her.  
Thus using this fashion we should be able to drive her away." A pause," 
As for Endymion-sama... he will be very torn and confused about this 
matter, so it's better to leave him out of it."  Mishiru looked at 
Setsuna," Are you capable of generating the illusions that are probably 
required for this?" 
         "For a very convincing, long period of time? No," Setsuna 
sighed regretfully. " That was a great idea though."
         A soft coughing was heard, Michiru and Setsuna both looked to 
the source. It was Luna who was staying at Michiru's house, since she 
had to leave Usagi. " Luna? What is it? Is something wrong with Chibi-
usa?" Setsuna asked, worriedly.  
         " No, she's fine. Other then constantly changing her form 
slightly. Mamoru's keeping really close watch over her at his 
apartment... I think I may help with your problem," Luna offered 
conversantly. 
         " Oh? Any help will be greatly appreciated, what do you have 
in mind?" Setsuna asked the small black figure at her feet.
         Luna wasked her whiskers and curled her tail around herself. " 
Well," Luna said," there is the Luna pen. As you know it is very 
efficient at disgusing people as other specified people for a long 
time. Problem is, it's still at Usagi's house. However, it should be 
easy to retrieve while she's at school."
         Michiru and Setsuna both blinked and looked at the cat in 
surprise. " Why," Michiru said slowly," I never thought of that! It's a 
great stategey."
         Luna twitched her whiskers. " I'm glad you approve. Do you 
wish to carry it out, seriously? I think, that if you do this... and 
Usagi should find out afterwards she will never forgive you, even 
though she is very forgiving by nature."
         " Of course we'll go through this, I don't think Usagi could 
do anything, seriously, against us if she were to try. Even if she has 
enough power to rival all the senshis' put together, she's slow to use 
it efficiently," Michiru said after a thoughtful pause and an exchanged 
glance with Setsuna. " Get the Luna pen for us, Luna. Setsuna and I 
will talk to Rei and Ami. We'll also see to it that Mamoru is occupied 
while we do this in the afternoon. It'll have to be soon as possible 
and that's the soonest we can move." 
         Luna blinked in surprise and sort of shrugged.  " Okay, I'll 
get it right now," Luna bowed as well as a cat could, and strolled off 
from the room.  
         Setsuna and Michiru regarded her exit silently and then turned 
to each other. " So," Setsuna said causally," how do you propose we 
should convince Rei and Ami to help us?"
         "..." Michiru thought," Uh, I'm not too sure, actually. I know 
we have to catch them as soon as their schools let out. Ami-chan will 
have computer classes after class at her college and Rei's private 
college lets out later then Ami's. This is going to have to be 
extradinarily timed. Plus the fact, who's going to be who."
         Setsuna looked blank and then it dawned on her," Oh, I'll be 
Hontaru. I know her best." She offered, and added with a playful glem 
to her garnet eyes," I assume you'll be Haruka since you know her 
best?"
         " Hai. I'm hoping to, but if Rei and Ami want to be either of 
those two, I think we should let them if it gets them to cooperate 
better," Michiru answered.
         " You're right on that one, but I think Rei will want to be 
Minako and Ami as Makoto. They are very close, along with the fact they 
know them better. I think I will be able to find Rei. You look for 
Ami," Setsuna said to Michiru.
         " Okay," Michiru agreed nodding," and in the meantime," her 
lips quirked in a smile," we'll try to decide what to say to them."
         " Hai," agreed Setsuna sheepishly.

         Ami stepped out of the gates of her college and was suddenly 
frantically hailed by a turquise-haired person. She looked up. Huh? 
Michiru? What's she doing here? I thought she had to play at a concert 
later this evening... " Konnichi wa," Ami said politely with 
ceremonious address, bending slightly at the outer senshi's approach," 
Michiru-san, what brings you here?"   
         Michiru stepped up beside Ami," Ami-san, may I speak to you 
for a moment about something extrememly important...?"
         Ami frowned slightly," Hai. What is it?" She starting walking 
with Michiru to somewhere more quiet and deserted. 
         " I need your help with solving a tremendous problem we have 
on our hands that concerns the safety of the senshis..." Michiru's 
voice trailed off and she countinued murmuring to the dark blue-haired 
inner senshi as they walked.

        Rei bowed slightly to the equally bowing sister of the 
religion," Arigato, sister. I wish you long life-" Rei's voice went on 
reciting the traditional quote they were to recite as they left. Geez, 
being a priestess is enough, but when you gotta say this every SINGLE 
day...she finished up the recital, bowed and retreat through the 
school's gates. The sister walked stately back into the entrance of the 
school building.  She sighed and moved toward the direction of home, 
swinging her school bag/case over her shoulder, and started to walk, 
suddenly a shadowy figure seemed to appear out of nowhere. Rei yelped 
and dropped her bookbag suddenly, she smacked a charm upon the fiure's 
forehead, and shifted into a defensive posture as if to ward off evil.  
The figure crashed backwards, yelping in pain and indigination.  Rei 
took a closer look at the figure and facevaulted. " Setsuna-chan!!" Rei 
cried, instantly starting forward to help the outer senshi of time up," 
I'm so sorry! Gomen, gomen, gomen! I didn't realized that it was you!" 
A huge sweatdrop appeared on Setsuna's head. 
        " It's okay Rei, I guess I should have announced my presence-
"Setsuna refused Rei's helping hands and got up by herself, brushing 
off the dust and plucked Rei's charm from her forehead. Setsuna's face 
reddened. I can't believe she thought I was a yoma... do I look that 
horrid? 
         " Gomen, Setsuna-san," Rei repeated reverting to a more formal 
address as they were outside a private place and then paused," Gomen, 
but what are you doing here anyway? Is it...?"
         " Hai, there's something I need to speak of with you... it 
concerns the welfare of the senshi and- Usagi," Setsuna said, trailing 
her sentence.
         Rei's eyes narrowed," Go on. And while we're at it, let's go 
stop by the Café..."
         Setsuna nodded and countined explaining it as she walked with 
the raven-haired senshi," It's like this..."

         Usagi hummed to herself as she strolled home. Today wasn't 
that bad. She sighed. Not being always in the group is unfair, but at 
least they are letting me be with them. I just knew they weren't being 
serious when they said they were going to tell me off! Well, I guess I 
could still hang around with them. It's better than nothing and I'm 
honored to have the trust even though they think someone else is the 
Princess. I still think they're wrong... but if they really think so, 
then what could I do to disagree? I'll just help in any other way. If 
they're right... fine, I will protect Naru in any way. If they're 
wrong, I still do that, but wait until they sort it out for themselves.  
Espeically Mamoru, I didn't really mean to blow up at him... I know he 
understands. He will. I hope.  

         " Sou ka..." Rei murmured," I'll... do it. When do you do this 
thing?"                  
         " This afternoon," Setsuna said sipping at her drink.
         " Nanni?! So soon?" Rei exclaimed in surprise.
         " Hai, Michiru and I were going to do it with or without your 
help, of which we greatly appreciate. Michiru has gone to ask Ami. If 
Ami agrees we'll be seeing them shortly at the park with Luna," Setsuna 
told her.
         " Why us? How come you didn't ask the others?" Rei questioned 
uncertainly. 
         Setsuna turned cool eyes toward her. " Because, you two were 
the only ones who recognize the danger of associating with Usagi, you 
two are the only ones who are presently able to take action to do the 
steps necessary to keep the solar system safe, and you two are the only 
ones who can carry this off efficiently so that the difficulty will be 
resolved. Are you having second thoughts, Rei-san?"
         " Iie," Rei said curtly," I was merely curious as to why 
Haruka and Hontaru weren't involved." She took a sip at her glass, and 
rose, paying the bill. She motioned for Setsuna to get up and leave. " 
I hope you're correct about Michirua and Ami showing up, cause I still 
have to help at the temple later and if I'm late, my grandpa will have 
my butt in doing double-chores." She suppressed a groan at the mere 
thought. Setsuna shook her head amusedly and left with the fire senshi 
to the park.

         Ami knotted her hands anxiously, using more informal address 
as they were alone. " Are you certain, Michiru-chan? I-I don't really 
wish to do this to Usagi-but for the sake of safety and the solar 
system, and if you're incorrect about this..."
         " I'm positive, and we're not going to attack her, we're just 
going to pull an illusion and get her to leave us alone, nothing so 
tramatic," Michiru stood at the mouth of a deserted alleyway where she 
and Ami had slipped in the converse.
         " Anything that makes her want to leave us alone for good has 
to be tramatic, Michiru-chan," Ami spoke scathingly," she has a very 
resilient attitude and loves us very much, or don't you realize that?" 
Ami bit her lip," However, she also loves this solar system. She 
probably won't understand why she's endangering it, so I'll do it. I 
help with getting her away. I love her as a younger sister, but you're 
right. She is endangering the system, because of the inner conflict 
between the senshi here, and the Prin-Princess Naru will feel insecure. 
She I will do it, because my duty as a senshi and because, she'll 
probably want it this way, if she understood..."  
         " Great, Setsuna and I will greatly appreciate your help..." 
Michiru said to her, appreciatively. 
         " When do you guys want to try this?" Ami asked, cutting in 
softly.
         Michiru paused, " Right now."   
         " NANNI!? Now?!" Ami exclaimed, then wincing at the volume of 
her words as they echoed through the alley.
         " Hai, now. We're to see Setsuna and hopefully with Rei at the 
park right about now. We'll to meet up with them and Luna and set the 
entire mission up and carry it out," Michiru said blithely. 
         " You set us up! You-you-," Ami sighed as she thought about 
it," Never mind. I can see why. It was your most logical choice. The 
others were much too engrossed in dealing with her nicely and wounldn't 
agree to do such a harsh thing since they have different opinions on 
how to do it softly, so that they would never get around to it."
         " Hm. You're very perceptive. That was exactly our thoughts. 
However, if you didn't wish to do it. Setsuna and I would have still 
tried it," Michiru murmured to Ami.
           Ami pondered that for a moment," Um. Okaay, let's go then. 
Let's get it over with. I still have computer classes for creative 
programming after school, you are aware of I'm sure."
         " Um-hum. Shall we go then?" Michiru stated, rather than 
asked.
         Ami squared herself, and whispered," Hai."
         They left together toward the park.

         " Ah-hum. There you are," a feminine voice said from the 
shadows of a stand of trees. Setsuna and Rei snapped around looking in 
the direction of the voice. Two lights glinted from the tree, an eerie 
garnet sheen. A black shape dropped to the ground. It shook itself 
slightly and dropped something from its mouth. It was a pen-like 
object. A pink color with a ruby-like jewel shining from the top, the 
clip glinted gold and it seemed to simmer faintly like a plastic 
illusion. " Well, I've completed my part Setsuna. I'll head back and 
make sure Mamoru stays out of this, ne?" It was Luna. The other two 
recovered and Setsuna seemed to start to say something when-
         " Oi! Did we come late or what?" It was Michiru with Ami 
tagging behind her.
         Setsuna blinked," Good! We're all here. We just got here," she 
said to Michiru," and Luna, arigato for getting the pen. Hai, make sure 
Endymion-sama stays out of it."
         Luna bobbed her head and scampered off quickly through some 
bushes and was quickly lost to sight.
         Setsuna looked at the others. " Well now. Shall we get 
started? We have a really limited time table."
        " Don't we always? We never really get a warning when we're 
about to do a big mission or battle. What's the deal? And we never 
actually prepare for it either," Rei ranted quietly for a short while.
        " So, which one of you wants to be who?" Michiru asked.
         They both blinked. " I'm be Mako-chan," Ami said softly," I'm 
close to her."
         " Hai, and I'll be Mina-chan," Rei stated," I'm pretty sure, 
who the rest of you would want to be."
         Setsuna and Michiru looked at each other and looked at the 
senshi. Small sweat-drops appeared on the backs of their heads. " Told 
you so," Setsuna said in an undertone,very un-like her fashion, then 
louder for the other two to hear," Hai." It came out as a loud mutter.
         " Well," Ami said," let's practice for a bit. Only Usagi and 
Mina-chan ever used this so we'll have to get used to it."
         Rei eyed the pen doubtfully," Okay, I hope this works for us 
like it did for Usagi..."

Five to ten minutes later...

         Muffled growls and exasperated grumbles had ensued from a 
nondescriptive bunch of trees had briefly attracted the attention of 
several passerbys, but were eventually passed off as they vaguely saw 
some disgruntled girls there, apparently trying on some weird sort of 
fashion clothes.
         " Setsuna-chan," Rei stated rather calmly, despite snarling 
threats to incinerate something a few minutes before," I do believe we 
have successfully completed the objective of trying this out." A brief 
pause," Now can we haul Usa-chan's butt over here and get it OVER 
with!!?"
          A slightly mussed garent-eyed outer senshi answered 
harriedly," Hai, she should be passing here soon from walking back from 
class. Who should go and get her over here?"
          Michiru smiled grimly, and spoke softly" 'Ruka-chan will."   
          Sweat-drops on Rei and Ami's heads," You look scary when you 
do that Mici-chan." They muttered it in unison unconciously.
         Michiru reddened, then snapped," Are we going to move or 
what?"
         " Yeah, let's get ready... Go for for it- 'Ruka-chan," Rei 
saulted the presently aqua-haired senshi. Michiru shot a murderous look 
at her and took the pen, holding it up like she would for her 
transformation pen. 
         " Disguise POWER!" energy streamed out and started to wrap 
themselves around Michiru's form," Disguise me as Haruka Tenoh!" A 
flash a light, and in the place of Neptune's senshi, Uranus's stood in 
her place. " Here goes nothing," murmured the blonde. She stepped 
passed the small group of girls and went off in search of Usagi.
          The girls prepared themselves as best as possible considering 
the amout of time they had to practice. " God, she even *sounds* like 
Haruka-chan," Ami commented absently.

          Usagi strolled down the street dawdling on the way home, she 
fiddled with the Star Locket. Hmm, I wonder if I'l run into any of the 
others... nah, I don't think so. Haruka wanted to go to a track meet, 
Hontaru to some carnival, Makoto to a cooking show, Minako to an 
audition, she grinned at that thought, Rei has her chores, Ami's at 
computer class, Setsuna and Michiru has to watch over Chibi-usa, along 
with Mamoru. He didn't take the locket away... but then it was mine in 
the first place, I don't think I'll run into anybody, well I guess I 
better head home. Maybe okaasan will call today... I don't want to miss 
her call! Usagi quickened her step. 
         " Chotto! Usa-chan!" a tenor voice called, hailing her from 
behind. Usagi turned. A twinge seemed to flinch through her, but she 
didn't really take notice.
         " Huh? 'Ruka-chan? I thought..."Usagi started to say to the 
sandy-haired woman she saw standing behind her.
         " Hang up," 'Haruka' said to her," I got something to tell you 
with the others. Come on."
         " 'Kay," Usagi replied uncertainly.
         Haruka held out her hand and Usagi held it, Haruka's guiding 
me to the... park?

         " Chotto," Usagi said," What's going on?" Inner and outer 
senshi stood arrayed before her, Minako, Makoto, Hontaru, and Haruka.
         " Yoika!" Haruka spoke in a deadly tone," We're telling you 
right here and now. Get LOST!! We don't *want* your company!"
         Usagi's jaw dropped. " Nani ten no!?" she cried.
         " You heard us!" Minako hissed, unfriendly eyes glaring at 
her.
         " Naze da!? What did I do?" Usagi cried, tearing forming at 
the corners of her eyes. I can't believe this, this isn't happening. 
What happened?!
         " Everything," Hontaru spoke coldly," you're a nusiance. 
Refusing to accept anthing and trying to bounce it off by brushing it 
aside and laughing it off."
         Makoto nodded in silent agreement, and spoke menacingly," 
You're such an immature whiner. We're telling you to leave us alone. 
Got it?" All four turned to leave.       
        " What? Iie! Tell me what I did so I can make it up to you!" 
Usagi sobbed out and grabbed ahold of Haruka's shirtsleeve.
         Haruka's eyes narrowed and jerked her sleeve away. What 
happened next seemed to happen in slow motion for Usagi. Haruka twisted 
slightly and slapped Usagi across the cheek, hard. 
         Usagi fell back, crashing against a large tree. She seemed to 
be in shock at the blow and didn't notice that the Star Locket had 
fallen from her pocket or the shocked and guilty look on the two 'inner 
senshi'.
         " Urusai!" Haruka growled. She noticed the locket and picked 
it up. This will let her remember, Michiru thought unyieldingly. " You 
don't deserve this,"Michiru/Haruka threw the locket to the ground with 
all her might. It shattered with startling clarity, breaking apart with 
ringing clangs that seemed to sound to the far reaches of the galaxy. 
That got through to Usagi and her eyes flew open wide. Her lips moved 
but no sound came except one word,"...makasa..." She stared blankly at 
the locket. She was too numb to notice that Haruka had flinched visibly 
and the others jaws had dropped almost all the way to the floor at that 
move. She didn't hear 'Minako' and 'Makoto' hiss,"Michiru no baka!"
         Michiru recovered and scruffed the locket's remains, deepening 
the effect and then noting the Usagi was distracted, gestured sharply 
at the others," Move while she's out of it!" The others stared at her 
briefly in disbelief, then moved mechanically, automatically almost to 
their pre-arranged place and de-transformed coming back out and 
revealing themselves to the stunned blonde sprawled on the floor. Usagi 
didn't notice them at all but gazed at the remains of the locket with 
watery eyes. The others glance at each seemingly fully recovered and 
then Michiru decided to say something first.
         " Hn. Worthless crybaby, What are you going to do now without 
us? I hope you got the message, Usagi," Michiru said in a soft cruel 
tone. Usagi twicthed, acknowlegding her words. She was listening. 

         " I always knew you couldn't make the senshi position, look 
how easily you crumble," Setsuna whispered mercilessly.
         " You're a disappointment," Rei and Ami both said," Don't ever 
bother *us* again. Got it?"
         At the sound of their voices, Usagi slowly lifted her head and 
turned bleak, grief-filled, dull eyes toward them. " Naze...da?" she 
whispered. She couldn't honestly see the wavering expressions on Ami 
and Rei's faces.
         Michiru snorted and Setsuna quickly followed suit and spun on 
their hells and walked away from her. Reia and Ami slowly turned away 
from her. " Remember, don't get near us again!" Michiru called over her 
shoulder. Usagi heard, and she saw them walking away from her. She 
broke down and collapsed against the tree, bunching herself up, 
focussing her eyes on the ruins of an artifact that once held her 
highest loves. 
                  
         Rei and Ami bit their lips, staring secretly from their hidden 
positions near Usagi's location. " Michiru-chan," Ami said softly to 
the figure somewhere behind her.
         " Don't worry about it, she's recover. She always does, you 
know. She'll probably be banging down our doors tomorrow morning and 
screaming at us. That's most likely, it'll still achieve our purpose 
since that'll probably get the others mad at her and break them up with 
her," Michiru whispered to Ami.
        " Yeah, come on,"Setsuna spoke nearly inaudibly," we better go 
before she notices us and suspects that if was just a test, or joke or 
something."
         " Uh-hum," Rei said softly," the others will be at the temple 
later, remember? We have to act normal, we did it. Let's hope the 
results from this will be beneficial." She sucked in a sharp breath," 
Oh gods! The temple. Grandpa's gonna..."
        " Oh no," Ami whispered, looking devastivated," My computer 
classes! I'm LATE!" She wailed softly.
         " Just say you were held up when you bumped into me, because I 
wanted to talk to you," Michiru took out some paper from the purse she 
had carried from the house and scribbled something on it. " you'd 
better hurry or-"
         " We know," they hissed and they left hurriedly, throwing one 
last glance at Usagi as they went.
         Michiru looked Setsuna and she nodded, they both rose silently 
and left, leaving the shattered girl behind them. 

         Usagi sat there, staring at the broken locket. A calm sort of 
haze seemed to contract around her.  I guess I could have expected no 
better from Setsuna and Michiru. I am slightly shocked at Rei and Ami, 
but... Tears started to well up in her eyes, and she brushed them 
angrily away before they could form. Haruka, Hotaru, Makoto, Minako, 
how could you have done this? I thought... out of all of them, you were 
truly my friends. The ones who never really abandoned me at all, ever. 
How could you have done it? Her cheek stung, not only because it hurt, 
because Haruka had been the one who slapped her. Haruka was slightly 
mean when it came to things that she knew had to be done, like the 
battle with Pharaoh 90. She had fought, with Neptune, against her. But 
in the end, after their test to see if she really was fit to be Queen, 
they swore allegiance.  Usagi had realized that Haruka was her friend 
as they had left.  She raised her head from staring at the ground at 
looked at the sky. Vaguely she saw the full moon overhead and realized 
nightfall had came. She should have gone home hours ago.  But who 
cares? No one cares. Not Endymion, not any of the Sailor senshi, not 
Luna or Artimas, not anyone would care if I just drop dead right now. 
Nobody cares, it's just me now. I'm going to have to stand up by 
myself. I have to be on my guard all the time now. I... A sudden 
flicker of moonlight overhead hit her and a faint image of the Queen of 
the Silver Millennium washed over her eyes.  " Mother?" Usagi whispered 
faintly. The image exploded into a full-fledge scene inside her head.  
Queen Serenity of the Silver Millennium was leaning heavily against a 
split pillar, in the midst of the ruins of a battlefield.  A faint wind 
was stirring, wafting over the remains of a great civilization. She was 
alone and Usagi realized that this was just after the battle.  She 
didn't see Luna and Artimas, which meant that this happened after her 
mother had sent them to Earth. Why would she choose to have this 
setting to speak to her though? She looked haggard, her light lavender 
hair swaying heavily, dust sticking to her form, her eyes weary. Her 
skin seemed to have a clammy tone to it, and lips were dry and slightly 
chapped.  The replica seemed extremely sad, her amethyst eyes brimming 
with sorrow, and yet there was a fierce joy in them. A burning flame 
she had never seen before from her mother's eyes. She was whispering 
something, her parched lips moving slowly.  Usagi had to lean close to 
hear," ...I knew maybe, just maybe this day would come. I prepared for 
it, secretly, just in case. This is just a recording I left among the 
others, Princess Serenity. Or I should say, Eternity."  Usagi frowned 
in puzzlement and tried to reconcile the words but her real mother was 
going on so she saved them to remember over later.  " Dearest daughter, 
I know you can't remember anymore.  But you forgot when you made 
yourself forget that you left all your important lessons and events 
stored into" a sudden static made the tiny form waver," ...locket. I 
can't...anymore, my time is too short...remember...locket holds the 
key...you must...since they must have deserted you, otherwise this 
emergency recording wouldn't have kicked in. You know...to do, maybe 
not consciously...certainly deep inside...These are my last words to 
you, dearest. I am to die at last. You are now...Queen and don't you 
ever forget it! I have faith in you. Fare well...daughter." The image 
that had filled her mind vanished, and a sense of peace had settled 
over her eyes as her image disappeared. Usagi stared at the space her 
mother had just occupied. Eternity? My locket? Usagi glanced at the 
shattered remains. And laughed silently.  She shook slightly with 
hysterical laughter.  This is impossible, Haruka smashed my locket, I 
can't possibly find out what you're talking about and I'm not sure if I 
could even were I able to try.  Usagi stared at it, thinking about what 
the last reflection of her mother had said. It makes absolutely no 
sense. Storing memories into the locket? It doesn't resemble a computer 
in the least. But then again maybe the moon was more advanced than 
Earth is now and there is such a way. By breaking this and I manage to 
glue together or something, will the recordings I made still be there? 
Why did she call me Eternity? Maybe it was an accident, but then the 
entire recording could be an accident. And then, why did she phase it 
that 'I am to die at last'? Has she been reborn too? Ugh, all these 
questions will drive me insane. Usagi sat there for a moment more, a 
build up had begun ever since Setsuna had slammed the door after her 
when she went to Usagi's house and told her off. With this it seemed to 
finally start to shimmer out full and physical.  Tears streaked down 
Usagi's cheeks. You know, maybe if I told the senshi that mother 
appeared herself and said I was the Queen... yeah right. You have no 
proof! Usagi scolded herself, chuckling tearfully. The sting of the 
slap Uranus had given her faded away.  A glint of something 
indescribable glittered inside of Usagi mind. It gave her strength, it 
showed her a way to find answers to all the questions embedded in 
Usagi's mind.  She had to meld together the locket. An idea formed of 
how to do it, Usagi didn't study it, when she studied things, 
everything came out wrong, but when she didn't they worked out fine. 
Just like the time with the final battle against Pharaoh 90, she had a 
notion and clasped on it, she didn't study it and they had won. She 
gathered power to her, unconsciously. She just felt it around her and 
pulled at them gently. She directed them to the locket and then started 
to fix it. She saw inside the locket and perceived a world of nooks and 
crannies inside. In some areas they were fractured and Usagi knew those 
areas were damaged and touched on them with the magic she collected, 
the fragmented pieces, drew back together and became whole again. She 
repeated the motion to the other dislocated A glow surrounded the 
locket from where it laid.  As Usagi mended it she saw something inside 
at least half of the entire mess of cells she viewed in the locket, 
filled out in a spread out area.  It was dormant, but it could be 
simulated.  As she finished she set to probe the areas to see if that 
was the memories Queen Serenity referred to.  She strained at them with 
her mind, and they stirred sluggishly, but didn't become active.  She 
worked on it. Gradually she managed to move it to a neutral state. 
Frustrated, she wondered what am I doing wrong? She thought about it. 
Maybe I have to touch it she thought tentatively.  She was slightly 
still in shock and preoccupied as she was she didn't notice the shadows 
in the trees shifting ever so slightly.  Usagi started to do it and 
touch the locket.  She began to open her eyes and draw away from the 
interior of the locket she placed herself in and gasped in surprise. 
  
         Within the shadows of the trees the four gang members watched 
silently. " Yo," one of them whispered to the leader," should we go for 
her now?" He chuckled nastily, showing off the wicked 8-inch blade of 
his combat knife. 
         " No," she answered, with narrowed eyes," this one's acting 
weird, I want to know what's up before we move in."
         " Hey, Jaice," another girl spoke to the leader," look at 
that, that piece of jewelry in front of her. It's... glowing!"   
         Jaice looked on in to the presumably worthless busted bauble 
and stifled a sharp intake of breath. The object was glowing and it 
didn't like it was part of an internal light up accessory. 
         " Jaice?" the first guy whom had spoken worriedly.
         " Quiet, Maul. Dusa," she said to the other girl, who had 
noticed the oddity," you know what it is, girlfriend?" 
         " No, Jaice," she said anxiously," you know, what if she's one 
of those... yoma-s we've heard about? Or maybe those fighters that 
total the yoma-s?"    
         " I don't think so," said the last member of the party 
quietly. 
         " And why do you think this, Replay?" Jaice said to the teen. 
She didn't know his real name, just like no one in the gang knew each 
other's. These were all names each just chose to call themselves. 
         Replay shifted uncomfortably. " I read the news," he said 
bluntly," and one day it said that Eternal Sailor Moon had defeated the 
yoma Chaos. It said that Sailor Pluto had made a personal statement 
when the reporters managed to catch her before the battle, that if 
they, the Sailor senshi, could defeat Chaos then there should be no 
other yoma-s ever for the rest of this decade. If there are no yoma-s 
then those Sailor senshi don't show up." He stopped talking as he found 
the words he just said were adequate enough to answer Jaice's question. 
        Jaice considered. " All right, then this girl can't be either 
of them. Do you have any other clue why this would be happening with 
this girl then?" she looked at Replay questioning. 
         Replay hesitated. " I... don't know," he said at last. " I 
think it's maybe just a trick of the electrical lights arranged in some 
sort of set-up I've never seen before."
         " Maybe," Jaice said," You're probably right. Okay, gang. Get 
ready to move!" Jaice snapped out a wicked knife as well, it was a 9-
inch long one. Looking at the target, she couldn't help feeling the 
slightest bit sorry for her. Oh, well. She was stupid enough to stay 
out this late, I guess. I'll just try to get the others not to hurt her 
too badly.           

            There inside the center of the insides of the entire 
locket, she suddenly found a three-dimensional hologram of a perfect 
golden crescent moon with its tips pointing upward in the center. 
This... must represent me. Usagi thought stunned. Then as she pulled 
closer into the mental contact with the insides of the locket, she saw 
something entwined around it, hugging the moon and binding it as if to 
something. It was a rose. And this... must symbolize Endymion. It must 
represent our unity.  Suddenly confused, she drew back a little. Then 
she sensed a delicate melody playing softly, spiraling into her heart. 
It was Mamoru's and hers song, the song that represented her faith in 
him. The thought was a cold blow to the face. Her faith, not his, the 
thought suddenly provoked. He didn't stay faithful to her even as she 
did to him. The thought froze in her mind.  He pulled away from me, so 
shouldn't this representation be the same? It should, I think it's 
suppose to. How could this be? She reached out again with her will and 
tugged at the stem of the rose, it was wrapped vine-like around the 
entire moon and leaves adorned it, accenting it's lush green.  A red 
rose bloomed at the other end of the stem. She pulled it and the moon 
suddenly seemed to be glowing uncertainly and the rose abruptly pulled 
away by itself and left the moon.  The moon seemed to be shaking 
slightly with some emotion and suddenly it turned from its pale gold to 
iridescent silver. It melody suddenly seemed to warp and revert back 
into itself and a strong pouring tune swirled in.  Usagi opened her 
eyes, the locket was whole again. She blinked in surprise, a rose had 
sank from the locket and fall to the ground. It lay there, by the 
locket.  Then Usagi did a double take. The locket's appearance had 
changed. Instead of the plain gold exterior, it was now silver.  It was 
embroidered with indentation of plants, flowers, stars and moons. The 
images were lightly emphasized with tiny jewels of all kinds. The 
circular lid was clear with no designs on it. It was made of pure 
silvery crystal, the facets winking and shining with trapped light. The 
opening was smoothly level with the rest of the locket and looked as if 
it was simply part of the decorations, wasn't meant to be opened. The 
golden chain had changed as well. It was now also silver, very fine, it 
almost looked like thread and had some crystal droplets spaced evenly 
on it. Usagi stared at it uncertainly and abruptly remembered what she 
did to the locket's mysterious innards.  I think I have to touch it, 
right? Well, let's get on with it.  She hesitated, not sure how to 
proceed, maybe this isn't a good idea, though, maybe this is a dream or 
I'm imaging it. She stared at the locket even longer. Suddenly as if 
sensing her irresolution the locket flared and lifted up in the air. It 
hovered in front of her, glowing a soft blue-tinged white. The small 
round lid snapped open softly. A rapping tune flowed out, strong and 
resolute. It made her feel certain if doing this was right. Unnoticed 
at the side, the rose vanished in a silent flare of sparks. She put out 
both her hands and the locket settled slowly into them. A brilliant 
nova of light seared out, lancing through the darkness. Usagi screamed, 
an energy wave smashed through the universe ensued from her. The locket 
fell to the grass, innocent looking again. Like it was just a precious 
piece of jewelry, instead of something that had levitated a few seconds 
ago and shone with light.  Usagi now glowed instead, shaking. She had 
somehow stood up and she was trembling. She had reverted back into her 
true princess form. Her gossamer gown swayed gently in the wind. Long 
tendrils of silvery hair drifted in the air, her moon birthmark blazed 
with an incredible inner light. Too many, her mind wailed helplessly, 
too many... memories.  Swirls of color, scenes, sounds, words, and 
senses engulfed her, overloading her mind.  She clutched her head and 
shrieked again, along with it a resonance blast crashed through reality 
again.  Tears streamed from her clear dark cerulean eyes. She tried to 
limit the memories, crashing in and succeeded partially, the pain 
lessened.  Forgotten wrongs, unremembered loves and fancies streaked 
back into her mind. The best Usagi could do was to channeled it in a 
controlled stream and totally blind herself to the scenes so that they 
reinserted themselves in a blur. She still did glimpse some sights, no 
matter how hard she was trying to control the flow.  One in particular, 
the last one in the locket, suddenly leapt out and its impact was like 
as if someone had decided to drop the Earth onto Usagi. 

         " You have decided then," Queen Serenity, no. Queen Eternity 
the Twelfth said softly. 
          " Yes, I have," Princess Serenity, in truth the future Queen 
Eternity the Thirteenth, said equally soft. " I have decided to be with 
the Earth prince, Endymion. I... love him. I wish to be with him more 
than anything."
         Queen Serenity closed her gray-amethyst eyes.  She and 
Princess Serenity were in one of their private gardens inside one of 
the greenhouses. The coolness of the night air surrounded them.  The 
night flowers were blooming, filling the dark night with fragrance. The 
Queen leaned against an elegant smooth marble pillar supporting the 
greenhouse. The untinted glass of the room mirrored her face. " I can 
not question your resolution, my dear. But do you understand the impact 
of your decision?" 
         The Princess replied quietly," In deciding to truly give 
myself over to a mortal and forever be with him, I shall forfeit the 
powers of Eternity.  I shall lose my total independence and come to 
have to depend on some. I will lose my alertness and nearly all 
functions in the powers telepathy, levitation, teleportation, empathic 
ability, telekinetics, and the others. My strength, intelligence in the 
ability to learn, fighting ability, stamina, speed, agility, energy 
blasts will be greatly reduced. My ability to warp time with ease shall 
nearly vanish completely. My ability to determine what should be in the 
future will cease to function. The power of-"
         " I see you understand most of it," Queen Serenity cut in 
gently.  The Princess looked at her questioning. A slight wind suddenly 
rose, whisking stands of hair. Serenity's eyes were indescribable as 
they turned to look at her daughter straight in the eye. A dim, almost 
extinguished fire flared in her eyes. The power of Eternity of which 
she had forfeited when she chose to stay forever with a mortal. As long 
as she lived anyway. " You understand what will happen, like I have 
told you from personal experience and so on up through the entire line. 
You also understand that the true heir, the only child you will ever 
have, or perhaps more, will not be because of physical exertions, but 
of purely when the time is correct and your soul is ready to split into 
the next of the line. Her blood, it will most likely be a girl, will be 
only of Eternity's and no one else's..." 
         " I understand this. You know I do, what's the objective you 
skip around," interrupted the Princess softly, yet firmly. 
         Serenity's eyes were pained. " You have never known this, my 
dear. You knew the history of our line, how Eternity the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 
4th, 5th, 6th,and 7th were all leaders. Then with the resolutions of 
the chaotic wars around the 7th's time, our line's personality started 
to change, partially because of an accidental flux that caused fancies 
to arise in her mind. The 7th bought our planet to a solar system, this 
one, she liked and settled down, she fell in love. And with time the 
rest of the line of the 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th and me also deteriorated 
and fell in love. Our connection started to wither with this 
unconditional whims, our power starting to only extending to this solar 
system." Serenity paused and raised an eyebrow meaningfully.
         " So... you mean our line's powers will vanish and we will be 
no more than just over average?" the Princess said. 
         " Yes. And it's not exactly a good thing either. We are 
spawned from Eternity itself, before time even began. It and we are 
linked. If we should die, Eternity will implode upon itself eventually, 
after probably another thousand of our generations. And even though you 
know we are long lived, it will eventually come to pass," Serenity 
stated," we don't exactly have to rule, we simply have to be as we once 
were." The Queen saw the perplexed look in the Princess's eyes and 
clarified," We could be alone, we could have friends, a reasonable 
fancy. Whatever, but we can't be too close, a closeness we've developed 
over the line. This link, once destroyed cannot ever be the same.  The 
thing is, this sort of dying in the line was foretold, we couldn't help 
it.   The accidental flux was created by Eternity... and to the point 
of this conversation, as the misfortune came to be, a counter-measure 
is predicted, and created as well. Later, one of the line, our last 
chance to snap back to 'normal' will come. Another flux will form in 
her lifetime. She has to chose to go back to normal though, and that 
one is the Thirteenth."
         " Me? But..." the Princess said, growing slightly pale," You 
can't place the entire future of our family and of the dimensions onto 
me!"
         " It is. I'm sorry, but remember. ONLY if you chose... and you 
are telling me you are choosing now. With your decision it... will 
alter the future." Serenity looked up though dusky long lashes. " It's 
your choice, I just want your happiness. If you choose not to, the line 
after your won't remember this fact. It will simply just come to them 
that Eternity needed to expire again and they will accept it.  You will 
not be to blame, not that you ever were. You will also forget all our 
lessons, forget who you truly are.  The information will still be 
inside your diary," Serenity said ruefully as the Princess glanced 
involuntarily at her Star locket," it's just that you won't be able to 
access it. Now, you understand. Do you, Thirteenth of Eternity, choose 
to forfeit your power? Is this what you truly want?"  A slight glow 
formed around both of them. The stars shining through the glass of the 
greenhouse seemed to still awaiting an answer to a question that would 
change to flow of the future forever. 
         Princess Serenity hesitated.  All the pros and cons flickered 
in her mind, which could calculate faster than any machine, and in the 
end found only one answer as she had known all along when she had 
fallen like a star for the Earth prince.  " I choose... to give up my 
privilege of Eternity. Now and forever until my chosen and the senshi 
of this solar system's stars are unfaithful, or turns upon me." Which 
will never happen with him, my Endymion...and with my friends...   
         Queen Serenity bowed her head, lifting up from leaning against 
the smooth wall. The crescent moon on both her forehead and her 
daughter's flared, and with a sudden crackle of energy the moons turned 
into perfect eight-point stars. Queen and Princess both flared with 
their internal power. Their bodies casting a silvery aura around them. 
They remained in their secondary form as Serenity however, not 
reverting to their true state of Eternity. " You have chosen to give 
away your powers of birthright, and by the Void, what you will for what 
is yours to command is to obey."  A snap of force spilt the space 
between her and Princess Serenity.  A double-headed, double-edged 
battle-axe appeared. Its shaft was as nearly as long as Queen Serenity 
was tall, the blade making it the same height as her.  It was quite 
plain, save for a single upward crescent moon on where the handle kept 
the twin blades together, and some light engravings of faint images on 
the handle with grip indentations.  It was mainly silver, with a hint 
of palest gold on the shaft and pure shadow on the edges of the blades.  
It was the weapon of Eternity, just as the mirror was of Neptune's, the 
sword of Uranus's, the Glaive of Saturn's and the Staff of Pluto's.  It 
was their symbol, past down through generations as inheritance to the 
power they held.  The ax settled into Queen Serenity's hands. Hidden 
pain flashed in her eyes, but it was quickly masked.  She spoke 
tranquilly, and the air vibrated with her words," I, Eternity the 
Twelfth, bear witness to your decision to forfeit the powers of 
heritage and shall execute your command." She closed her eyes, and 
folded her arms in, pressing the axe against her. A torrent of wind 
blasted around them.  Princess Eternity knelt, bowing her head and 
crossing her arms across her chest. Her fine silvery hair flowing back 
in reaction to the wind.  " Now and forever, daughter of existence, you 
are... normal." Queen Serenity declared her voice subdued and slightly 
muffled.  She held the ax out and gently lowered a razor-edged blade to 
Princess Serenity's shoulder. She tapped it gently there. A cut 
instantly formed, even though the blade barely grazed her skin. The 
shallow wound bled slightly, looking decidedly out of place in contrast 
with its crimson red against pale ivory.  The weapon blazed over 
casting the auras cast by both women. And as it shone, Princess 
Serenity felt a tearing pain, constrict inside her.  The agony would 
have made a demon stop and fall over dead with the suffering. She 
gasped and colored in chagrin, whatever other reaction she held in as 
she gritted her teeth against the torture.  She was prepared for such 
pain, she was atoned with it. She could stand it, but the intensity 
seared down to her soul. She couldn't help it, she cried out and with 
it a stunning crack slammed across the universe. It was her last 
perception, as her eyes then saw nothing but the darkness closing in... 
bringing with it blankness of her former secrets. 

         Tears streamed down from her eyes. " Okaasama..." Usagi 
whispered. She closed her eyes, the tears welling up and spilling over.  
The crescent moon crackled, a sapphire energy line snapped around it, 
it became an iridescent silver-sheen, eight-point star. It was evenly 
proportioned, all the thin, long points inclined to a slight ridge in 
the center of the slender point, so that the symbol protruded smoothly 
from the edges, but were raised, at the center of the star and the 
center of the triangular points. The tips of the point sloped up as 
well, meeting with the other two inclined surfaces, forming a facet-
like effect. It was like a precious gem in the form of a star. 
         Usagi could see her mother's laughing amethyst eyes, sparkling 
with mirth at her. Her lavender hair swayed back as she turned to face 
her," Now my lady," she said mockingly," Queens don't act that way! 
Especially for one of your nature! You're going to be more powerful 
then any of us one day... because you can make even a snit like me 
laugh!"  Usagi opened glistening eyes. A sob tore at her throat. She... 
always loved me for myself, and my personality. I never wanted to 
disappoint her... Her mother stared out at her in her mind, her silver-
purple eyes, sad and silent on the day she went and blurted out that 
she wanted to change.  Okaachan... for you, if you had only spoken to 
me, asked of me... I would have moved the stars for you. Changed time 
and destiny for you... Yet, you always only wanted my joy. I owe you... 
so much! I... miss you. And then she felt it. The Flux. It was 
occurring right now. The end of it was nearing, and so was her chance 
to uptake her heritage again. It was that... that caused all of us to 
act so out of character! It made us overreact. Mamoru and the senshi to 
be so totally convinced of my inferiority and their drive to find 
another replacement. My dejection and depression. It emphasized all the 
emotions! A sudden hope caught I her throat and vanished as quickly as 
it had came.  A bitter wind whipped up in her physical surrounding, 
except it didn't twist and create them, it just amplified them! Even if 
it hadn't made them act so badly, they would have still... I will never 
forgive them.  NO, that isn't correct. I will forgive them, they made 
me finally recall who I am. Echoes sounded around her. Is this what you 
truly want? ...Truly want? ...Truly want? A glimpse of fine lavender 
hair... 
         Yes... An axe alighting on her shoulder.  Images flickered 
before her face. 
         Before today...
         Rei... Flaring black hair, angry patronizing eyes," You are 
such an immature idiot, Usagi! What did you do this time!" 
         Ami... seated at the temple dojo during a session of 
studying," Usagi, you really have to pay attention! What's wrong with 
you! Sometimes I really wonder..."
         Makoto... impatient burning green eyes," Usagi, you're so 
impossible! What's your problem!"      
         Minako... blue eyes not quite meeting hers, hair swirling on a 
draft of wind on the stairs," Usagi, I don't think you're cut out for 
this. You just don't seem motivated!"
          Hotaru... chill dark purple eyes, piercing into her own," I'm 
sorry Usagi, I have other matters to attend to, maybe next time."  
Never showing up with her, but going with Chibi-Usa. 
          Haruka and Michiru... narrowing navy-blue and aqua eyes," 
You're simply just aren't fit..." " to be Queen!" finished Michiru 
coldly.
         Setsuna... looking straight into her eyes frustrated with 
exasperation," Usagi, I wonder how you ever got to be Queen of Crystal 
Tokyo!"
         Now... and ever more... their insults rang in her mind. The 
senshis and... Endymion...
         Do you...  choose to forfeit your powers?
         Yes... 
         No. Not anymore. My Endymion and my friends would never 
betray, never, ever, betray my faith... the childish voice thought in 
her mind. Never, ever...Her hands tightened. They had been, unfaithful, 
and so now... her pact was void. She was now free to do whatever she 
wished. She no longer held any promises to anyone. Do I really want to 
break my link to such powerful empathy forever? The energy distortion 
was drawing to a close... 
         Should I really choose to do this? 
         The seconds ticked by rapidly, the flux was staring to smooth 
out... Usagi knew the last critical point was up and she had to decide 
now. She chose. 
         Eternity... I choose that, over the empathy which has proven 
to be nothing... 
         'What you will for is for us to obey', a last rippling echo 
came.

         A powerful slam of something seemed to orient itself in the 
universe.
         
         Far, far away... in another solar system really, they felt it.
         " I am SOOOoooo bored," complained Yaten.
         " It's just like you to sit there and gripe instead of doing 
something constructive!" Seiya growled at her.  
         Yaten swerved from the large glass-pane window she had been 
looking out of and locked emerald eyes with Seiya's dark blue ones. Her 
fine silvery hair glinted over the five-point star headband of the 
uniform for the Starlights. " I am doing something constructive, unlike 
you who's getting all sweaty trying to drag that hunk of junk over to 
the studio."
         Seiya glared from beneath her crop of rich black hair. " This 
'hunk of junk' is the studio's new recorder for the music the Princess 
wants us to compose for the ball next week! Just what are you doing 
that's so constructive instead of this? Arranging those gray stands of 
hair, or taking pictures of the system's constellations from this 
station's observation window?"   
         Yaten scowled characteristically," The ball you speak of 
consists of only us three and Princess Kakyuu practicing our dancing 
steps."  Noting the thunderous scowl forming on Seiya's face, Yaten 
quickly added, forestalling the oncoming torrent," Not that it isn't 
important, you need the practice so your muscle-ness doesn't trip over 
a loose tile and break something with your gracelessness. Be careful 
Seiya, or your face will freeze that way..." 
         Seiya growled low in her throat and abruptly dropped the 
recorder onto the metal floor, letting a loud clang vibrate throughout 
the room, and strolled to Yaten with a dark look in her eyes," Yeah, 
but you still haven't said what you're doing staring out of the window. 
Daydreaming about someone, hmmm?  Maybe you're just jealous that 
Princess Kakyuu had asked the rest of us to help while you just sit 
there and do-"
         " Please, you're killing me with your pathetic attempts to 
bait me. A turtle could do it better than YOU. In fact-" Yaten was 
suddenly cut off due to the fact that Seiya had whacked her on the back 
of her head. " OWWw! That HURT, you..." Yaten retaliated with a kick to 
Seiya's rear. 
         Seiya yelped," Why you... I am SO sick of your complaints ever 
since we came back to our solar system..." Seiya threw a hard right at 
Yaten, which she dodged and came back in with a snapping high thrust 
kick to Seiya's chin which Seiya ducked. The sparring quickly formed 
into a free-for-all, no fouls, hand-to-hand combat. 
         Therefore it was rather more of an impacting shock for Taiki 
when she walked in with Princess Kakyuu beside her discussing the 
things they'd have to do to re-inhabit the planet, Kinmoku.  " Yaten! 
Seiya! What are you two doing!!? This is most illogical!" Taiki 
shouted.  She dashed into the fray and tried to break them up, it was 
like breaking up the orbits of the planets around something with 100 
times larger mass.  She staggered back out in a few minutes with a 
multiple of bruises and cuts, with a huge conk to her head. "Uhh..." 
Taiki shook her head confusedly and focussed on the Princess," I advise 
you not to go near them in that state..." and then she slumped, out 
cold.
         " Maker!" Kakyuu rushed to her side, to check her over. She's 
okay, Kakyuu thought with a sigh of relief, then she looked up to the 
cat fight which hadn't slackened at all," Healer! Fighter!" she 
screamed in a voice of absolute authority that both of them froze, 
locked onto each other. " What do you two think you are doing! Look 
what happened to Maker while she was trying to calm you down!" 
         Both of them looked and blinked at the sight of Maker on 
Kakyuu's lap.  " Umm, Princess? If you wish, we'll leave off and go 
somewhere else..."
         " She didn't mean it that way, you nitwit!" Yaten yelled at 
Seiya.
         Seiya bristled," What way? I never even finished my sentence! 
You pervert!"
         Yaten shot back," Who's the pervert? You know precisely what 
I'm talking about, right? Perhaps even more so-"
         " Cut it out! Both of you! What's the matter with you two? Why 
are you arguing! I thought that we all reconciled with each other and 
that we would get along..." Kakyuu lower lip quivered.
         " Oh no," Yaten whispered softly, seeing what was about to 
happen, but unable to stop it," not the sad puppy look, please, no."
         Kakyuu gave a look so soulful and full of sorrow that both 
Yaten and Seiya had to look away in shame. They let each other go.  
They were covered with bruises in the pounding they gave each, along 
with some nasty looking cuts. Curiously neither of them had their faces 
touched. " G-Gomen, Kakyuu-san," both of them murmured.
         Kakyuu clasped her hands together and said earnestly, the 
expression on her face pitifully sweet and pleading," Healer, Fighter 
please, do you promise that it won't happen again? Please promise." 
         Dammit, the look on her face alone could make Sailor Moon give 
up junk food for a week, if she asked. Yaten bowed her head and 
mumbled," I promise. If Seiya doesn't start it first."
         Seiya glared at Yaten and stopped abruptly as she noticed the 
disappointed stare her Princess was awarding her. She shuffled her mid-
thigh length boots and muttered," I promise as well, I won't, if Yaten 
doesn't start it first."
         " Wonderful! You two have to apologize to Maker-chan later, 
when she's better, alright?" Kakyuu said, her eyes could have melted 
diamond.  
         " Yes, Kakyuu-san," Yaten and Seiya said, shifting 
uncomfortably.
         As if on cue, Taiki moved slightly and opened her eyes slowly, 
their normal purple hue, slightly clouded," Wha? She shook her head 
gingerly," What... happened?" 
         " You fainted," Yaten said bluntly, then shut up as the 
Princess gave her a look.
         " You were knocked out when you tried to disengage the fight 
between Fighter and Healer, Maker," Princess Kakyuu said.
         Taiki sat up and felt her head carefully," Oh. Yes, I remember 
now. Ouch. You know, sometimes I wonder how the two of you," motions to 
Seiya and Yaten with a black gloved hand," could carry on like that. 
Your techniques are quite astonishing, Seiya. Yaten, for one who 
doesn't like exercise, you seem to excel at beating the crap out of 
someone if they're close enough."
         Yaten's green eyes narrowed and she seemed to be about to say 
something when a huge energy wave seemed to hit the station. The 
electrical light and other energy run fixtures flickered erratically 
and steadied back to normal. The floor shuddered ever so slightly 
beneath their feet.
          Taiki blinked and wondered," What was that? A flux perhaps? 
Yaten? Seiya?"
           Kakyuu answered," I don't think so Maker... if there was 
such a flux wouldn't your calculations have predicted it?"  Then Kakyuu 
noticed Yaten and Seiya, Taiki turned hearing her sharp intake of 
breath," Maker! Healer and Fighter, they...!"
           Yaten was down on the floor in a fetal position, hugging her 
knees to her chest and wrapping her arms around her chest.  She was 
gasping shallowly, shuddering with every breath. Her normally clear, 
sharp, emerald eyes, were glazed and dull looking. She was moving her 
lips slowly.  
         Seiya had sunk slowly to her knees a distant look in her blue 
eyes," Usako..." She collapsed, falling to the floor. Kakyuu rushed 
over to her.  " Seiya!" Kakyuu frantically checked her over and 
breathed a sigh of relief, she just seems to have only fainted...
         Taiki hurried over to Yaten and place her arms around hers.  
Taiki knew something was wrong as Yaten didn't say anything. If any of 
them had done that normally Yaten would have clobbered whoever and 
yelled something insulting.  Biting her lip, she gently hoisted Yaten 
up onto her lap, and frowned as she noticed that Yaten seemed to be 
saying something. Taiki lowered her head and listened intently. 
         " ... disturbance within the stars. Something... terrible has 
happened, something powerful has... awakened..." Yaten gasped out the 
words painfully and then she sagged in Taiki's grasp.  
         " Yaten!" Taiki cried. Yaten was still, and her breathing was 
labored. Taiki hurriedly placed a gentle hand to Yaten's throat 
checking her pulse.  It was fine, if slightly thready.   Taiki swore 
silently and said to the Princess," Kakyuu-san! Yaten needs just needs 
some rest, I think. How is Seiya?"
         " Same here," Kakyuu replied," any idea why this happened to 
them?"
         " No clue," Taiki paused," Yaten said something about a 
powerful disturbance, though, before she collapsed." Immediately Taiki 
wished she hadn't said that, because Kakyuu face drew into a worn and 
worried expression.  Baka! Taiki cursed at herself, why did you have to 
tell her that? We just dealt with Chaos and now this...!   
         " A disturbance? Are you sure?" Kakyuu said slowly, holding 
Seiya to her as she knelt beside Seiya.
         " Not really, but Yaten has some empathic ability and it has 
never proven wrong before..."Taiki dredged out.
         Kakyuu said quietly," You know Maker, just before Fighter 
collapsed she said 'Usako'..."
         Taiki blinked and then she started," Uso! Do you think Seiya 
sensed something was wrong with the senshi back at Earth and the 
disturbance Yaten sensed was caused from their home-star?"
         The crease reappeared between Princess Kakyuu's eyes," 
Maybe... we'll discuss it later when Healer and Fighter are awake. 
Perhaps they could tell us more later." 
         Taiki nodded and carefully lifted Yaten up.  She headed to the 
bedroom with Kakyuu holding Seiya following along.  I really hope Yaten 
and Seiya were mistaken... she thought desperately, I don't think the 
Princess is up for another of those trips...                    

In an area closer to Usagi, people felt it.  
         " What was that?" Raye said to Ami at the dojo. " I thought I 
felt a shudder..."
         " I didn't feel anything," Makoto said.
         " Me neither," agreed Haruka.
         " Setsuna?" Michiru prompted.
         Setsuna frowned," I thought, maybe..." She let out a 
frustrated sigh," I can't sense anything, either. Wait, I think I have 
something, at the park..." Setsuna did a double take. " The park!"  
Mina frowned as she noticed that Setsuna, Michiru, Ami, and Raye grew 
slightly pale.
         " Does this have any significant meaning for you? Is this 
another one of those things that you can't tell us...?" Mina 
contradicted herself as she realized that if Ami and Raye knew, and 
Haruka along with Saturn didn't this couldn't have been the case.  
Haruka frowned as well and looked questioning at the other outer 
senshi.
         " Um, actually no. Except for the fact that we did see Usagi 
there and she seemed out of sorts..." Ami's voice trailed as she 
noticed the direct looks aimed at her. 
         Haruka and Hotaru looked puzzled, Makoto and Minako 
immediately took up the notion that had been bothering them for the 
last several days. " Oh no. Usagi, if it is Usagi, has probably 
cracked," Makoto said worriedly," I knew we should have bought it out 
slowly!" 
         " Yeah! Why did you guys had to insist we drop it on her like 
that?" Mina looked reproachfully at Ami, Raye, Michiru, and Setsuna. 
They had some slight sweat drops on their head.  Haruka and Hotaru also 
took up the notion and agreed.
         " I...  thought so too," said Haruka.
         " We shouldn't have done it that way..." Hotaru chimed in.
         Ami looked hesitant, as did Rei. All four senshi that had 
participated in the scam were relieved that the others didn't realize 
that it was something else that had caused Setsuna's discomfort and 
Ami's slip.  I'm glad Mamoru wasn't here... Raye thought ruefully, he 
might have caught on. Good thing he's watching over Chibi-usa with 
Artemis and Luna. I wonder what happened to Diana though. I don't think 
she would have just assumed that Chibi-usa was with us and leave off 
looking for her...
          " We're going to have to check it out," said Setsuna.  The 
others all nodded in agreement.
         " Sailor form?" questioned Haruka.
         " Best choice," said Michiru," in case it really is Usagi who 
has gone ballistic. If it isn't, the public will just catch another 
glimpse of the Sailor senshi."
         " Excluding Eternal Sailor Moon," Hotaru muttered beneath her 
breath.
         Setsuna caught something from that," What was that, Hotaru?"
         " Nothing, Setsuna-chan. Just a reminder," Hotaru answered.
         " Ah. Alright, senshi henshin-yo!" Setsuna hoisted her 
transformation symbol high.  " Pluto Crystal Power, MAKE-UP!"  A purple 
tinted wind whipped around her, forming a circle. A flash of light 
struck and when the wind died down, Sailor Pluto stood there, holding 
the Garnet Orb Key.
         " Neptune Crystal Power, MAKE-UP!" Seawater blasted up and 
form a tower of liquid around Michiru, a violent splash and Sailor 
Neptune posed, the Aqua mirror in her hands.
         " Uranus Crystal Power, MAKE-UP!" A dry, fire tinged wind tore 
around Haruka in a loop, flaring high, a strong discharge from 
dissipating tornado-like wind, burst outward and Sailor Uranus asserted 
her presence there swinging up her Space Sword.      
         " Saturn Crystal Power, MAKE-UP!"  Waves of violet energy 
smashed around Hontaru in a vague circle, when it cleared, Sailor 
Saturn stood, gripping the Silence Glaive in her hand. 
         " Jupiter Crystal Power, MAKE-UP!" Lightening and thunder 
surrounded Makoto in a vortex of energy, when they snapped away, Sailor 
Jupiter crouched there, a wreath of oak leaves upon her head.
         " Mars Crystal Power, MAKE-UP!" Flaming loops of molten fire 
ringed around Rei, vanishing in a wave of lave, Sailor Mars then stood 
with a fire bow and an arrow notched, in her hands.
         " Venus Crystal Power, MAKE-UP!" Strings of stars wrapped 
around Minako and bursting away, Sailor Venus posed in her place, a 
golden chain of hearts in her hands.
         " Mercury Crystal Power, MAKE-UP!" Ripples of water vibrated 
from Ami and a blur of solid water, Sailor Mercury stood with a harp 
clutched in her hands.
         " Senshi, let's go!" Venus said.
         " HAI!!" they replied.

         Mamoru spasmed, a tearing pain vibrated through him, and he 
gasped. 
         " Mamoru?" Luna asked worriedly, by Chibi-usa's sleeping form.
         Mamoru shook himself as it passed," Nothing, I just felt... 
weird for a- for a moment there."
         " Are you sure you're fine?" Luna asked again from her curled-
up position on the bed with Chibi-usa.
         Mamoru waved slighty," Hai, but... I think soemthing's wrong... 
Never mind." He ruffled his hair fiercely, and resumed watching over 
Chibi-usa in his apartment. Luna gradually returned to her observations 
too as she was satisfied that the Prince of Earth was 'fine'.        

Right next the park, non-magic sensitive beings felt it.
         " Jaice! What the hell is going on!?" Dusa asked in a 
frightened voice, panicking. 
         Jaice bit her lip, scared badly for the first time in a year," 
I-I have no clue! Replay, Maul, do you have a-any idea?"
         " No way!" Maul whispered, frozen in place, staring at the 
'target'," she's an alien!"
         " Oh... Christ. It appears I've... made a mistake, sorry 
Jaice," Replay said mechanically, apparently in shock," this is 
really... cool though," Replay said distantly and swayed, as if he was 
about to faint...
         " Oh no you don't!" Jaice caught him, propped him up. Then the 
fireworks really started. The girl was illuminated with flares of fire, 
a star on her forehead seemed to burst in light. She opened her eyes... 
they were a solid clear dark blue. Empty, emotionless and you thought 
you saw all the stars of the sky reflected in them. They glowed eerily, 
and pure darkness shone inside them, and they seemed to staring 
straight at them.
         " Shit! Break up! Regroup later!" Jaice screamed and ran, 
dragging Replay with her.
         The rest of the group scattered. Jaice looked behind her 
nervously, but the alien wasn't following her. I hope it didn't get the 
others... The other gang in this section will take us down if we lose 
any more people...
         Shortly Maul and Dusa rejoined her. Before they could utter a 
word, Jaice interrupted them. " We NEVER saw anything weird tonight. We 
were unable to find a target today, we'll do double tomorrow, we were 
NOWHERE near the park today, is that UNDERSTOOD?!"
         Nods from the others as they recovered from their leader's 
outburst. " Good," Jaice said," take the pact about this, we will not 
say anything of this matter until the boss asks or all of us decide to, 
for some extreme emergency bordering on possible execution for us 
concerning this matter, to talk about it. Okay? Good." Heads nodded 
again, still slightly dazed. "Perform the ritual tradition thing," 
Jaice ordered.
         They hesitantly did it. Each of them made a cut on their arm 
somewhere and pressed their cuts together briefly. " Pact, we swear by 
our life what is to be kept a secret will be that way." Jaice looked 
grim as they cleaned up, after the short simple oath.

 In other countries, some people felt it.

         Somewhere in the Himalayas... a lone figure trained, 
persistently.  
         Ryu stiffened in the middle of a high kick and slipped, 
tumbling down the slope of the mountain he had been working out on and 
smashed into a section of rocky wall. He winced slightly and gathered 
himself up. " What was that," he murmured to himself. I thought I 
sensed a huge wave of unbelievable ki, he thought. A scraping sound 
made him snap around to see what was behind him. The section of wall he 
had hit was slowly sliding around, like a panel of a secret doorway. 
Ryu stood there, slightly struck dumb in amazement. He had trained here 
for almost a week now and had never noticed a flaw in the rocky 
structure before. Yet, here was a crevice apparently set up for 
something. Ryu hesitated and then cautiously went in. As he finally 
entered all the way, the panel slid shut. " What?" Ryu twisted around. 
Globes of light suddenly illuminated the darkness of the cave.  Scrolls 
lined an altar at the far end of the room. A huge eight-point star was 
carved above on the wall behind it.  Slowly Ryu moved toward the 
scrolls. He finally reached the altar and picked one of them up. 
These... look familiar. I don't know why... Ryu jerked back slightly 
and dropped the scroll as a fine silver chain suddenly encircled his 
neck. " Hey!" he said in surprise. The chain, fastened itself around 
his neck and stayed there, stubbornly. Ryu tried to take it off, but it 
wouldn't go past his head even though it hung around his neck loosely. 
It was fastened with a small sapphire-like crystal. Ryu struggled with 
it some more and it suddenly disappeared. " What?" Ryu said again, 
taken aback. This is weird. Ryu though nervously, his attention 
wandered back to the scrolls.  I don't know why, I just feel like I 
should take a look at them.  He picked up the scroll he chose before up 
again and unrolled it. It was in a barely comprehendible dialect of 
Japanese. He read it slowly," This is a written account from the period 
of time known as the Silver Millennium. It has been written for one 
day, there will come a time when an evil of which is more skillful and 
craves power as like Chaos, shall try and control the sacred Silver 
Crystal and the crown heir to this solar system, Princess Serenity of 
the Moon Kingdom..."  

         Chun-Li turned and faced her superior in an office at HQ. " 
You mean to tell me that there's a super-powered being with enough 
power to blast this world into oblivion somewhere around here and that 
Bison mean's to control him?"
         " Not him, her. It's a woman that is known as the Moon 
Princess. We have researched that Sailor Saturn, a senshi," the 
superior nodded at the folder he had given Chun-Li," is powerful as she 
is, if not more. But Bison is obviously targeted the Moon Princess, 
believing her to be the most powerful. The mission is to stop him, but 
the point is to find her before he does."
         " Right," Chun-Li said, slightly out of sorts," so could you 
run that by me again? One last time. I'm having a hard time swallowing 
that something this important hasn't been mentioned once before."
         " We just found out now ourselves," the superior said 
testily," and as an agent you-"
         " Right, I'll get right on it. Could you get Guile and Ken 
Masters for me for fun? I'm sure Guile will be interested in kicking 
Bison's ass again and putting him down for good and we should involve 
Ryu too, Ken's the best way to find him."  Chun-Li added seeing a why-
Ken-Masters? Look on his face, and then a we-are-not-amused one.

         Deep in the bowels in the middle of nowhere a bulky shadowy 
figure twitched. " I sense great power..." Bison rumbled. He steepled 
his fingers. " This might complicate things. I must get my full 
attention on searching for this Moon Princess."  He turned toward a 
figure," For your sake I hope you are correct about her power."
         " Quite sure, Bison-sir. My search for super-powered beings 
have certified that she's the strongest in long battles," the figure 
said.
         " Good."             

         In another country...
         " What is it honey?" Kenji asked Mrs. Tsukino. They were in 
their luxious hotel room in Hawaii, enjoying themselves immensely.
         Ikuko put a hand to her head," I don't know, dear. I just 
feel... that something's wrong. Something's changed." She smiled weakly 
at Mr. Tsukino," It's probably nothing. But I'd feel better if we call 
Usagi tomorrow to make sure she's alright."
         " Sure! I keep forgetting to with all this beautiful scenery 
and-"Kenji started to say.
         A loud crash was heard in the room. " Mom! Dad!" Shingo panted 
in the doorway," you've got to see this!" He held up a brochure with a 
vibrant picture of a volcano on it," They have cruises were you get to 
see erupting volcanoes up close! We've got to see this! Please!?"
         A sweatdrop appears on both parents' heads. Kenji chuckled. " 
Hai, son. Why don't you tell me the details..." Kenji herded him into 
the main room of the apartment-like complex," Don't worry!" He called 
over his shoulder," We'll definitely phone her tomorrow. She's a big 
girl!"
         Ikuko smiled, and lost it a frown abruptly creasing her 
forehead... Something IS wrong. I just know it. I hope Usagi's okay...  
           
Somewhere in a dark and desolate place in a pocket dimension close to 
the fringes of the Earth's solar system, sleeping servants of a dark 
destroyed entity awoke... 
         Inside a dark haven, two powerful presences awoke.  It was 
utter darkness inside the backup labortory as two sets of eyes opened, 
glowing a fiendish crimsom.  Inside a room a figure stirred from the 
bulky mass she rested upon for years.  The shadow arose and as it did 
it felt all the other demons awaking around in the maze of experiments.  
She smiled softly, it was a smile that could have frozen a thousand 
novas.  <Go...> the other presense whispered <go to the Silence room... 
I will await you there...> The figure vanished in a snap of blood-like 
light. It reappeared on a raised platform in a vast carvern. A large 
demon bowed to her, awaitng her arrival as they had awakened. <The 
others shall group soon> it whispered telpathically to the silhouette. 
It nodded once, grimly. Presently after a while the room filled with 
shades possessing glowing eyes. They lingered silently. Then slowly a 
reddish dark light flickered on from an unknown source, and fell upon 
the chamber dimly illuminating their features. A horde of deadly 
creatures with serragrating blades that casted off the red light, 
eeirely shadowing their prominent dragon-like faces.  Their general was 
the large lean monster standing quietly beside... a woman.  Dark 
emerald colored eyes glared beneath fiery red hair that fell to the 
floor and spread out trailing several yards.  She was in a ceremonial 
dress, and her bangs brushed against her leadership mark, a black, 
five-point, star... 
         As the lights went on, the troups knelt in a wave. Their 
telepathic voices sounded as one: <Hail, Mistress Ten. Lady of the 
great Pharaoh 90>





That's it! Odd, yet slightly interesting, ne? Explainations, or some 
anyway. I have no clue what college is like, or what they did after 
college, so make an exception please. I also haven't watched the last 
of second to last series or any of the movies either, so I'm not too 
clear on what their transformation or uniforms look like. I also 
couldn't really describe their clothes, don't really know their 
fashion. Just imagine something up. I KNOW a LOT of people acted out of 
wack, it's suppose to be that way. Kind of. Michiru isn't suppose to be 
that smart (forgive me Michiru fans, it's in a manner of speaking next 
to Ami), and Ami is usually more analyzing to think that Usagi would, 
well, you know. In the part where Rei slapped that charm, she has a way 
of repeating herself, doesn't she? ^^ I keep forgetting Mamoru, well so 
did Usagi. The senshi were closer to her in a way than he so it 
definitely (did I mention my spell check crashed on me too?) took up 
her full attention and she didn't think about him too much. Street 
Fighter... well, it's kind of crummy, I'm aware of that. As I write this 
story either it'll get better and the plot worser, or it'll just 
improve... Mistress Ten. Yes, She's the new and improved bad guy/girl. 
Hey, I mean if there was a Mistress *9* there must have been Mistress 
8, 7, 6 ect before her, so why couldn't have Pharaoh 90 have a back 
mistress? <> means telepathy. ... I hope I didn't forget to explain 
anything. Ask if I did, however somethings are MEANT to be unexplained, 
for a darker deeper purpose... I've been watching too many Disey movies. 
(sigh) Well, Thanks for checking out my story again! Hopefully I get 
the third part out in two months or something like that. (wince) Table 
of Japense stuff at bottom. ~Cassi

Word/name                   Meaning/person
gomen             =            sorry
arigato           =            thank you
ne                =            right (as in: am I not right?)
hai               =            yes
iie               =            no
-san              =            a Mr./Mrs. sort of addression
-chan             = close.friend addression/shortened long names
                    see Ha*ruka*= 'Ruka-chan 
Konnichiwa        =            Good Afternoon
Sou ka            =            I see
Nanni             =            (roughly) what
Oi                =  hail/exclaimation I've seen people using 
Chotto            =             hey
Yoika(?)          =             listen
Nanni ten no?     =             What did you say?
Naze da?          =             Why?
Urusai            = Annoying, or in speech expressively 'Shut Up'
Makasa            =             Impossible/can't be
Okaachan          =             Mommy
Okaasama          =             Mother
Naru              =             Molly
Gurio             =             Melvin
Usagi             =             Sailor Moon
Ami               =             Sailor Mercury
Rei               =             Sailor Mars
Minako            =             Sailor Venus
Makoto            =             Sailor Jupiter
Hontaru           =             Sailor Saturn
Haruka            =             Sailor Uranus
Michiru           =             Sailor Neptune
Setsuna           =             Sailor Pluto
Mamoru/Endymion   =             Darien
Chibi-usa         =             Reni
Taiki             =             SailorStarMaker
Seiya             =             SailorStarFighter
Yaten             =             SailorStarHealer
Kakyuu            =             Princess Fireball
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I think that's it. I'm assuming you know some of the stuff in Sailor Moon, so I didn't explain most of the basic stuff in it. ^_^